'What is a good death?' A free, pop-up exploration of death and dying at Cambridge Central Library

Event
20th July 2019
10:00 - 16:00
Central Library, Cambridge
Friday afternoon and Saturday all day.

Organisers: Dr Laura Davies, Dr Emma SalgÄrd Cunha, PhD student David McCay and recently graduated student Dr Jessica Lim.

PROGRAMME Saturday 20 July

12pm-4pm: fun in the library foyer

**Quizzes and activities for kids and grown-ups in the library foyer.

**Meet the research team from the Good Death project and hear more about their work to revive the rich literary heritage of death writing.

10am-12 pm and 1pm-3pm: Display of archaeological collections and meet the curators, Seminar Room (top floor!). Archaeological curators from the University of Cambridge will bring items from the University's museum and teaching collection including human skeletal remains: explore and discuss the significance of these objects for understanding life and death in the past.

12pm-12.45pm: Literature of death, dying and bereavement: a poetry workshop

3pm-3.45pm: Letters to the Other Side: critical reflection and writing workshop

All are welcome - registration encouraged - no prior literary or any other experience necessary to join!

For further information and to register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-is-a-good-death-tickets-65241672599

'What is a good death?' is an interdisciplinary public impact project that explores the culture of dying well, in the past and in the present, by using close readings of death writing: poetry, prose, drama, life-writing. To find out more about the project: https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/good-death/