Events from the 01 January 2023 - 31 January 2023 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 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 for one of our Subject Taster Lectures, where a member of our teaching staff will give you a taste of studying at Durham.
01 November 2022 - 23 January 2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Online
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
Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience seminar series, 1pm to 2pm, room w007, geography building and via Zoom
09 January 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
w007, geography building
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/
10 January 2023
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
PO005, Department of Philosophy
Dynamic Contracting with Flexible Monitoring
11 January 2023
1:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Durham University Business School Mill Hill Lane Durham DH1 3LB UK
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The session will be hybrid in room 407, Calman Learning Centre, Lower Mountjoy, Durham and via Zoom.
Skill-Substitutability, Wage Inequality, and Productivity Growth
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
This fireside chat will introduce the scope and aims of the project, and then focus on the theme of “capture”, and feature contributions from Prof Gerald Moore (MLAC) and Dr Eamonn Bell (Computer Science). It will be facilitated by Dr Alex Campolo (Geography).
12 January 2023
Cosin‘s Hall, Palace Green
Join the Futures Research Collective for a reading and discussion of Ian Baucom's work.
13 January 2023
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location W010
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Professor Johannes Endres (University of California Riverside)
16 January 2023
Cosin‘s Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green
An online Centre for Experimental Methods and Behavioural Research (EMBR) Seminar will take place next Tuesday 17 January 2023 at 13:00 by Professor Lijia Wei from Wuhan University on the procedure of running experiments in Wuhan and through their WeChat platform.
17 January 2023
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Humans have always been fascinated by the night sky. If you're interested in finding out more about what we can see in the night sky and what it tells us about life out there as well as life down here on Earth, then come along for 'What On Earth Is That?' a series of three rearranged events taking place across the region in January and February as part of this year’s Being Human Festival.
17 January 2023 - 19 January 2023
5:00 PM - 11:00 PM
North Pennines Observatory at Allenheads Contemporary Arts, Grassholme Observatory and High Force Hotel and Waterfall
An IAS Public Lecture by Professor Katrin Tiidenberg (Tallinn University)
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
The Chapel, Hatfield College
Visit the Public Sector Careers Fair on Wednesday 18 January for advice and information from leading employers on a range of career pathways.
18 January 2023
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Palatine Centre, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LS
Qin Cao (Oriental Museum) will be delivering a talk on the weapons of the Shang period in China.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
D210 (The Birley Room)
Using examples from his research and teaching career, Sam will explore inclusive ways to lead change in learning and teaching from class to module to program level built on critical pedagogy and working in partnership with students. Central in this work will be the importance of failure as an opportunity to learn from for both for students and staff.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Calman Learning Centre, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE
Everyone is warmly welcome to our next Inventions of the Text seminar, which takes place both online and in person.
Online and Elvet Riverside 147
An IAS Public Lecture by Professor Robert Hassan (University of Melbourne)
Saltwell, Josephine Butler College
Join another winter Confabulations event which will explore entanglements of art, psychiatry, and therapy, in their histories, practices and institutions.
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
This lecture is being held in memory of Mike Burrett, DEI Development Board founding member & Advisory Board member.
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
Room MHL452, Durham University Business School, Mill Hill Lane, Durham DH1 3LB
EURiCA Reading Group
20 January 2023
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Zoom
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
CELLS presents an event showcasing the work of CELLS members on Medical History, Law and Ethics.Two speakers from the Philosophy department who examine interactions between medical history, ethics and law in their work will share their research.
23 January 2023
PCL054 of the Palatine Centre and Online via Zoom
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Dr Beatriz Bustos Gallardo (University of Chile)
w007, geography
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
D104 (Dawson Building) or on ZOOM
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).
D104 (Dawson Building) and online via Zoom. Please email anna.leone@durham.ac.uk for the Zoom link.
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.
25 January 2023
10:00 AM - 4:20 PM
Energy Systems Catapult, Birmingham
Cross-cluster workshop on extraction and future fantasies.
