The most recent issue of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences is on 'Grief in the Digital Age', edited by @reginafabry.bsky.social and @marilynstendera.bsky.social. Deathbots (or griefbots), virtual memorials, video games and more. link.springer.com/journal/1109...

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Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences is an international and interdisciplinary journal that published papers that address the philosophical and scientific ...

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Pleased and honoured to have presented my 'Devotion and the Opacity of Grief' at the joint session last week, with Louise Richardson providing a sage response -- terrific challenges in audience Q&A! philpapers.org/rec/CHODAT-7 philpapers.org/rec/RICOKW

This week, Louise Richardson will be a keynote speaker at the Copenhagen Summer School in Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind. Louise will be speaking about grief and memory. For more details, see: cfs.ku.dk/summer-schoo...

Very pleased to see this new publication on experiences of grief and loss in people with dementia, by York Philosophy PhD student Sarah Wood!

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Sarah Wood has published a new paper in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. It's called "Illuminating experiences of grief and loss in people with dementia," and it's accessible here: rdcu.be/fooXg link.springer.com/article/10.1...

“There’s no narrative. We look for it. We go: ‘OK, we’re recovering, so we’re going to continue to recover,’ but that’s simply not how it works. For me, it feels more like the tide coming in and then going out and then in and then going out.” www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

‘People say there are no words, but there are thousands’: Liz Lawrence on making a new kind of grief album after her sister’s death

When her sibling died in an accident the singer-songwriter sought comfort in music. But after finding that the most celebrated records about loss were angry, loud and male, she set about creating some...

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According to Ratcliffe "feelings of being haunted are integral to the sense of self and...unavoidable. They are implied by the view that human experience is structured by dynamic, organized arrangements of possibilities, a view that has characterised the phenomenological tradition from the outset."

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What is it like to feel haunted by something? To find out, read Matthew Ratcliffe's new paper "From hauntology (back) to phenomenology," published yesterday in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Kathleen Higgins in @britjaesth.bsky.social. Humour in grief "provides relief from dark emotions, normalises the sense of bizarreness that grief typically involves, draws affectionate attention to the particularity of the deceased, and helps maintain bonds" with the dead. doi.org/10.1093/aest...

Humour in Grief

Abstract. Humour that illustrates each of the standard theories (the relief, incongruity, and superiority accounts) can be salutary for those who are berea

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Alongside our ongoing #PicturingGrief exhibition, members of the public have been responding creatively to some of the pieces on display. Here is a collection of poems by the North Yorks Writing Circle: griefyork.com/sites/griefy... #DyingMattersWeek #Grief #York #GriefSurvey

Some work in progress from our Picturing Grief embroidery workshop last night. The exhibition is open until Sunday: opening hours and visitor info on the website. 👇 www.projectinggrief.com/pg-exhibition #DyingMattersWeek #york #grief

What is lost when a place is destroyed — and who is owed recognition, protection or repair? Pablo Fernandez Velasco and colleagues examine ecological grief as more than emotion: as part of how we understand climate justice, rights and place attachment. wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Here's a glimpse of Hayley Mills-Styles' #PicturingGrief piece, 'Linear'. Hayley is also running an embroidery workshop tomorrow (6th May) at 5pm, at the Thin Ice Press in York. Suitable for beginners and free. Booking required: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/grief-has-... #DyingMattersWeek

A brilliant afternoon launching the Picturing Grief exhibition at the Thin Ice Press in York yesterday. See it yourself during #DyingMattersWeek 4 - 10 May. Visit projectinggrief.com/pg-exhibition for all the details, especially our free events on Wednesday (booking required).

The Thin Ice Press looking pretty in the sunshine yesterday afternoon. Great venue for the #PicturingGrief exhibition in York next week! www.projectinggrief.com/pg-exhibition #York #Grief #DyingMatters

Natalia Millman is among the artists exhibiting at Picturing Grief / the exhibition. Natalia's piece is a response to quotes from the Grief Survey about hurt, pain and heaviness in the body. (1/7) nataliamillmanart.com More: projectinggrief.com/pg-exhibition #DyingMattersWeek #York #Grief

You can see the #PicturingGrief exhibition when the gallery is closed to the public and attend a free talk on May 6th. Book for 1pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985816597... Book for 2pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985817842... More: www.projectinggrief.com/pg-exhibition #York #Grief #DyingMattersWeek

Picturing Grief Exhibition Talk (1)

Attend the exhibition outside of public opening hours, and hear from some of the artists involved.

