Events from the 24 January 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 2023
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
Durham BFI Film & Television Careers Week
Students are invited to join professionals from across the Film & TV industry talking about their roles and careers.
23 January 2023 - 27 January 2023
Location is dependent on event. Please check the individual event listings for details
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Student experience
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Community Uses of Ruins: The De-Monumenting and Re-Monumenting of a Colonial Symbol in the Medina of Tripoli, Libya
Jointly organized by The Heritage Group and the Decolonisation working Group - Durham University Please join us on Tuesday, 24th January 2023 at 1-2pm in room D104 (Dawson Building) or on ZOOM Community Uses of Ruins: The De-Monumenting and Re-Monumenting of a Colonial Symbol in the Medina of Tripoli, Libya
24 January 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
D104 (Dawson Building) or on ZOOM
- Workshop
- Department of Archaeology
Community Uses of Ruins: The De-Monumenting and Re-Monumenting of a Colonial Symbol in the Medina of Tripoli, Libya Reem Furjani
Reem Furjani is a researcher on critical heritage studies and cultural policies from Tripoli, Libya. She is Founder and Director of Scene for Culture and Heritage; Fellow at the University of Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS); Ambassador to ICOMOS General Assembly 2023; Co-Founder of the Mediterranean Association for Data Interchange (MADI); and recently Fellow at the American Institute for Maghreb Studies (AIMS).
24 January 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
D104 (Dawson Building) and online via Zoom. Please email anna.leone@durham.ac.uk for the Zoom link.
- Research event
- Department of Archaeology
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/
24 January 2023
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
PO005, Department of Philosophy
- Research event
- Department of Philosophy