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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A major\u00a0open access\u00a0research book co-edited by Avril Maddrell, Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Reading, continues to offer\u00a0timely\u00a0insight into questions of migration, identity and belonging across Europe.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Published in 2023 by Springer Nature as part of the IMISCOE Research series,\u00a0<\/span>Mobilities in Life and Death: Negotiating Room for Migrants and Minorities in European Cemeteries<\/span><\/i>\u00a0examines how cemeteries and crematoria function as important public spaces for inclusion,\u00a0exclusion\u00a0and cultural identity.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The edited collection\u00a0emerged\u00a0from the European HERA-funded\u00a0CeMi\u00a0Project\u00a0project,\u00a0<\/span>Cemeteries and Crematoria as Public Spaces of Belonging in Europe<\/span><\/i>, which explored how migrant and minority communities negotiate cultural,\u00a0religious\u00a0and social belonging through practices surrounding death,\u00a0remembrance\u00a0and\u00a0memorialisation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The book was awarded first prize in 2020 for IMISCOE book proposals, securing full\u00a0open access\u00a0publication support.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At a time when migration, identity and public space remain central topics across Europe, the collection highlights how spaces of mourning and remembrance can also become spaces of negotiation,\u00a0visibility\u00a0and community formation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor Maddrell\u2019s wider research focuses on migration, emotional geographies,\u00a0deathscapes,\u00a0pilgrimage\u00a0and social inclusion. Her recent work also includes research into the social and spatial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the 2023 paper\u00a0<\/span>The multiple intensities of COVID-19 space-times<\/span><\/i>, published in\u00a0<\/span>Social & Cultural Geography<\/span><\/i>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The\u00a0open access\u00a0book is available here:\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-031-28284-3<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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