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
West Building: W007
Join us online on Wednesday 25 January for an introduction to the Durham DBA. The session will be delivered by Dr Maria Kakarika (Durham DBA Programme Director).
Identifying the materials used in medieval illuminated manuscripts gives us an insight into the techniques and skills of the scribes and illuminators, as well as the sometimes complex trade routes of the times.
Ph30 (followed by refreshments in Ph132 James Knott Library)
Launching event for the Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy.
2:00 PM - 7:30 PM
PCL048, Durham Law School, The Palatine Centre, Durham University, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE
We welcome Professor Naomi Standen to the History Department Research Seminar with her talk ' Bottoms up: three shipwrecks for a global history of everyday creativity in Eastern Eurasia, 7th-14th centuries'
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
In person at the Pemberton Rooms - PG21
Dr Hannana Siddiqui delivers the following seminar as part of the Sociology Research Seminar Series.
Online (Zoom)
The Living Texts Seminar Series is delighted to welcome Dr Elise Hugueny-Léger (University of St Andrews) for a Zoom seminar (and reading session) on Autofiction and Creative Writing on Wednesday 25 January 2023 at 5pm.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Institue of Hazard, Risk and Resilience is pleased to support the showing of this Ukrainian film titled "Tales of a Toy Horse" on 25th January 2023, from 5.15 pm to 7.15 pm, in the TLC033, Teaching and Learning Centre, Durham and online via zoom.
5:15 PM - 7:15 PM
TLC033, Teaching and Learning Centre, Durham and online via zoom.
This interdisciplinary forum covers a wide range of medieval and early modern topics. It is designed to bring together members, including students, from across our departments, as well as from outside Durham University.
25 January 2023 - 08 March 2023
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
7 Owengate, Durham, DH1 3HB (and online - registration essential)
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.
26 January 2023
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Durham University
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Dr Tina Jakob will be presenting her research on human remains from the island of Mograt, Sudan.
D104, Dawson Building
This fireside chat will focus on the theme of “recognition”, and feature contributions from Prof Louise Amoore (Geography) and Dr Stuart Reeves (Computer Science, Nottingham University). It will be facilitated by Dr Alex Campolo (Geography) and Dr Eamonn Bell (Computer Science).
Durham University Ukrainian Talk series with Dr Markian Prokopovych
Gala Theatre, 1 Millennium Place, Durham DH1 1WA
27 January 2023
12:00 AM - 1:30 AM
Kenworthy Hall, St Mary‘s College
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) is a time to remember the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust, under Nazi Persecution and in the genocides which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur and elsewhere.
We are delighted to host Dr Jaipreet Virdi's lecture on Dorothy Brett's "The Stokowski Symphony", which will explore the ways in which the artist's most underrated portrait series captures how her hearing aids mediated her experiences of music.
D/D110, Dawson Building, Archaeology
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Pennington Room, Grey College
Zach Weissand and Joseph Meadows (UG students) will each make a short presentation about the research projects they undertook in the department as part of the Laidlaw Foundation programme.
In person: TBC and via Zoom
Collingwood’s 50th Golden Anniversary will take place over the course of the academic year 2022-23.
28 January 2023
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Collingwood College
Check out the Sustainability Careers Week taking place from Monday 30 January - Friday 3 February for a range of talks and presentations on careers within this sector.
30 January 2023 - 03 February 2023
BOOKING ESSENTIAL. IN PERSON EVENT ONLY. LUNCH PROVIDED.
30 January 2023
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room 113, Dept of Sociology, Durham University, 32 Old Elvet, DH1 3HN.
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Professor Michael Schutz (McMaster University)
The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience and After Disasters Network invites you to an interdisciplinary sandbox on how small jurisdictions around the world can become more resilient to the consequences of disasters, specifically by helping each other.
31 January 2023
Ushaw College, Durham & via zoom please register here
Whether you would like more information about studying your Durham MBA or have queries around the admissions process, or you just want to find out more about the Business School.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
This open meeting/symposium will focus on the concept of ‘absence/presence’ and explore the expertise and knowledge across the university on the theme in relation to Black history.
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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