CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE – Cemeteries of Liverpool, A Visual History

10 weekly sessions, on Wednesdays at 11am - 1pm, starting from Wednesday 21 January.

Overview

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Charting the visual history of death, burial/cremation in Liverpool’s private/public cemeteries over the course of three centuries this innovative new course documents the surprising changes to private and public attitudes to death in Liverpool beginning with creation of Liverpool Necropolis (now Grant Gardens) in Everton, and on via the development of St. James’ Cemetery at the bottom of St. James’ Mount, the cemeteries of Toxteth Park, Anfield & etc. This course would appeal to anybody interested in Liverpool history, art, social history, literature, celebrity and necro-geography.

Syllabus

1. Low Hill Cemetery/Necropolis
2. St. James’ Cemetery
3. Deane Road/Green Lane Jewish Cemeteries
4. Toxteth Park
5. Anfield Cemetery and Crematorium
6. Liverpool Parochial Cemetery (Walton Park)
7. Everton Cemetery
8. Kirkdale Cemetery
9. West Derby Cemetery
10. Allerton Cemetery

Course lecturer

Dr Lee Kendall was born in Liverpool in 1974 and earned his BA (Hons) in History of Art at University of Leicester in 1997 before going on to complete a PhD in the same subject at Liverpool John Moores University in 2006. An independent art historian with a particular interest in all things Liverpool related, his publications include “Being for the Benefit of… Beatles Art in Liverpool” (2012). He has been part of the front of house team at Tate Gallery, Liverpool since 2009 and has lectured for the University of Liverpool's CE Department since 2019.

Course fee

• Standard fee: £155
• Concession fee: £80