The CeMi project may have officially concluded in November 2022, but It is great to report here that it definitely has an afterlife! Plans for inclusive cemeteries in Luxembourg The…
Municipalities, as cemetery managers, often struggle to keep pace with the religious and cultural pluralization of society. Consequently, the Luxembourg government is looking into setting up new inter-municipal cemeteries that…
Religion in Motion: Between Borders and Belonging (Call for Papers) The biennial conference of the Nederlands Genootschap voor Godsdienstwetenschappen (NGG) - the Dutch Association for the Study of Religion Nijmegen,…
Putting Inclusive Cemeteries and Crematoria on the Public Spaces Agenda The CeMi project has formally come to an end with the launch of the project at the Neth-ER centre in…
‘Begraafplaatsen en crematoria: inclusieve publieke ruimten in Maastricht’ in de Sint Janskerk aan het Vrijthof te Maastricht Op zaterdag 24 september 2022 werd in Maastricht het Festival Voor mijn Dood…
HERA Closing conference: the end or just the beginning? The HERA Public Spaces: Culture and Integration in Europe funding stream, of which this project is a part, marked its formal…
Exposition « Cimetières et crématoires en Europe. Espaces publics et expressions d’appartenance » à Luxembourg-Ville du 1er octobre au 15 novembre 2021 Alors que le frimas matinal annonce les premiers…
Hinduism and the Grand Marking called Death The concept of death in Hinduism is fluid and meanders between the multiple lives assigned to a soul. Hindus firmly believe in a…
Sharing CeMi findings with planners: Interaction from the kitchen table during a pandemic The last year made us rethink how we approached both our meeting places and the technical tools…
Of barriers and benches: A visitor’s experience How one experiences cemeteries is highly personal. Only through open, extensive conversations may we understand what a cemetery might mean for a person,…
Cemeteries as public space under the Covid-19 lockdown Written 23rd April 2020Near to where I live in Bristol, the UK, is a large old cemetery with a disused chapel in…
Die Diversität von Bestattungsbedürfnissen in Zeiten der Krise: Reflektionen zu Covid-19 in einem multikulturellen Europa Ein Forscherteam um die bekannte Geographin Prof. Avril Maddrell (University of Reading) hat die Diversitätstauglichkeit…
Covid-19 and the CeMi Project Covid-19 en het CeMi Project Covid-19 och det CeMi Projektet As we write, large parts of Europe, and much of the world, are on lockdown…
Diverse funerary needs at a time of crisis: reflections on Covid-19 in multicultural Europe La diversité des besoins funéraires en temps de crise. Quelques réflexions sur Covid-19 dans une Europe…
Festival des Migrations, des Cultures et de la Citoyenneté The Festival des migrations, des cultures et de la citoyenneté is an institution in Luxembourg. For 37 years already the CLAE…
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference: Islamic Cemetery Sections in Maastricht and Leeuwarden Like it or not, Northern European cemeteries have their roots in ancient Greco-Roman memorial sites…
Cemetery Bonnevoie: Marble, Virgin Marys, and Diversity Le Cimetière de Bonnevoie: le marbre, la Vierge Marie et la question de la mixité sociale Luxembourg is a town characterized by a…
The Changing Face of Cork Cork, Ireland, is one of the 8 case studies in the CeMi project, and I recently undertook our first phase of research there. I visited…
All Souls' Celebrations in Catholic Contexts De Herdenking van Allerzielen in Katholieke Contexten All Saints (1 November) and All Souls (2 November) are celebrated at cemeteries in Europe each year.…
A Story from All Saint's Eve Magic, beautiful and overwhelming are three words that describe my experience at St. Eskils’ cemetery in Eskilstuna, Sweden, at All Saints’ Eve, the time…
Cemeteries and Solidarity: Launching the CeMi Project 2019-2021 Photo 1: Entrance to the European Solidarity Centre, Gdansk (Photo by Avril Maddrell) The CeMi project has had two launches. The first…
Sekularisering er ønsketenking Ritualer: Det er når folk sier at døden ikke er slutten, at man ser begynnelsen av religion, mener den nederlandske antropologen Eric Venbrux. Han talte på konferansen…
Public Spaces: Culture and Integration in Europe (HERA Conference, Gdansk) On 11-12 September 2019, Avril Maddrell (project leader) and Mariske Westendorp (postdoc researcher) presented the CeMi project “Cemeteries and crematoria…
Diversiteit op de Tongerseweg, Maastricht De toekomst van het Nederlandse funeraire erfgoed Op zaterdag 24 augustus 2019 organiseerde Terebinth (Nederlandse stichting voor funerair erfgoed) een rondleiding op de Begraafplaats Tongerseweg…
Contentment among the Chinese Visit to the Chinese cemetery at Kranenburg, Zwolle (the Netherlands) On Wednesday 3 July 2019, the HERA research team visited cemetery Kranenburg in Zwolle (the Netherlands).…