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Events from the 01 April 2023 - 30 April 2023 Reset
Introduction to International Boundaries: Definition, Delimitation and Dispute Resolution
This online training course provides a simple, contextual overview of international boundaries and the practical measures that can be taken to resolve international boundary disputes. Through a series of short online lectures and a final practical exercise, the course explores the relevance of borders and looks at land and maritime boundary disputes, before covering methods available for dispute resolution.
01 January 2021 - 31 December 2025
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Online workshop
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
'There was light': Amunhotep III and his Dazzling Age
The ancient Egyptian king Amunhotep III was the grandfather of the famous boy king Tutankhamun.
01 October 2022 - 21 May 2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham, DH1 3TH
- Exhibitions
Guardians of the Silk Road's Heritage: Women of the mountains of Central Asia
This exhibition showcases the work of the professional artists and craftswomen who do so much to preserve and transfer traditional knowledge and skills, adapting them for new audiences and popularising Central Asian folk art. Alongside photographs of the women practicing a variety of traditional craft techniques will be examples of their textile work.
01 October 2022 - 21 May 2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham DH1 3TH
- Exhibitions
Photographing Tutankhamun
This exhibition explores how photography turned Tutankhamun into a global sensation. It shows the most famous photographic images in archaeology, from the most famous of archaeological finds: the tomb of Tutankhamun. Marking the 100th anniversary of the tomb’s discovery in November 1922, this exhibition created by Durham University academic, Prof Christina Riggs, examines the striking images created by photographer Harry Burton during the decade-long excavation.
09 December 2022 - 24 June 2023
12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Outdoor Art Gallery, Bill Bryson Library Square, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE
- Exhibitions
Discover Durham Live Virtual Sessions
Book a Discover Durham Live Virtual Session- come and hear from our current students!
06 February 2023 - 29 June 2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Virtual
- Open days & visits
Discover Durham Live Virtual Sessions
Book a Discover Durham Live Virtual Session- come and hear from our current students!
06 February 2023 - 29 June 2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Virtual
- Open days & visits
STEP 2023 Information Events
Want to find out more about the STEP programme? Come and talk to the STEP team at one of our information events.
13 February 2023 - 12 April 2023
Online and in-person (Central London)
- Open days & visits
Stories from the River: Explore the collection of Gary Bankhead, underwater archaeologist
The exhibition explores the stories connected through objects discovered in the River Wear, evoking the social history of Durham’s past 800 years. It has been co-curated by underwater archaeologist Gary Bankhead and the Museum of Archaeology. It will feature around 200 of the 13,500 artefacts that have been found in the River Wear by Gary since 2008, in a friendly-family display.
20 February 2023 - 16 April 2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Museum of Archaeology, Palace Green Library, Palace Green, Durham DH1 3RN
- Exhibition
Annual Volunteering and Outreach Award nominations now open!
Nominations are now open for this year’s Durham University Volunteering and Outreach (DUSVO) Awards, where students and staff are recognised for the invaluable contribution they make to a wide variety of projects.
01 March 2023 - 16 April 2023
12:03 PM - 12:00 PM
Nominations can be made online
- Charity & volunteering
Take a Stitch 2 Durham
Creative textile artists and stitchers Take a Stitch 2 Durham present their 2023 exhibition inspired by 950 years of Durham Castle.
01 April 2023 - 30 June 2023
Durham Castle
- Public
Durham University Campus Dialogue Iftar and Diversity Dinner
Campus Dialogue Iftar and Diversity Dinner, organized by the Dialogue Society North East Branch, St Aidan's College - Durham University and North East Diversity, Education and Solidarity (NEDES).
03 April 2023
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
St. Aidan‘s College, Durham University
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
CITM Seminar by Prof Steven Melnyk (Michigan State University)
Join us for this week's CITM Seminar by Professor Steven Melnyk (Michigan State University)
05 April 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Business School
Diversifying the understandings of the compact city
Per Gunnar's current research focuses on the social implications of urban sustainability and planning, and how to develop equitable and socially inclusive strategies.
