Events from the 01 October 2022 - 31 October 2022 Reset
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
The result of a collaboration between Durham University academics and the The Projection Studio, CODEX is a video and sound installation exploring the creation of illuminated manuscripts in the Northeast of England.
22 September 2022 - 03 October 2022
10:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Various locations across the region with historical connection to the Lindisfarne Gospels
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
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.
Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham DH1 3TH
Join us at the QS Connect MBA event in London.
01 October 2022
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
London
Considering applying for a Masters degree at Durham University Business School?
The Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy at Durham University Law School and the Global Policy Institute are delighted to offer this series of lectures.
03 October 2022
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
PCL048 Hogan Lovells, Palatine Centre, Durham University
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
PCL050 (next to Law School reception), Palatine Centre, Durham University
NUS Centre for International Law and DU Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy, with the support and participation of the UNFCCC Secretariat, are organising a series of workshop on the Global Stocktake.
04 October 2022
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Online
This session, chaired by Matthew McCullough, will see Dr Erin Johnson Williams and Dr Kelly Jakubowski present on their research, followed by questions for both, and then tips on applying for postdoctoral fellowships.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
In person - Concert Room, Music Department, Durham University
Calling all students interested in part time work or volunteering opportunities - Come along and meet a range of local employers and organisations who are recruiting for paid and voluntary roles across various sectors, including: - Hospitality, - Marketing, - Tutoring, - Retail, - Heritage and many more!
05 October 2022
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room TLC113, in the Teaching and Learning Centre
Ian Simpson discusses the disappearance of the Norse community in sub-Arctic Greenland and the role of climate change here.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Professor Ruben Huerta-Garcia will be giving a talk on the use of social robots as service deliverers, the challenge of using gendered robots
06 October 2022
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 454 Durham Business School Durham University Mill Hill Lane Durham DH1 3LB UK
Sir Malcolm, who served as Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary in Sir John Major’s government of the 1990s, will give the second Michael McCarthy Memorial Lecture, beginning at 5.30pm on Thursday 6 October, at University College (Durham Castle).
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
University College
IAS Seminar by Professor Uwe Schlink (Helmholtz Centre of Environmental Research UFZ)
10 October 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
IAS Seminar Room, Cosin‘s Hall. Palace Green
11 October 2022
Online via Zoom
Organized by the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) and the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS), Durham University
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Cosin‘s Hall Seminar Room, Palace Green.
'Thinking through photographs': A roundtable discussion (in person and online) with Professor Elizabeth Edwards FBA Organized by the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) and the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS), Durham University
In person at Cosins Hall, Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RW, and online via Zoom webinar
Alumni and friends are invited to join the Chapter for their next event with guest speaker, Professor Lucy Easthope. Professor Easthope is a Professor in Practice at Durham University's Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience and author of the Sunday Times bestseller When The Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster.
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Online only
Join the Durham Alumni Energy Chapter for their next event with guest speaker, Professor Lucy Easthope. Professor Easthope is a Professor in Practice at Durham University's Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience and author of the Sunday Times bestseller When The Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster.Â
This is an online event, link will be sent to registered delegates
Environment has a direct impact on how we feel. Research has demonstrated clear links between the visual landscape, patient recovery and general wellbeing. A view on to nature is known to have positive effects, reducing length of stay for hospital patients. For many, however, due to the design of hospital buildings, this is not an option.
12 October 2022
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
TBC
This conference theme tackles the vital issue of what governments and institutions need to do before and after disasters. What more should be done in the planning process to build capacity and resilience? What more can be improved in the response to disasters that will help to ensure the safety and wellbeing of those affected?
12 October 2022 - 13 October 2022
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us at the CNCS Welcome Event 2022 with keynote from Professor Bernard Lightman
Ken Wade Lecture Theatre, Calman Centre, Durham and online via Zoom
This welcome event marks the start of the academic year and introduces the Durham BFI partnership. The showcase outlines what’s on offer for the year to come and is for anyone interested in film through study, a career, or for fun. Whether you are student, staff or alumni, there are events for you.
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
An interdisciplinary forum designed to bring together members, including students, from across our departments, as well as from outside Durham University.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
7 Owengate, Durham, DH1 3HB (and online - registration essential)
Can we immediately reduce the costs of power and heat? In short, yes!