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As part of our #PicturingGrief exhibition during #DyingMattersWeek, @hmillsstyles.bsky.social will run a free embroidery workshop on 6th May. Hayley will show you how to use fabric and thread to share a story using collected responses from our Grief Survey: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986417039...

Grief Has Many Voices: Hand Embroidery Workshop

Join textile artist Hayley Mills-Styles for this workshop and create a hand embroidered response to the University of York grief survey.

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The opening reception for Picturing Grief / the exhibition, will be on May 3rd at 3pm. Free tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985810017... Exhibition info and more events here: projectinggrief.com/pg-exhibition #DyingMattersWeek @uoyphilosophy.bsky.social

Picturing Grief Exhibition Reception

Celebrate the opening of the exhibition with artists and grief practitioners from York and surrounding areas.

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"Few people like funerals. My father loathed them. Fear can lead some of us to try to hide from death. But being denied the right to attend my father’s cremation showed me how much we need a medium for mourning." @sofkazinovieff.bsky.social in @financialtimes.com: www.ft.com/content/8b44...

I was barred from my father’s funeral. It made me rethink grief

Novelist Sofka Zinovieff goes in search of an alternative goodbye

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Louise Richardson is an invited speaker at this year's @aristotsoc.bsky.social Joint Session. She will be responding to Michael Cholbi (@thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social) in a symposium on Devotion and the Opacity of Grief. sites.google.com/view/2026-jo... #philsky

In Picturing Grief / the exhibition, six artists respond to our Grief Survey. Running during #DyingMattersWeek (4-10 May) in collaboration with Projecting Grief. Info: www.projectinggrief.com/pg-exhibition @hrcyork.bsky.social @uoyphilosophy.bsky.social @hospiceuk.bsky.social

Applications are now open for 2 PhD scholarships on the “The Diversity and Variability of Grief” at Macquarie University, Sydney. 1/3 www.mq.edu.au/research/phd...

'Ecological Grief as a Shared Emotion' by @pfvelasco.bsky.social and Louise Richardson is now out and open access in Emotion Review. Ecological grief is frequently claimed to be a shared emotion, and this paper attempts to substantiate such claims. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #philsky

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Can philosophy help people who are grieving? In this short clip from @philosopher1923.bsky.social, Matthew Ratcliffe suggests that it can, and in various ways: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JuN... #philsky #grief

"Can Philosophy Help People Who Are Grieving?" Matthew Ratcliffe (author of Grief Worlds)

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Julie Rugg's public lecture 'Funerals From an Expert Perspective', discussing a project which aimed to understand what elements of a funeral carry long-term meaning for the people involved in arranging, participating and attending them: youtu.be/9fK0Y0WpbLY

Julie Rugg - Funerals From an Expert Perspective

YouTube video by Louise Richardson

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In this public lecture, Katherine Shear introduces 'Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy', a short-term therapy designed to address impediments and facilitate adaptation to loss: youtu.be/qgH3kd7UDbQ?....

Katherine Shear - Introduction To Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy

YouTube video by Louise Richardson

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Here's another of our public lectures, this one by Edith Steffen, on continuing bonds in bereavement. She focusses particularly on how continuing bonds may become the focus of grief therapy and counselling. youtu.be/JBOl5mzJDfQ?...

Edith Steffen - Continuing Bonds in Bereavement: Insights from Research and Grief Therapy Practice

YouTube video by Louise Richardson

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In December 2021, Tasia Scrutton came to talk to us about how C.S. Lewis' theology affected his experience of grief. You can watch her lecture here: youtu.be/3Mdk37H7OYc

Tasia Scrutton - How C.S. Lewis’ Theology Affected His Experience of Grief

YouTube video by Louise Richardson

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Latest Philosophy Bites. Sam Scheffler on grief philosophybites.com/podcast/samu...