Events from the 01 February 2023 - 28 February 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
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
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)
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
Location is dependent on event. Please check the individual event listings for details
Dr Sparks' research group focuses primarily on the discovery, synthesis, and characterization of new materials for energy applications
01 February 2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
CG91
Dr Kevin Kay from the University of Leicester will be presenting his research on how the archaeology of Neolithic Turkey is affected by the politics of knowledge
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
D210, The Dawson Building
THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED DUE TO STRIKE ACTION Join us for the last winter Confabulations event which will focus on entanglements of art, psychiatry, and therapy, in their histories, practices and institutions.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Online
Acclaimed vocal ensemble EXAUDI returns to Durham with a unique and fascinating programme exploring the chromatic music of 16th-century Renaissance Italy.
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Chapter House, Durham Cathedral
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02 February 2023
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
First Floor, Arthur Holmes Building. Left of the Calman Learning Centre. Signposted DRMC.
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Room E101, Engineering Building, Durham University
Join us to learn more about our new MSc Energy Engineering Management programme, starting October 2023.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
EURiCA Reading Group
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Department of Philosophy, Old Elvet (room 207) and Zoom
The Human Rights and Public Law Centre is pleased to announce a talk by Sir Jonathan Jones KC, formerly the top government lawyer in the UK government, and Durham law school alumnus.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PCL048—the Hogan Lovells lecture theatre
An in-person event to mark the publication of Anne Whitehead’s Relating Suicide: A Personal and Critical Perspective.
Birley Room, Hatfield College, Durham University
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ümit Gündoğan, Archaeology Department/ Department of Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, Batman University, Turkey will be delivering a talk on his research into the Bronze Age settlement of Liman Tepe on Turkey's western coast.
03 February 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
D210
Composer Will Todd talks about writing the music for Welsh National Opera's huge new work Migrations which premiered last year. Will Todd grew up in Durham and loved theatre music from an early age. Working with WNO on this complex and powerful piece has been challenging, time consuming and incredibly exciting!
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
W103 - Geography Building
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Professor Khalil Hanna (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes)
06 February 2023
Cosin‘s Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green
Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience Risk Masters seminar series, 1pm to 2pm, room w007, geography building and via Zoom
w007, geography building
Book a Discover Durham Live Virtual Session- come and hear from our current students!
06 February 2023 - 29 June 2023
Virtual
Join us for the Leverhulme Lecture from Professor Emanuele Senici at the Music Research Forum
07 February 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
In person - Room PG20, Palace Green
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/
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
PO005, Department of Philosophy
An IAS Public Lecture by Professor Margit Fauser (Ruhr University Bochum)
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Holgate Room, Holgate House, Grey College
Join us at our Postgraduate Open Day on Wednesday 8 February.
08 February 2023
Durham
The latest session in our popular webinar series will be on Wednesday 8 February from 11am-12pm.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The session will be hybrid in room 407, Calman Learning Centre, Lower Mountjoy, Durham and via Zoom.
This fireside chat will focus on the theme of “emotion”, and feature contributions from Prof Effie Law (Computer Science) and Dr Alex Campolo (Geography). It will be moderated by Dr Eamonn Bell (Computer Science).
Cosin‘s Hall, Palace Green
Join us at the ICOPA event and hear from Thauan Felipe Medeiros de Carvalho, PhD candidate in Accounting Sciences at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room 427, Durham University Business School
An exclusive series of workshops aimed at students who are serious about a career in film and television.
08 February 2023 - 15 February 2023
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Delivered online via Zoom.
You are warmly invited to attend the Postgraduate Durham University Open Day events to experience Durham campus first-hand and find out more about the new taught MA in Medical Humanities!
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Durham University Campus
Durham University Campus, CB0010, Confluence Building
Join us for our department seminar; this week Thomas Sharp will discuss his insights from ongoing work with the Anglican Theology Project. NB: Online only. If you would like to attend online, please email admin.cas@durham.ac.uk for a Microsoft Teams link by Monday 6 February.
