H-Death

My name is Helen Dell. I'm a research fellow in English and Theatre Studies, Culture and Communication, at the University of Melbourne, Australia. I'm very glad that H-Death is back in business and grateful for the opportunity to get in touch with others interested in Death Studies. I have a background in music and literature, mainly joined together in medieval song, specifically from 12th and 13th-century Northern France. More recently my research has centred on Medievalism, sometimes called the afterlife of the Middle Ages. I've been becoming increasingly interested in the music associated with death: mourning music, music of the dying, music associated with the return of the dead, execution ballads (thanks to Una McIlvenna).