Arts and Humanities
Focus AreasMany scholars in the humanities, writers, fine artists, and performing artists give form through language and image to the experiences surrounding death, dying and bereavement in the United States. The Project on Death in America (PDIA) seeks to encourage individuals from the literary, visual, fine arts and performing arts to use their creative skills and insights to identify and convey meaning in facing illness, disability and death; and to evoke and deepen our understanding of the diverse metaphors that shape the experiences of suffering, dying and bereavement.
