Fifth Colloquium on Cemeteries

14th May 2004, Cemetery Research Group, University of York

TIMETABLE

9:30-10:15 WELCOME

EXTENDED INTRODUCTIONS
(delegates are asked to come prepared to talk for perhaps five minutes about their current cemetery interests/work)

10:15-11:00 PAPER ONE:
Susan Buckham, Carved Stones Advisor, Council for Scottish Archaeology
The Carved Stones Advisor Project: creating an integrated approach to the conservation of Scotland's historic graveyards ABSTRACT
(NOTE: this paper was scheduled for last year's Colloquium but due to illness was cancelled at short notice)

11:00-11:15 COFFEE

11:15-12:00 PAPER TWO:
Helen Swift, University of Leicester
On boggy ground: why Sheffield General Cemetery did not take off ABSTRACT

12:00-12:45 PAPER THREE:
Brian Parsons
Burying the cremated: the first cremations in England 1885-1895 and the disposal of ashes ABSTRACT

12:45-13:30 LUNCH

13:30-2:30 PAPER FOUR:
David Prendergast, Jenny Hockey, University of Sheffield; Leonie Kellaher, London Metropolitan University
In the shadow of the traditional grave: emerging trends in ash disposal ABSTRACT

2:30-2:45 TEA

2:45-3:30 PAPER FIVE:
Bel Browning, University of Brighton
Playing dead: exploring the recreational uses of cemeteries ABSTRACT

3:30-4:15 PAPER SIX:
Julie Rugg
Lawn cemeteries: a preliminary reconsideration ABSTRACT

4:15 CLOSING REMARKS