Mahindra Humanities: A History of Death

Date: 

Thursday, November 20, 2014, 6:20pm

Location: 

Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

DEATH & DYING LECTURE SERIES

For 2014 - 2015, Science, Religion and Culture program and the Mahindra Humanities seminar on Science and Religion are exploring the theme of "Death and Dying" through a series of lectures, panels, exhibition, and other events.


A HISTORY of DEATH

Nov 20, 6:20PM, Thompson Room, Barker Center


Death and the dead body have always played the role of political battleground.Yet death’s fraught relationship with the political has not remained constant through time—pre-modern responses to death differ drastically from those of the present day. A History of Death chronicles the place of death in pre-modern history and works to trace the intersections of politics and death across religious and cultural boundaries.A screening of The Seventh Seal will follow a panel discussion. Speakers: Karen King (HDS), Anne Monius (HDS), and Daniel Smail (Harvard). Moderated by Katharine Park (Harvard) with introductions by Ahmed Ragab (HDS).

"A History of Death" is the inaugural lecture of this year's Death and Dying Series.