Start Date
4 February, 2025
There will be 9 weekly meetings on Tuesday, 11am - 1pm, starting from 4 February.
Overview
Charting the visual history of death, burial and commemoration in Liverpool over the course of five centuries this innovative course documents the surprising changes to private and public attitudes to death on Merseyside beginning with the Norris brasses at All Saints, Childwall, and on through the visitations of plague, cholera, churchyards and parishes, the idea of the garden cemetery, Nelson's Monument (Liverpool's first public sculpture) and much more besides. This course would appeal to anybody interested in Liverpool history, art, social history, literature and necro-geography.
Syllabus
Week 1 Nobles and Nobility
Week 2 Church and Churchyard
Week 3 Death and Disease
Week 4 Spirit and Spirituality
Week 5 Monument and Monumentality
Week 6 Time and Tide
Week 7 Cemeteries and Crematoria—Trip to St James Cemetery/Gardens
Week 8 Painters and Poets
Week 9 Murder and Morbidity
Please note that the ‘last date available to book’ date is only a guide. We reserve the right to close bookings earlier if courses are over- or under-subscribed. In order to avoid disappointment, please be sure enrol as soon as possible. Registrations will not be processed until the following day if received after 3pm.
Course Lecturer: Dr Lee Kendall
Dr. Lee R. Kendall was born in Liverpool in 1974 and earned his BA (Hons) in History of Art at University of Leicester in 1997 before going on to complete a PhD in the same subject at Liverpool John Moores University in 2006. An independent art historian with a particular interest in all things Liverpool related, his publications include “Being for the Benefit of… Beatles Art in Liverpool” (2012). He has been part of the front of house team at Tate Gallery, Liverpool since 2009 and has lectured for the University of Liverpool's CE Department since 2019
Courses fees: Full fee £140/Concession £70.
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