We organise or collaborate on many tens of events each year, ranging from public lectures for a wide audience, to specialised academic seminars and conferences. Visit our Events page for current listings, or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook.
We regularly invite scholars from other universities throughout the UK and internationally to present papers at research seminars.
These provide an opportunity for postgraduates and members of staff to come together in an informal environment to hear about and discuss the latest research. Some seminars are also open to the public.
The South and West Asian Reading Group (SWARG) meets twice termly to discuss a work of South or West Asian literature. The group is run by a group of postgraduate students at Durham and Newcastle university and aims to bring together a friendly and relaxed community across the North East based on a shared interest in reading and talking about South and West Asian fiction. For information about our upcoming meetings see our Twitter and Instagram pages, or contact avarna.ojha@durham.ac.uk.
The precise offering of seminar series and events varies year to year. Here are other examples of series we have run with a postgraduate focus. You can view all past events via our Events Archive.
Late Summer Lectures was organised by our postgraduate researchers, and brought some of the cutting-edge research from early-career scholars to share with the public. The series ran every August through to October from 2010 to 2020. Everyone from students and schools to members of the public was able to attend and encounter new perspectives on literature.
Recordings from previous lectures can be found at our Spotify channel.
Inventions of the Text was organised by a team of postgraduate researchers, and combined papers by academics from Durham and beyond with presentations by PhD students. There were three to four seminars per term.
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