Events from the 20 February 2023 - 26 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
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
Network capabilities: rethinking wellbeing in a digital society
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Professor Philippa Colin (Western Sydney University)
20 February 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cosin‘s Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green
- Research event
Mike Winter, IHRR seminar series 2022-2023
Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience Risk Masters seminar series, 1pm to 2pm, room w007, geography building and via Zoom
20 February 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
w007, geography
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Decolonising Archaeology in the Berlin Museums: An opportunity? Or an opportunity to ignore?
Dr. Sujatha Chandrasekaran, Archaeological Associate at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, will be talking on decolonisation in relation to its impact on the Berlin Museums.
20 February 2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Durham University Department of Archaeology Science Site (Lower Mountjoy) Dawson Building D104
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Department of Archaeology
From Panacea to Pollutant: a drug's journey (please note rescheduled date from 23 February 2023)
An IAS Public Lecture by Professor Khalil Hanna (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes)
20 February 2023
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Seminar Room, Institute of Advanced Study, Palace Green (note parking is not available on Palace Green)
- Research event
- Ustinov College
20 February 2023
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
online
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Fighting Proud - How gay men did their 'bit' for Britain in the war
An illustrated talk by Stephen Bourne
20 February 2023
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Online
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
QS Masters and MBA Fair - Toronto
Join us at the QS Masters and MBA Fair in Toronto on Tuesday 21 February.
21 February 2023
10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Toronto
- Masters
- MBA
Methods for studying social media: meaning making and multimodality, workshop with Prof Katrin Tiidenberg
An IAS workshop with Professor Katrin Tiidenberg (Tallinn University)
21 February 2023
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Cosin‘s Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green
- Workshop
Philosophical Issues in Astrobiology and Space Science Seminar Series 2023
The second series of Philosophical Issues in Astrobiology and Space Science. https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/humanities-engaging-science-society/research/eurica-project-leverhulme/philosophical-issues-in-astrobiology-and-space-science-seminar-series/
21 February 2023
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
PO005, Department of Philosophy
- Research event
- Department of Philosophy
The Writer Summit with Professor Emma Smith
The Writer Summit is a student group organizing various talks with writers, journalists, politicians and more.
21 February 2023
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Online
- Student experience
- Department of English Studies
The Durham DBA Module Taster Session: Marketing Theory and Practice
Join us online on Wednesday 22 February for a Durham DBA taster session on Marketing Theory and Practice. The session will be delivered by Professor Gretchen Larsen (Associate Professor in Marketing).
22 February 2023
Durham
- Doctoral
CANCELLED - Conversations on Machine Learning and Conceptual Change: Digital Twins
This event is unfortunately cancelled. This fireside chat will focus on the topic of digital twins, and feature contributions from Prof Camila Caiado (Mathematical Sciences) and Dr Ben Jacobsen (Geography). It will be facilitated by Dr Alex Campolo (Geography) and Dr Eamonn Bell (Computer Science).
22 February 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cosin‘s Hall, Palace Green
- Research event
Career in International Arbitration event
Mr Efemena Iluezi-Ogbaudu who is an international arbitration trainee in Linklaters London office will share his experience in arbitration and give career tips to students.
22 February 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Hogan Lovells Theatre, Palatine Centre, Durham Law School
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Law School
QS Masters and MBA Fair - Montreal
Join us at the QS Masters and MBA Fair in Montreal on Thursday 23 February.
23 February 2023
10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Montreal
- Masters
- MBA
Revealing the invisible floor: integrated geoarchaeological analysis of early medieval structures in Scotland
Vanessa Reid from the Durham University Department of Archaeology will be discussing her use of geoarchaeological techniques to analyse occupation surfaces from early Medieval Scotland.
23 February 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
D210 and online via Zoom
- Research event
- Department of Archaeology
Dirt, dynasties, and devastation: A geoarchaeological investigation into the Yellow River watershed
Mike Storozum from Newcastle University will be giving a talk on his geoarchaeological research into the Yellow River Watershed.
23 February 2023
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
D104 and online at: : https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/94926300892?pwd=b3ZCRHdVUFBjbFF1U0JCcm8zZHJvUT09 Meeting ID: 949 2630 0892 Passcode: 634102
- Research event
- Department of Archaeology
Departmental Research Seminar: From the Mound to the Mantelpiece. The Movement of Early Bronze Age Pots from the Dead Sea Plain, Jordan
Professor Morag Kersel will be presenting on the movement of pottery in Bronze Age Jordan
23 February 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Virtual
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Archaeology
Criminal Law Careers
The Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice are delighted to welcome legal professionals to share their experiences of pursuing careers in the Criminal Law.
23 February 2023
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
In person and online Event location: TBC
- Student experience
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Law School
24 February 2023
12:00 AM - 1:30 AM
Kenworthy Hall, St Mary‘s College
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
24 February 2023
12:00 AM - 1:30 AM
Kenworthy Hall, St Mary‘s College
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
Talking Back to History
This is a hybrid event with an online option via zoom. Zoom login details will be sent closer to the event.
24 February 2023
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Department of Sociology, 32 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Sociology
Inverting Colonial Worlds
A one-day symposium focused on the (de)coloniality of knowledge for and from the Americas.
24 February 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Hybrid (10am-1pm); in person 1pm onwards. Room TBA.
- Research event
24 February 2023
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Pennington Room, Grey College
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
24 February 2023
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Pennington Room, Grey College
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
Network H+C Webinar - Residential Heat and Solar Thermal Storage
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.
24 February 2023
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
- Research event
- Department of Engineering
- Research Institute
The forgotten 1%: recent research on asexuality and aromanticism
A webinar to understand (a) sexuality and (a)romanticism, and to celebrate the A spec community.
24 February 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Online
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Psychology
Queer Sappho? Reading, Re-Reading and Reinventing Sappho’s Roman Receptions
In this public talk, the Durham Department of Classics & Ancient History's 5th annual LGBT+ History Month event, Dr Simona Martorana (former Durham PhD student, now at the University of Kiel) will explore queerness in the Roman receptions of Sappho. This talk will take place on Zoom only, and is free and open to all.
24 February 2023
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Online
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Classics and Ancient History
Poetic Postures and Lyrical Tales: Mary Robinson's Abolitionism
All are welcome to our next Inventions of The Text seminar.
24 February 2023
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Elvet Riverside, Durham
- Public
- Research event
- Department of English Studies
Ron Hogg Memorial Trophy - 5 a side football tournament
LGBT+ & Allies 5 a side Football Tournament
26 February 2023
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Maiden Castle, Durham University, DH1 3SE
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion