Join us for the 'The Centre for Open Thanatology Conference: Dialogue and Engagement with Death and Loss' online event

Watch this award-winning animation and question what you know about different cultural practices after someone dies.

Join us for the 'The Centre for Open Thanatology Conference: Dialogue and Engagement with Death and Loss' online event

The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the world’s most famous pieces of medieval art. It is 70 metres long, and chronicles the legendary tale of the Norman conquest of England, when William the Conqueror inva...

Join us for the 'Launch of the Centre for Open Thanatology: Dialogue and Engagement with Death and Loss'

Grief is personal, shaped by culture, identity and experience. Bereavement professional Remi Martin reflects on loss, resilience, and navigating life after losing a significant person, especially ...

Humans have grappled with the question of what happens after death for millennia. Across the ancient world, many different cultures developed their own answers and underworlds. The Ancient Greeks ...

Check out the FREE content from Open Thanatology, The Open University’s interdisciplinary research group for the study and education of death, dying, loss and grief.

Roman Archaeology Conference

Humans have grappled with the question of what happens after death for millennia. Across the ancient world, many different cultures developed their own answers and underworlds. The Ancient Greeks ...