06 April 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Zoom
- Research event
- Research Institute
Eat Like a Sultan! Cooking in the Muslim Medieval Ages
Join us this Sunday for an event celebrating medieval Arab food as part of MACFEST (Muslim Arts and Culture Festival)
09 April 2023
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Zoom
- Festival
- Outreach & community
- Public
- Research event
Join us for Durham World Heritage Day 2023!
Free fun for all ages on Durham's incredible UNESCO World Heritage Site this Easter Monday. Live music - food - crafts - performances.
10 April 2023
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3EH
- Holiday activities
- Outreach & community
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
LCS Feedback and Discussion Session
PhD student Felicitas Ruschel will be presenting a paper entitled “Reassessing Early Urbanism in North-Eastern Mesopotamia: Evidence from spatial and scientific analyses of households at Gir-e Bassetki, Kurdistan”. Everyone is welcome join in and provide some friendly feedback.
13 April 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
D210 and online
- Research event
- Department of Archaeology
Research Conversation -Global Health Partnerships
Two calls, one relating to Applied Global Health Research and one relating to Applied Global Health Partnerships open on the 24th May with outlines submitted by 25th July. Both will fund projects up to £2m and £1m respectively over 5 years and wishes to furnish multidisciplinary research and partnerships with low to middle income countries, driven by that country’s needs.
17 April 2023
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
D104, Dawson Building
- Research event
Gender-Based Violence and Layered Disasters: Place, Culture and Survival Book discussion with authors, Nahid Rezwana and Rachel Pain
Nahid Rezwana and Rachel Pain discuss their latest book, which investigates the widespread and persistent relationship between disasters and gender-based violence.
18 April 2023
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Calman Learning Centre, Room 406, Lower Mountjoy, Durham University
- Research event
How Task-Sharing Interventions are Transforming Mental Healthcare
Adam Brown of The New School in New York, delivers this seminar as part of the Sociology research seminar series.
18 April 2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room 113, 32 Old Elvet, Department of Sociology
- Lecture
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Sociology
London Alumni Pub Quiz Tuesday 18 April 2023
Join Durham University alumni for a night of quizzing in London City Centre.
18 April 2023
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Silver Cross, 33 Whitehall, London SW1A 2BX
- Alumni
Durham Inspired: Live with Sam Waterfall, 'How to Promote Yourself on LinkedIn'
Join us for this Durham Inspired: Live with Sam Waterfall of the Obvious Candidate, talking on 'How to Promote Yourself on LinkedIn'
18 April 2023
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Virtual event
- Alumni
Where Are We Now? The Location of Modern Languages and Cultures, hosted by Durham University, 19th-21st April 2023
Durham University's School of Modern Language and Cultures will be hosting the conference, 'Where Are We Now? The Location of Modern Languages and Cultures' from 19th-21st April 2023. A link to the conference website and registration details will follow shortly.
19 April 2023 - 21 April 2023
Calman Learning Centre, Durham University, Durham, UK.
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
CRITICAL: NNMHR 2023
Join us from 19-21 April 2023 for CRITICAL, the fifth annual congress of the NNMHR.
19 April 2023 - 21 April 2023
Online
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
MIB Seminar by Peter Gabrielsson (Vaasa)
Join us at this week's MIB Seminar with Prof Peter Gabrielsson (University of Vaasa, Finland)
19 April 2023
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Online and in-person in Mill Hill Lane Room 453
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Business School
Leslie Brooks Lecture 2023 with Mieke Bal, Cultural Theorist and Video Artist
The School of Modern Languages and Cultures' conference ‘Where Are We Now? The Location of Modern Languages and Cultures' is delighted to host Mieke Bal, renowned cultural theorist and video artist for the 2023 Leslie Brooks lecture.
