Union is hosting its “Town and Gown” series on Thursday evenings through Oct. 3 in Providence Hall, room 160. The topic is death and dying.
The Town and Gown series gives Union students and community members an opportunity to participate in lectures of an academic nature and discussions on various topics.
The classes are free and open to the public.
“Our culture needs to have a serious conversation about our mortality — about what it means to die well,” said Justin D. Barnard, associate professor of philosophy. “Doing so is the key to living well and to understanding the meaning of life.”
Barnard said the lectures will “cover a wide range of issues related to death and dying,” including “historic practices associated with the art of dying well, the role of music and song in dying, advanced directives, palliative care and the grieving process.”
Speakers will include university staff and other professionals such as musicians, nurses, physicians, ethicists, morticians, philosophers and theologians.
SCHEDULE OF LECTURES:
Here is the schedule for this fall’s Town and Gown lecture series, which will meet in Providence Hall, Room 160:
- Sept. 5: Introduction to the Course/Syllabus (6 p.m.), “The Ars Moriendi in Literature” (6:30 p.m.); “Music in Death and Dying” (8 p.m.)
- Sept. 12: “Theology/Philosophy and Death” (6 p.m.), “Ethics in Death and Dying” (8 p.m.)
- Sept. 19: “Nursing in Death and Dying” (6 p.m.), “Legal Issues in Death and Dying” (8 p.m.)
- Sept. 26: “Medical Issues in Death and Dying” (6 p.m.), “Funerals, Cremation, Burial” (8 p.m.)
- Oct. 3: “Care in Death and Dying” (6 p.m.)
Find out more about the series at uu.edu/events/townandgown/.
