Philosophy of Grief and Loss at York

Applications are now open for 2 PhD scholarships on the “The Diversity and Variability of Grief” at Macquarie University, Sydney. 1/3 www.mq.edu.au/research/phd...

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'Ecological Grief as a Shared Emotion' by @pfvelasco.bsky.social and Louise Richardson is now out and open access in Emotion Review.

Ecological grief is frequently claimed to be a shared emotion, and this paper attempts to substantiate such claims.

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YouTube video by The Philosopher "Can Philosophy Help People Who Are Grieving?" Matthew Ratcliffe (author of Grief Worlds)

Can philosophy help people who are grieving? In this short clip from @philosopher1923.bsky.social, Matthew Ratcliffe suggests that it can, and in various ways:
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YouTube video by Louise Richardson Julie Rugg - Funerals From an Expert Perspective

Julie Rugg's public lecture 'Funerals From an Expert Perspective', discussing a project which aimed to understand what elements of a funeral carry long-term meaning for the people involved in arranging, participating and attending them: youtu.be/9fK0Y0WpbLY

YouTube video by Louise Richardson Katherine Shear - Introduction To Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy

In this public lecture, Katherine Shear introduces 'Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy', a short-term therapy designed to address impediments and facilitate adaptation to loss: youtu.be/qgH3kd7UDbQ?....

YouTube video by Louise Richardson Edith Steffen - Continuing Bonds in Bereavement: Insights from Research and Grief Therapy Practice

Here's another of our public lectures, this one by Edith Steffen, on continuing bonds in bereavement. She focusses particularly on how continuing bonds may become the focus of grief therapy and counselling. youtu.be/JBOl5mzJDfQ?...

YouTube video by Louise Richardson Tasia Scrutton - How C.S. Lewis’ Theology Affected His Experience of Grief

In December 2021, Tasia Scrutton came to talk to us about how C.S. Lewis' theology affected his experience of grief. You can watch her lecture here: youtu.be/3Mdk37H7OYc

Latest Philosophy Bites. Sam Scheffler on grief philosophybites.com/podcast/samu...

Project members Matthew Ratcliffe and Louise Richardson discuss grief over non-death losses including involuntary childlessness in 'Grief over Non-Death Losses: A Phenomenological Perspective' - passion-journal.org/article/view...

YouTube video by Louise Richardson Jody Day - The Disenfranchised Grief of Involuntary Childlessness

In March 2021 we were pleased to welcome Jody Day (@gatewaywomen.bsky.social) to speak to us about The Disenfranchised Grief of Involuntary Childlessness. Watch the recording: youtu.be/7aG_D_yw7sQ?...

YouTube video by Louise Richardson Rupert Read - How Eco-Grief Will Help Us Save Ourselves

Another video from our public lecture series:
@rupertread.bsky.social, 'How Eco-Grief Will Help Us Save Ourselves'. youtu.be/Gxtxlgb5hV0

Delighted for our department colleague Mike Stuart!

YouTube video by Louise Richardson Dennis Klass - Continuing Bonds in Bereavement

Some of our public lectures from 2021 are available to watch on Youtube. Here's Dennis Klass giving an introduction to the Continuing Bonds model of grief: youtu.be/uLONT975cGY?...

Matthew Ratcliffe will be talking about 'The Unacknowledged Aspects of Grief' at this
@griefcentrebris.bsky.social online seminar series. Matthew's talk will be on June 23rd, 1-2pm. www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

International Association for the Philosophy of Death and Dying will be holding its sixth biennial conference June 9-11, 2026 at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. The deadline for abstract submissions is 3 November 2025.
www.philosophyofdeath.org/sixth-bienni...

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I’m hosting a workshop on Social AI at the Uni of Exeter, generously funded by the Society of Applied Philosophy (10&11 Feb). If you fancy joining us to present your work, please submit an abstract!

Confirmed speakers: Rob Clowes, Pii Telakivi, Joel Krueger, Tom Roberts, & me. #philsky

'The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief': newly published graphic novel on grief by Carol Tyler.

