Privacy and Death: Past and Present
Name of applicant
Natacha Klein Käfer
Title
Assistant Professor
Institution
University of Copenhagen
Amount
DKK 76,250
Year
2023
Type of grant
Conferences
Summary
This symposium will investigate the kinds of privacy that people attribute to the dead across historical and geographical contexts. Creating a scholarly conversation with multiple fields - such as history, archaeology, biomolecular science, museology, literature, and journalism -, we will discuss the cultural, ethical, and practical dimensions of privacy and death from ancient Egypt to today.