Description:

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

Michael Certo, MD, MA, MM
Attending Physician,
Pediatric Palliative Care and Critical Care Medicine
Ethics Consultant & Advisory Board Member
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Songs on the Death of Children: A Case Study in Music as Narrative Medicine

Acts and events constituting music vary widely in form and function, but music itself is a nearly universal behavior and experience. Music communicates and translates elements of human experience that defy linguistic description and is therefore uniquely poised to deepen the experience of absorbing, interpreting, and being moved by stories of illness, death, and dying. And yet, despite a broad expansion of scholarship within the arts and humanities, music remains an underexplored discipline with respect to narrative medicine. This talk will demonstrate the remarkable potential of music as a powerful medium for exploring stories of illness, death, and dying, and offer a method for engaging with music as narrative medicine using Gustav Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder [Songs on the Death of Children] as an exemplar. 

This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.

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