5th Workshop on Philosophy of Emotions The School of Philosophy at Zhejiang University is happy to invite submissions for our 5th Workshop on Philosophy of Emotions, dedicated to the theme of grief, to be held on June 5th, 2026. We welcome...

<Please circulate!> Call for abstracts, deadline 28 Feb: 5th workshop on philosophy of emotions, Zhejiang University, 5 June. The topic is grief -- honoured to be the keynote speaker! @griefyork.bsky.social philevents.org/event/show/1...

Feeling Haunted by Loss: Reflections on the Phenomenology of Possibility Descriptions of feeling haunted in an emotional way are widespread. It is doubtful that the relevant experiences are reducible to any combination of established emotion categories, such as regret, re...

Experiences of feeling 'haunted' by loss are common but under-explored. In this new paper, York's Matthew Ratcliffe argues that they involve continuing to experience possibilities as foreclosed:
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Our friends over at York St John University are running a project researching the efficacy of online bereavement groups. If you'd be interested in taking part in their next 10 week online support group you can self-refer here: www.yorksj.ac.uk/working-with...

Ecological Grief as a Shared Emotion - Pablo Fernandez Velasco, Louise Richardson, 2025 There is a growing interdisciplinary effort to understand the emotional dimensions of the climate crisis. A central focus in this line of research is ecological...

Louise Richardson and @pfvelasco.bsky.social's paper 'Ecological Grief as a Shared Emotion' is now published in Emotion Review!

The paper assesses (and ultimately endorses) the claim that grief felt in relation to ecological losses is a shared emotion.

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An encompassing account of regret Philosophical attention to regret is typically focussed on the ethical issues it raises, leaving foundational questions about its objects and structure undecided. Here, these questions are at the f...

In a new paper, Louise Richardson argues that regret is a feeling of discomfort when real life seems worse than how things might (have) be(en). The account makes sense of different kinds of regret, helps us manage regret, and has interesting broader consequences. Read it here: t.ly/8_1s0

Michael Cholbi & Jordan MacKenzie, Grief as a Duty of Practical Fidelity - PhilPapers We often feel duty-bound to grieve our loved ones after their deaths. But how can we owe grief (or anything) to those who are no longer alive? We propose that the ...

We feel the moral tug of grief -- but how can there be a duty to grieve the dead? Delighted to have this paper coming out with Jordan MacKenzie, arguing the duty is rooted in 'practical fidelity'. Look for it in Free and Equal in coming months! philpapers.org/rec/CHOGAA-3 @griefyork.bsky.social

The abstract of the paper 'An encompassing account of regret'. Also available via the link in the post.

New paper alert! Project member Louise Richardson's paper 'An encompassing account of regret' has been accepted for publication in the journal Inquiry.

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All are very welcome! Address is Friends Meeting House, Greengate, Malton, YO17 7EN. (3/3)

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We will be using our 'Picturing Grief' images as a prompt for discussion about the experience of grief. (2/3)

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Louise Richardson will be taking part in a 'Death Cafe' event at the Friends' Meeting House in Malton tomorrow Wednesday 13th, 9.30-11am. Death Cafes provide space for people to engage in open, meaningful conversations about death. (1/3)

Grief has always been my companion: poetry taught me how to live with it | Ali Hammoud Poetry allows our hearts to hover in that mysterious realm that lies between life and death, to catch glimpses of our soul

"When we grieve, we mourn the most precious things that we have lost. But poetry helps us to not only preserve them, but to transform them."

Ali Hammoud in @theguardian.com on the capacity of poetry to help us in grief.

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Digital resurrection: fascination and fear over the rise of the deathbot Ozzy Osbourne appeared as an AI-generated image at a recent Rod Stewart concert, prompting questions about how the ghoulish phenomenon will affect grieving

How might AI change the course of someone's grief? Project member Louise Richardson is quoted in this article in @theguardian.com, on the growing phenomenon of “digital resurrection”.

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