The Museum and Central Institute for Sepulchral Culture and the Study Group Cemetery and Monument (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Friedhof und Denkmal e. V.) are organised in a permeable way. Scientific advisory boards have been established for the different fields of activity and for the research work. They support the basic research on sepulchral culture, the research in the field of cemetery and burial and accompany the museum in the exhibition work and the upcoming redesign.
Advisory Board for Professional Issues
In the work of the Museum and Central Institute and the Study Group, cooperation with experts in the fields of cemetery management, design and burial is always in demand. Therefore, we work closely with experts from various fields of activity related to sepulchral culture.
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Prof. Dr. Torsten F. Barthel
Position: Legal adviser of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Friedhof und Denkmal e. V.
Adelbert Burk
Position: Kunstschmiede & Metallgestaltung Neu-Ulm
89231 Neu-Ulm
Dr. rer. med. Silke Lauterbach
Position: Specialist pharmacist for clinical pharmacy, pharmacy in geriatrics and palliative pharmacy
APPH Nordhessen e. V.
Vor dem Erzberge 32
34270 Schauenburg
https://apph-nordhessen.de/
Dr. Dr. Dirk Preuß
Position: AG Applied Ethics in Veterinary Medicine Hannover, and Catholic Theologian, University of Göttingen
David Roth
Position: Berater und Trauerbegleiter Pütz-Roth funerals and grief counselling Bergisch Gladbach
Uwe Spiekermann
Position: Gravestone Working Group of the BIV of the German Stonemasonry and Stone Sculptors
Telefon: 0511 / 86 67 97 00
K.H. Spiekermann
Hanseatenstraße 44
30853 Langenhagen
www.kh-spiekermann.de
Elisabeth Terno
Position: HAGE e. V., Koordinations- und Ansprechstelle für Dienste der Sterbebegleitung und Angehörigenbetreuung, Frankfurt/Main
Advisory Board for Basic Research
The Advisory Board deals with basic research on sepulchral culture and the publication activities of the Central Institute. In 2016, it also formed a subgroup, the so-called "Lexicon Group". It elaborated the series of the Large Encyclopaedia on Funeral and Cemetery Culture (volumes 1 – 5), which is completed with the publication of the 4th volume 2020.
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Dr. Thorsten Benkel
Position: Academic Councilor for Sociology at the University of Passau
Prof. Dr. Norbert Fischer
Position: Professor of Ethnology/Cultural Anthropology at the University of Hamburg and author
Uni Hamburg
Institut für Volkskunde
Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1 (West)
20146 Hamburg
Stephan Hadraschek M.A.
Position: mortician; network manager, public relations and expert advice at ASV Deutschland GmbH, historian
Prof. em. Dr. Thomas Macho
Position: Director of IFK (International Research Centre Cultural Studies Art Academy Linz in Vienna)
Dr. Andreas Ströbl
Position: Working Group Research Centre Gruft, Lübeck
Museum Advisory Board
In order to do justice to the constant changes in cemetery and burial culture and the resulting changing demands of museum visitors on the educational work in our institution, it became urgently necessary to update the permanent exhibition of the Museum for Sepulchral Culture. To this end, a temporary "Scientific Advisory Board for the New Concept for the Permanent Exhibition of the Museum for Sepulchral Culture" was established for the first time in 2017. Since 2022, planning for the new concept has been taking shape with the involvement of architects, scenographers and other stakeholders. In 2023, the committee, now restructured as the "Museum Advisory Board", was reorganized.
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Birgit Heller
Position: Deputy Director of the Institute for Religious Studies University of Vienna
Advisory board for the special exhibition "Suicide"
An interdisciplinary advisory board was formed to accompany the special exhibition on suicide 2021. Scientific as well as creative principles require precise research and a joint discourse, which are supported by experts. In addition, the accompanying catalogue and the accompanying programme offer a platform for current research and pressing social issues. Scientists, philosophers and artists are therefore invited to discuss the presentation and an accompanying catalogue with the team, including contributions from current research and practice. The accompanying collaborations and events are also to be the subject of the advisory board.
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Dipl. Psych. Georg Fiedler
Position: Formerly Therapy Centre for Suicidal People, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf
Prof. Dr. Daniel Hornuff
Position: Professor for theory and practice of design, Kunsthochschule Kassel
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Matthias Kettner
Position: Vice Dean Research, Faculty for Cultural Reflection, University of Witten/Herdecke
PD Dr. med. Ute Lewitzka
Position: Specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy and senior physician at the Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, 1st Chair of the German Society for Suicide Prevention (DGS)
Prof. em. Dr. Thomas Macho
Position: Director of IFK (International Research Centre Cultural Studies Art Academy Linz in Vienna)
Prof. Dr. med. Barbara Schneider
Position: Chief Physician of the Dependence Disorders Department at the LVR Clinic Cologne and Head of the National Suicide Prevention Program (NaSPro)
Prof. Dr. phil. Martin Teising
Position: Specialist in psychiatry and psychoanalysis, former President of the International Psychoanalytic University, Berlin
Prof. i. R. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Rolf-Peter Warsitz
Position: Specialist in psychiatry and psychoanalysts, former professor of social therapy, Institute for Social Welfare, University of Kassel, 1st Chairman of the Alexander Mitscherlich Institute Kassel (DPV/IPA)
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Friedhof und Denkmal e.V.
Zentralinstitut für Sepulkralkultur
Museum für Sepulkralkultur
Weinbergstraße 25–27
D-34117 Kassel | Germany
Tel. +49 (0)561 918 93-0
info@sepulkralmuseum.de
