Timeless Bodies: Death, Grief, and Healing Across Cultures

Mon, 29 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am to Tue, 30 Jun, 2026 at 04:00 pm UTC+01:00

The Manchester Museum | Manchester

Manchester Museum
Publisher/HostManchester Museum
Timeless Bodies: Death, Grief, and Healing Across Cultures
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A two-day interdisciplinary workshop exploring how cultures across time have understood death, mourning, remembrance, and healing.
About this Event

Bringing together archaeology, classics, Egyptology, museum practice, philosophy, psychotherapy, literature, and the arts, the event examines how historical conceptions of death and the afterlife, such as Iron Age funerary practices, Egyptian mortuary texts, Roman philosophical consolations, and modern literature and art, continue to shape contemporary understandings of grief, healing, and remembrance.

Talks and roundtables will focus on the following themes:

  • Death, the body, and the afterlife
  • Mourning, ritual, and remembrance
  • Healing through museums, literature, and art

Free to attend | Limited places | Registration required

For a full programme or to register interest please email

Dr Allegra Hahn at: [email protected]


Funded by University of Manchester CIDRAL Events Grant Scheme 2025/2026, the workshop will be in person at the Manchester Museum.
Photo credit: Julia Thorne/Tetisheri

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The Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom

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