19 April 2023
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Arnold Wolfendale Lecture Theatre, Calman Learning Centre, Durham University
- Film screening
- Lecture
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Climate futures: Imagination and its influence on Green energy policy in Scotland
In this paper Dr Gabriella Manly presents her three year Leverhulme project
20 April 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Zoom
- Research event
- Research Institute
DREAM Seminar by Paulo Barelli (Rochester)
Join us at this week's DREAM Seminar with Dr Paulo Barelli
20 April 2023
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Online
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Business School
Network H2 Webinar : H2Tec and low emission Drive trains
Network-H2 is the EPSRC funded network to maximise the impact of UK-funded research and innovation. The Network will be organising conferences, seminars, workshops and funding calls in order to advance the knowledge and understanding of hydrogen fuelled transportation.
21 April 2023
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
- Research event
- Research Institute
The Queer Art of History: Queer Kinship After Fascism
Join us, either in person or online, for a seminar with guest speaker Dr Jennifer Evans, author of 'The Queer Art of History' (Duke University Press, 2023). Dr Evans will discuss her analysis of the fraught and also productive ways that Germans have responded to race, gender nonconformity, and sexuality in social movements, art, and everyday life, from post-war through to modern times.
24 April 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online, or in person at Elvet Riverside (ER145), 83 New Elvet, Durham, DH1 3AQ
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- School of Modern Languages & Cultures
CITM Seminar by Dr. Yingshuai Zhao (University of Cologne)
Join us for this week's CITM Seminar by Dr. Yingshuai Zhao from University of Cologne.
25 April 2023
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Durham University Business School
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Business School
Towards an Ethnomusicology of Orchestration and Ensembles
Join us for the Music Research Forum session with Michael Tenzer, Professor of Music at the University of British Columbia
25 April 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Online via Zoom
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Music Department
LGBT+ History - Kit Heyam - Rethinking trans history
Join writer and historian Kit Heyam to discuss their latest book Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
25 April 2023
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Palatine Centre, Durham University
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Vice-Chancellor's Reception in San Francisco
Vice-Chancellor’s Reception in San Francisco
25 April 2023
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Venue: The City Club
- Alumni
CNCS Annual Postgraduate Conference: The Nineteenth Century Now: Reassessing the Continued Role and Relevance of the Long Nineteenth Century
'The Nineteenth Century Now' is this years CNCS PG/ECR conference taking place at Northumbria University on Wednesday 26 April 2023
26 April 2023
Room 201, Sandyford Building Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8QH
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Environmentalism in the Nineteenth Century
Join us for this free online event exploring the theme of environmentalism through a nineteenth century lens. Please note all times are Central European Time (CET).
26 April 2023
Zoom
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Durham DBA Online Information Event
Taster session for the Durham Doctorate in Business Administration - Organisational Ecology.
26 April 2023
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Online
- Doctoral
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Business School
Book Launch: Conscientious Objection in Turkey - A Socio-legal Analysis of the Right to Refuse Military Service
The Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice (CCLCJ) and Gender and Law at Durham (GLAD) at Durham Law School are delighted to welcome you to the launch of Dr Demet Asli Caltekin's book: Conscientious Objection in Turkey.
26 April 2023
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Durham Law School and Online
- Discussion
- Lecture
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Law School
Wordsworth’s The Borderers: Early and Late
All welcome to our next Inventions of the Text seminar, available online.
26 April 2023
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Online (Zoom)
- Public
- Research event
- Department of English Studies
Vice-Chancellor's Reception in Seattle
Vice-Chancellor’s Reception in Seattle
26 April 2023
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Venue: Space Needle
- Alumni
MUSICON: a thousand regretz: renaissance & modern melancholy | Ben Smith
Pianist Ben Smith presents a beautiful and ingenious programme, featuring keyboard works from the Renaissance alongside contemporary music for solo piano. Separated by a period of 400 years or more, the composers of these works explore contrasting and comparable notions of melancholy, as emotional expression and creative inspiration.
