Events from the 01 January 2024 - 31 December 2024 Reset
AI is helping streamline the literature searching process. Find out how in this bite-sized academic skills session.
01 February 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Elvet Room, Bill Bryson Library
CHESS organises weekly research meetings for its members and interested colleagues. Meetings take place each Thursday during term time from 11:00am - 12:00pm online via Zoom (until further notice).
Philosophy Department (PO004) and on Zoom
The Biosciences department runs two seminar series: Departmental seminars that cover a wide range of biological topics, and EEE seminars that cover topics related to Ecology, Evolution and Environment.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
L50, Psychology
Hosted by the Narrative and Cognition Lab as part of the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities, Passport Talks are talks where scholars and world-makers showcase a recent or in-progress method and/or topic and/or idea that they feel identifies their approach.
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online & Institute of Medical Humanities Confluence Building Lower Mountjoy Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE
The Department of Engineering’s PGR students present their research in a supportive environment. Come along and learn about the Department’s diverse research portfolio.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Hybrid: E240, Higginson Building, Engineering Department and Online: Zoom
POSTPONED How can we prevent millions from going hungry? Professor Ari Sadanandom, Professor of Biosciences at Durham University will give a talk on food systems and climate change.
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Zoom
This session will show you why accurate referencing is essential, the referencing styles you will be expected to use, and how to use the Discover search engine and other databases to create references.
02 February 2024
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Online
If you are a business student, knowing what resources the library has and how to use them is vital. This session will introduce you to key sources of company information, market research, business articles and news.
It is vital for Arts and Humanities students to know what resources the library has and how to use them. This session will introduce you to key sources of eBooks, journal articles, digitised archives, media, and news and help you use them effectively.
This talk is part of the Department of Psychology seminar series.
L68, Psychology building
Join us for another hybrid event hosted by the Narrative and Cognition Lab as part of the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities! This time we invite you to the 'Science on Narrative // Narrative on Science' seminar where a cognitive scientist talks about a narrative work that impacted her method and ideas; a narrative scholar/world-maker talks about a scientific idea about the mind that affected her way of working and thinking.
5:00 PM - 6:45 PM
Online & TLC113 (Teaching and Learning Centre • Durham University) South Road, Durham, DH1 3LS
The event will consist of performances by Svetlana Rudenko (piano), and feature talks by the CEO of Haunted Planet Studios Prof. Mads Haahr (Trinity College Dublin), and Dr Kelly Jakubowski (Durham University).
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Concert Room, Department of Music, Palace Green
This is a rare chance to experience a participatory ‘mixed reality’ (virtual and actual reality, visual + sound) art installation and concert, with pianist and visiting Fellow Dr Svetlana Rudenko! At the Durham Music Department, Palace Green.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Concert Room, Music Department, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RL
Join us for a Centre for Leadership and Followership-hosted workshop with Dr Omar Solinger (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
05 February 2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Durham University Business School
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Dr Mara Leichtman (Michigan State University)
Cosin‘s Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green
The Centre for Chinese Law and Policy (CCLP), in cooperation with the Global Policy Institute (GPI), will host an in-person talk by Prof. Yvonne Tew (Georgetown, Law)
06 February 2024
Lecture hall E102, Christopherson Higginson, Engineering, Durham University
Starting to think about your dissertation? Trying to decide on your topic? Join us for our Chat With Us session on Tuesday 6 February and speak to one of our Faculty Librarians about choosing a topic for your dissertation, based on the resources available to you here at Durham.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Bill Bryson Library
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Professor Mireille Hildebrandt (Vrije Universiteit Brussels)
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Holgate House, Grey College
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