Victorian Death and Afterlife – In-Person Lecture

Death, mourning rituals, and the rise of spiritualism in the Victorian era.

In this in-person illustrated lecture, Paul Gambino explores the Victorians' world, where death was ever-present and mourning became an elaborate culture of ritual, fashion, photography and remembrance. Paul explores how grief, emerging technologies and a desire to communicate with the dead helped fuel the extraordinary rise of Spiritualism. Drinks follow.

Paul Gambino's work looks at how societies engage with mortality, memory, and the material culture of death. His many books include Beyond the Veil: The Victorian Obsession with Death and Mourning and Morbid Curiosities: Collections of the Uncommon and the Bizarre. He is in the UK on a short visit.

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