26 April 2023
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Concert Room, Music Department, Durham University, Palace Green Please get in touch to confirm accessibility arrangements.
- Music
- Music Department
Book Talk - Professor Gaetano Dimita
Welcome to a Talk with Professor Gaetano Dimita on the topic 'Video games as proto-metaverses and how they are revolutionising IP law?'
27 April 2023
12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
PCL050 - Durham Law School
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Law School
Alexander Bubb and Katharina Herold-Zanker Staff and Postgraduates Research Seminar
A staff and postgraduate research seminar.
27 April 2023
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Elvet Riverside 1 and online via Zoom
- Research event
- Department of English Studies
Durham Global Environmental Law Lecture Series - Environmental Problems in the Caribbean: A Judicial Perspective
The Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy at Durham University Law School and the Global Policy Institute are delighted to offer this series of lectures.
27 April 2023
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Durham University
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Law School
Durham Global Environmental Law Lecture Series - Closing Session
The Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy at Durham University Law School and the Global Policy Institute are delighted to offer this series of lectures.
27 April 2023
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Durham University
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Law School
DREAM Seminar by Stephen Morris (MIT)
Join us for this week's DREAM Seminar with Professor Stephen Morris (MIT)
27 April 2023
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Online
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Business School
All Keyboards are Legitimate: Versions of Jules Laforgue
A Centre for Poetry and Poetics event.
27 April 2023
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Elvet Riverside 207
- Public
- Research event
Durham Inspired: Live (Virtual) Recovering Shakespeare: The story of Durham's First Folio
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of Mr. William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, better known to us today as the First Folio. The book, a landmark publication even at the time it was printed, has over time acquired iconic status and institutions owning a Folio now regard it as a badge of honour.
27 April 2023
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Virtual
- Alumni
The Politics of Credibility in Refugee Reception: Final Project Workshop
The workshop focuses on the politics of credibility in asylum procedures and the processes and structures that develop around them. Looked at in the current moment of juncture in the legal safeguards to protection, the workshop discusses political landscapes of reception, and particularly the processes of political mobilization and the discourses around asylum and recognition that they animate.
28 April 2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Cosin‘s Hall, Palace Green
- Research event
Global DBA: Durham-emlyon Online Event - Meet the Programme Directors
Prospective students can join us for this Global DBA Online Event - Meet the Programme Directors.
28 April 2023
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Online
- Doctoral
- Online
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Business School
Network H+C Webinar - Attitudes to heat disruption and the development of cooling networks
A Network for Heating and Cooling Research to Enable a Net-Zero Carbon Future (H+C Zero Network) has been established by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to maximise the impact of UK-funded research and innovation.
28 April 2023
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
- Research event
- Department of Engineering
- Research Institute
Logistics of Social Reproduction
Seminar on the organisation of working lives as a mode of logistics. Panelists from Glasgow, Oxford, SOAS, Newcastle and Durham.
28 April 2023
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room Location: TLC 117; zoom link to follow.
- Research event
Investigations into Second Millennium BC Northern Mesopotamian Urbanism: Excavations at Kurd Qaburstan
Professor Glenn Schwartz, from Johns Hopkins University, will be presenting the findings of his fieldwork in Kurd Qaburstan, Iraq
28 April 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
D216 The Dawson Building Durham University Science Site South Road Durham DH1 3LE
- Discussion
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Archaeology
Growth and Resolution
Dr Julia Beaumont and her PhD student Corinne Feuillatre from the University of Bradford will be presenting their research, combining archaeological and professional knowledge to shed new light on human diets.
28 April 2023
4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
PCL048 The Palatine Centre Durham University Science Site South Road Durham DH1 3LE
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Archaeology
Vice-Chancellor's Evening Reception in New York
It is our great pleasure to invite you to join our Vice-Chancellor and Warden, Professor Karen O'Brien, senior Durham University colleagues, and fellow alumni and friends, for an evening reception on Friday 28 April 2023, from 7pm.
28 April 2023
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Yale Club
- Alumni