Previous FoWT monthly meeting: A talk by Helen Frisby, “Traditions of death and Burials”

Our next FoWT monthly meeting will take place on Monday 2nd September 2024 – 7.00 pm (19.00 hrs) via Zoom.

“Traditions of death and Burials” by Helen Frisby.

Our guest speaker on the night will be Helen Frisby, who will talk about “Traditions of death and Burials”.

TRADITIONS OF DEATH AND BURIAL

We’re all going to die: but the ways in which we approach, avoid and attempt to subvert mortality are particular to time and place. Exactly how we do so, and how we relate to the dead, reveals our most treasured values and profound hopes and fears in life.

Following a PhD on Victorian funeral customs from the University of Leeds in 2009, I’m now an internationally recognised expert on the history and folklore of death, dying and funerals. My most recent publication is the Shire Library book ‘Traditions of Death and Burial’ (Bloomsbury, 2019) – it’s the history of death, dying and funerals since the Middle Ages that I’ve always wanted to write. Previously I’ve appeared on the History Channel discussing Victorian funerals with Johnny Vaughan, and on BBC radio talking about sin-eating and other historic funeral customs.

Based on my own original research, my sympathetic, scholarly yet gently humorous talks about funeral customs past, present and future will get your group thinking and talking about how exactly do we deal with this inevitable fact of life.

If you would like to take part in this, or any of FoWT’s future monthly meetings, you will need to register your interest. Once registered, we will e-mail you the details you will need to join the meeting on the night.

To register, Fill in the form on our FoWT Monthly Meeting page and we will do the rest. Once you are on our mailing list to take part in our monthly meetings, look out for our e-mail a few days before the meeting, which will give you all the details you will need to join the meeting.

See the complete list of this years talks, presentations and speakers