Tanz mit dem Tod

Karlheinz Tscheliessnigg, Beiratsmitglied der Hospizakademie & Vorstandsvorsitzender der Steiermärkischen Krankenanstaltengesellschaft m.b.H, Egon Kapellari, Diözesanbischof der Diözese Graz-Seckau, Moderatorin Barbara Muhr, Vorstandsdirektorin Holding Graz, Rektorin Christa Neuper sowie der Vortragende Rainer Danzinger, Facharzt für Psychiatrie und Neurologie, Psychoanalytiker, Maler) Foto: UNI for LIFE GmbH

Jubiläumsveranstaltung der Hospizakademie an der Uni Graz

Rund 300 Gäste waren am 9. Dezember 2014 in die Aula der Universität Graz gekommen, um der Jubiläumsveranstaltung der Hospizakademie Steiermark "Tanz mit dem Tod - Sterben und Tod in der Kunst" beizuwohnen. Nach der Begrüßung von Rektorin Christa Neuper und dem Vorstandsvorsitzenden der Steiermärkischen Krankenanstaltengesellschaft m.b.H., Univ.-Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Tscheliessnig referierte Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rainer Danzinger über die Einflüsse, die Kunst und Kultur im Laufe der Jahrhunderte auf unsere Wahrnehmungen zum Thema Tod ausgeübt haben. Prominenter Gast war auch Diözesanbischof Dr. Dr. h. c. Egon Kapellari.

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