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Room PG20, Pemberton Building, Pemberton Lecture Rooms, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3EP
Giovanni Cespa from Bayes (former Cass) Business School will present: Market opacity and fragility, joint with Xavier Vives.
13 October 2022
Room 454 Durham University Business School Mill House Lane Durham DH1 3LB
Durham University
By Dr Jacob Phillips (St Mary's University, Twickenham)
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Abbey House, Department of Theology and Religion, Palace Green, Durham
We are once again looking forward to partnering the annual Durham Book Festival, set to take place from 13 – 16 October.
13 October 2022 - 16 October 2022
7:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Various
Join us as we review progress since we last met at Durham COP26 and look at how the Net Zero Landscape has changed! Â
14 October 2022
County Hall, Durham DH1 5UQ What3words /// sofa.fines.steep
14 October 2022 - 15 October 2022
Holgate Conference Centre Grey College and Online
A free, one-day conference on local climate action with talks from researchers, specialists and public sector agencies.
County Hall, Durham DH1 5UZ
The Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy and the Durham Energy Institute are delighted to co-convene a one-day conference with Durham County Council.
7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Durham County Hall
The Centre for Environmental and Energy Economics (CE3) is delighted to invite you to the Conference 'COP26+1: The Countdown to 2030' in collaboration with Durham County Council, Durham Energy Institute (DEI) and the Durham Centre for Sustainable Development, Law and Policy (CSDLP).
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
County Hall County Hall Durham Durham DH1 5UQ
An Online open day for anyone interested in studying part-time to become a Doctor of Business Administration. The Durham DBA at Fudan is taught in English and run in partnership between Durham and Fudan universities.
Seminar - AM-Smart Methods
Durham Research Methods Centre, Nine DTP Hub, First Floor, Arthur Holmes Building (left of Calman Learning Centre)
St Mary‘s College, Kenworthy Hall
Join one of the UK’s most prolific broadcasters and authors at this Durham Book Festival event, as he talks about his love for the poet W. H. Auden and the County Durham landscapes that inspired him. Jeremy Vine will be chaired by Dr Abbie Garrington from our Department of English Studies, with an introduction from Professor Karen O’Brien, Vice-Chancellor, Durham University.
15 October 2022
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Gala Theatre
Durham Book Festival is thrilled to present two of the most exciting voices in contemporary fiction, Jessica Andrews and Natasha Brown, who will be chaired by Dr Naomi Booth from our Department of English Studies.
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Gala Theatre Studio
More Fiya is an exciting collection of Black British poetry, edited by Kayo Chingonyi from our Department of English Studies, that celebrates the legacy and evolution of the Black British poetry scene over the last 20 years and the crosscurrents that join music, performance and verse.
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
‘The Trends and Challenges in the International Dispute Resolution’
17 October 2022
8:45 AM - 5:00 PM
Hybrid event - in person and online
IAS Seminar by Dr Nikita Chiu (University of Exeter.)
Cosin‘s Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green
Igor Kotsiuba, Monday 17th October 2022
w007, geography building, Durham University
The workshop focuses on the politics of refugee reception and their connections and disconnections from the legal procedures of asylum. Looked at from cross-disciplinary perspectives at the micro- and macro- levels, the workshop discusses political landscapes of reception, and particularly the processes of political mobilization around reception sites and the discourses around asylum and recognition that they animate.
18 October 2022
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Institiute of Advanced Study, Cosin‘s Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green
CHESS Seminar Series 2022/23 Olav Gjelsvik (University of Oslo) on 'Intellectual Humility and Pareto Superiority' All welcome and refreshments provided
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Kenworthy Hall, St Mary‘s College
By Dr Cormac Begadon (Durham University)
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
Ushaw: Historic House, Chapels & Gardens
Eidos PG Seminars
19 October 2022
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
PO005 or online (this will be confirmed in the circulated email each week)
Visit the Consulting, Banking & Finance Fair taking place on Wednesday 19 October for advice and information from leading employers.
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Teaching and Learning Centre
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The session will be hybrid in room 407, Calman Learning Centre, Lower Mountjoy, Durham and via Zoom.
Departmental Research Seminar for students and staff
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
PO005, 48 Old Elvet
Professor Brian Castellani delivers the first seminar in the 2022-2023 Sociology Seminar Series.
