Events from the 30 January 2023 - 05 February 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
IMEMS Seminar Series: Epiphany Term 2023
This interdisciplinary forum covers a wide range of medieval and early modern topics. It is designed to bring together members, including students, from across our departments, as well as from outside Durham University.
25 January 2023 - 08 March 2023
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
7 Owengate, Durham, DH1 3HB (and online - registration essential)
- Other
- Outreach & community
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Sustainability Careers Week
Check out the Sustainability Careers Week taking place from Monday 30 January - Friday 3 February for a range of talks and presentations on careers within this sector.
30 January 2023 - 03 February 2023
Location is dependent on event. Please check the individual event listings for details
- Student experience
Revisiting ethical challenges in community-university research partnerships
BOOKING ESSENTIAL. IN PERSON EVENT ONLY. LUNCH PROVIDED.
30 January 2023
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room 113, Dept of Sociology, Durham University, 32 Old Elvet, DH1 3HN.
- Research event
- Workshop
Death by Beep? Problems and solutions with current hospital soundscapes
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Professor Michael Schutz (McMaster University)
30 January 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cosin‘s Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green
- Research event
Disasters and their Consequences: Developing New Research Partnerships with Small Jurisdictions
The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience and After Disasters Network invites you to an interdisciplinary sandbox on how small jurisdictions around the world can become more resilient to the consequences of disasters, specifically by helping each other.
31 January 2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Ushaw College, Durham & via zoom please register here
- Discussion
Durham MBA Online Information Session
Whether you would like more information about studying your Durham MBA or have queries around the admissions process, or you just want to find out more about the Business School.
31 January 2023
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Online
- MBA
Absence/presence of Durham’s Black History: exploration of institutions, archives, students and pedagogies
This open meeting/symposium will focus on the concept of ‘absence/presence’ and explore the expertise and knowledge across the university on the theme in relation to Black history.
31 January 2023
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cosin‘s Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green
- Research event
Can data save us? Exploring the role of informatics on materials research.
Dr Sparks' research group focuses primarily on the discovery, synthesis, and characterization of new materials for energy applications
01 February 2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
CG91
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Departmental Seminar: Politics of Knowledge in Neolithic Turkey
Dr Kevin Kay from the University of Leicester will be presenting his research on how the archaeology of Neolithic Turkey is affected by the politics of knowledge
01 February 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
D210, The Dawson Building
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Archaeology
* POSTPONED* Confabulations: Institutional Violence in Mental Health. Collective Listening as Practice and Protest
THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED DUE TO STRIKE ACTION Join us for the last winter Confabulations event which will focus on entanglements of art, psychiatry, and therapy, in their histories, practices and institutions.
01 February 2023
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Online
- Research event
- Research Institute
MUSICON: EXAUDI | Chromatic Renaissance
Acclaimed vocal ensemble EXAUDI returns to Durham with a unique and fascinating programme exploring the chromatic music of 16th-century Renaissance Italy.
01 February 2023
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Chapter House, Durham Cathedral
- Music
- Performance
- Music Department
02 February 2023
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
First Floor, Arthur Holmes Building. Left of the Calman Learning Centre. Signposted DRMC.
- Research event
02 February 2023
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Room E101, Engineering Building, Durham University
- Research event
Webinar – MSc Energy Engineering Management
Join us to learn more about our new MSc Energy Engineering Management programme, starting October 2023.
02 February 2023
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Online
- Masters
- Business School
- Department of Engineering
EURiCA Project Reading Group
EURiCA Reading Group
02 February 2023
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Department of Philosophy, Old Elvet (room 207) and Zoom
- Research event
- Department of Philosophy
The Human Rights and Public Law Centre presents: Sir Jonathan Jones KC - Where next for human rights reform and the Bill of Rights Bill?
The Human Rights and Public Law Centre is pleased to announce a talk by Sir Jonathan Jones KC, formerly the top government lawyer in the UK government, and Durham law school alumnus.
02 February 2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PCL048—the Hogan Lovells lecture theatre
- Alumni
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Law School
Book launch for Anne Whitehead's "Relating Suicide: A Personal and Critical Perspective"
An in-person event to mark the publication of Anne Whitehead’s Relating Suicide: A Personal and Critical Perspective.
02 February 2023
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Birley Room, Hatfield College, Durham University
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
Liman Tepe: Anatolia’s Gateway to the Aegean
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ümit Gündoğan, Archaeology Department/ Department of Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, Batman University, Turkey will be delivering a talk on his research into the Bronze Age settlement of Liman Tepe on Turkey's western coast.
03 February 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
D210
- Research event
- Department of Archaeology
Will Todd - 'Migrations'
Composer Will Todd talks about writing the music for Welsh National Opera's huge new work Migrations which premiered last year. Will Todd grew up in Durham and loved theatre music from an early age. Working with WNO on this complex and powerful piece has been challenging, time consuming and incredibly exciting!
03 February 2023
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
W103 - Geography Building
- Creative
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Lecture
- Music
- Research event