Events from the 01 November 2022 - 30 November 2022 Reset
It is our great pleasure to invite you to join our new Vice-Chancellor and Warden Professor Karen O’Brien, Professor of International Law Petra Minnerop, senior Durham University colleagues, and fellow alumni and friends, for an evening reception and lecture on Friday 4 November 2022, from 7pm in Singapore.
04 November 2022
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Villa at Singapore Botanic Gardens
Dr Amanda Herbert (Durham University) will give our 20th Public Lecture on Medieval Food, in Partnership with Blackfriars Restaurant in Newcastle.
05 November 2022
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Blackfriars Banquet Hall, Blackfriars Restaurant, Newcastle upon Tyne
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Professor Jacqueline Stevens ( Northwestern University)
07 November 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cosin‘s Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green
Eight million people in Canada live with chronic pain, a condition that can affect every aspect of a person’s life including physical and mental health, work, play, and relationships. But that’s not the whole story: we’re also eight million friends, partners, innovators, advocates, organizers, and co-conspirators who are mobilizing a national community to realize a common goal — a dramatically improved system of care and support for people with pain.
07 November 2022 - 10 November 2022
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Online
The aim of this workshop series, with four workshops in total, is to lay the foundations for a larger interdisciplinary project or series of projects.
08 November 2022
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Seminar Room, Institute of Advanced Study, Cosin‘s Hall, Palace Green
Join Kelechi Anucha, Veronica Heney, and Arya Thampuran for a discussion of Han Kang’s widely acclaimed 2007 novel The Vegetarian.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
While The Islamic Republic has been rocked by protests before, notably in 2009, these protests appear different, led and inspired by women across the country and with demonstrations taking place not just in the main urban areas, but in rural areas too, often seen as bastions of support for the regime. Are we seeing a profound social and political shift in attitude towards the Islamic Republic and its legitimacy? How are the protests being reported on social media across Iran and the region? And
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Room TLC033, Teaching & Learning Centre, South Road, Durham University
An IAS Public Lecture by Professor Catherine Besteman, Colby College
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Ustinov Room, Van Mildert College
Eidos PG Seminars
09 November 2022
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
PO005 or online (this will be confirmed in the circulated email each week)
Departmental Research Seminar for students and staff
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
PO005, 48 Old Elvet
Crisis, Collapse, or Catastrophe? Examining the Cost-of-Living-Crisis and its impact on Social Citizenship at a Third Sector Organisation
Emerging research suggests exposure to high levels of air pollution at critical points in the life-course is detrimental to brain health, including dementia.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
We will be presenting the first policy agenda for mitigating the impact of air pollution on brain health and dementia across the life course.
Online and in person at the Indigo Hotel, Durham.
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Hotel Indigo, 9 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HL
Professor Elliott Wise (Brigham Young University) will speak about Netherlandish Devotional Art and the Reformation of the Soul at this second meeting of the IMEMS research strand 'Spiritual Writings from the Low Countries (1200-1550): Context, Influence and Transmission'.
Online via Zoom.
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)
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us at the QS Virtual Connect MBA event in Japan.
10 November 2022
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
This seminar will explore a specific form of racialised oppression that is commonly overlooked, undermined, or ignored in the social world – colourism.
Hybrid (In person location: 29 Old Elvet, Room 105)
By Dr Gregory Hillis (Bellarmine University, US)
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