Hybrid
CHESS Seminar Series 2022/23: Richard Vagnino (UCSD) Title: Leyden jars and magic squares: analogy use in early electrophysiology
PO004, Department of Philosophy, Durham University, 48/49 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HN
Professor Ingrid Falque (Université catholique de Louvain) will speak about praying and meditating with and through images at this inaugural meeting of the IMEMS research strand 'Spiritual Writings from the Low Countries (1200-1550): Context, Influence and Transmission'.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Online via Zoom.
Durham-BFI Film Club invites you to an event for Black History Month, where Dr. Kenny Monrose discusses themes from Perry Henzell's classic crime drama, 'The Harder They Come' (1972)
Musician Jimmy Cliff brings charisma and a knockout soundtrack to Perry Henzell’s classic crime drama The Harder They Come which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
Join us to celebrate the career and achievements of Professor Simon Rees - the first in our series of inaugural lectures for 2022/23
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Calman Learning Centre
The winter 2022-23 program for Confabulations launches with an artist-led event exploring virality and care(lessness).
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
20 October 2022 - 21 October 2022
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Fundación Juan March, Madrid
This talk addresses the sustainability of mine water geothermal management.
20 October 2022
Zoom.
The Institute for Medical Humanities PG/ECR network is having a welcome 'meet and greet event' on Thursday October 20th at 5:00pm. Join us at Whitechurch to meet some other postgrads and early career researchers, have a cosy drink, and maybe find out a little bit about medical humanities!
Whitechurch Free House. 29 Church Street Head, Durham DH1 3DN
An IAS Fellowship Lecture by Dr Christiaan De Beukelaer (University of Melbourne)
Sir James Knott Hall, Trevelyan College
Network-H2 is the EPSRC funded network to maximise the impact of UK-funded research and innovation. The Network will be organising conferences, seminars, workshops and funding calls in order to advance the knowledge and understanding of hydrogen fuelled transportation.
21 October 2022
24 October 2022
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Book your Discover Durham Tour now!
24 October 2022 - 28 October 2022
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Various colleges
A joint seminar by IAS Fellow Professor Catherine Besteman (Colby College) and Leo Hylton
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Careers presentation for our final year students
ER149
A Beacon to All Who Love Liberty: A Concert in Memory of Ruth First. Organised by Durham University, Durham Cathedral and the Ruth First Educational Trust.
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Durham Cathedral
Organised by Durham University, Ruth First Educational Trust, Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society and Durham Cathedral.
Durham Cathedral DH1 3EH
We are delighted to see the return of our community science festival, Celebrate Science, held at Palace Green. This event will bring three fun packed and fascinating days of free events, activities, workshops, experiments, and lectures celebrating science.
25 October 2022 - 27 October 2022
Palace Green Durham County Durham DH1 3RN
25 October 2022
Film Screening
26 October 2022
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
ER142
By Dr Liliana Perez Miguel (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)Â
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
The Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy, in association with the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University, and the International research Advisory Board are delighted to co-convene a zoom webinar.
ER142 or on Zoom
Our first Inventions of the Text seminar of the year. Free, online, and open to everyone.
Online (Zoom)
Format: Hybrid (online & in-person). Bishops Dining Room: Durham Castle
A recital on the work of Spanish Catalan cellist and composer Gaspar Cassadó (1897-1966)
7:30 PM - 9:15 PM
Music Department, Palace Green, Durham
Beginning with a 15-minute slide show and informal talk, the walk is an opportunity to learn more about the Unmasking Pain research project, bringing a human face to the extraordinary academic studies that are taking place. The walk will take you through the beautiful landscape of the Botanics garden, animated with surprising moments along the way from sculptures and storytelling to pop-up performances.
27 October 2022
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Hybrid, both online and at the Botanical Gardens, Durham
28 October 2022
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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.
We are delighted that this October will see the return of our popular Community Fun Day held at Palace Green. This event aims to showcase a huge variety of activities, clubs and organisations from all over County Durham which is free and open for everyone to enjoy!
29 October 2022
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Palace Green
Join us on Halloween for this free online event featuring a spooky series of talks exploring the Nineteenth Century's fascination with horror and the occult.
31 October 2022
Zoom
IAS Seminar by Professor Stefan Brink (University of Cambridge)
Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience seminar series continues
w007, geography building and online
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