Online only: If you would like to attend online, please email admin.cas@durham.ac.uk for a Microsoft Teams link ON OR BEFORE Monday 6 February.
At this event run by Collected Books, Claire Harman will talk with Naomi Booth about her exciting new biography, published at the same time as a beautiful new hardback collection of Mansfield's stories, specially selected by Claire.
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Collected Books
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.
10 February 2023
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Durham University
Join us at the QS Connect MBA in Mexico City.
11 February 2023
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Presidente Intercontinental Hotel, Campos Eliseos 218 Col Polanco, Mexico City , 11560 Mexico
Want to find out more about the STEP programme? Come and talk to the STEP team at one of our information events.
13 February 2023 - 12 April 2023
Online and in-person (Central London)
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Professor Katrin Tiidenberg (Tallinn University)
13 February 2023
Ethical issues in community development
14 February 2023
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
You are warmly invited to attend the virtual Postgraduate Durham University Open Day and find out more about the new taught MA in Medical Humanities!
Visit the SME Careers Fair on Tuesday 14 February for advice and information from leading employers on a range of career pathways.
Teaching & Learning Centre, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LS
We would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our prospective students and look forward to welcoming you to the Archaeology department. On our visit days, we will be giving you a taste of what it would be like to study here and the opportunities that will be available to you. You will get to meet staff and students and ask any questions that you have about our department and programmes.
15 February 2023
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Durham University Department of Archaeology Science Site, South Road Durham DH1 3LE
Jiong Tu delivers the seminar titled 'Manoeuvring between cultures: how medical professionals perceive and practice hospice care in China'
Online (Zoom)
Antony Lee from Durham University will be delivering a talk on how religion in Roman Britain is represented in British museums, and how these presentations are being effected by new scholarship.
Durham University Ukrainian Talk series with Dr Markian Prokopovych
16 February 2023
Gala Theatre, Durham
The Institute of Hazard, Risk, and Resilience presents the Exploring Risk Film Festival 2023! On the evenings (18:00-20:00) of the 16th and 17th February 2023, we invite you to join us in the Rosemary Cramp Lecture Theatre (Calman Learning Centre - Durham University) for a selection of independent film screenings and panel discussions.
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Rosemary Cramp Lecture Theatre (Calman Learning Centre - Durham University) (CLC202)
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.
17 February 2023
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
The exhibition explores the stories connected through objects discovered in the River Wear, evoking the social history of Durham’s past 800 years. It has been co-curated by underwater archaeologist Gary Bankhead and the Museum of Archaeology. It will feature around 200 of the 13,500 artefacts that have been found in the River Wear by Gary since 2008, in a friendly-family display.
20 February 2023 - 16 April 2023
Museum of Archaeology, Palace Green Library, Palace Green, Durham DH1 3RN
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Professor Philippa Colin (Western Sydney University)
20 February 2023
w007, geography
Dr. Sujatha Chandrasekaran, Archaeological Associate at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, will be talking on decolonisation in relation to its impact on the Berlin Museums.
Durham University Department of Archaeology Science Site (Lower Mountjoy) Dawson Building D104
An IAS Public Lecture by Professor Khalil Hanna (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes)
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Seminar Room, Institute of Advanced Study, Palace Green (note parking is not available on Palace Green)
online
An illustrated talk by Stephen Bourne
Join us at the QS Masters and MBA Fair in Toronto on Tuesday 21 February.
21 February 2023
10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Toronto
An IAS workshop with Professor Katrin Tiidenberg (Tallinn University)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Writer Summit is a student group organizing various talks with writers, journalists, politicians and more.
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Join us online on Wednesday 22 February for a Durham DBA taster session on Marketing Theory and Practice. The session will be delivered by Professor Gretchen Larsen (Associate Professor in Marketing).
22 February 2023
This event is unfortunately cancelled. This fireside chat will focus on the topic of digital twins, and feature contributions from Prof Camila Caiado (Mathematical Sciences) and Dr Ben Jacobsen (Geography). It will be facilitated by Dr Alex Campolo (Geography) and Dr Eamonn Bell (Computer Science).
Mr Efemena Iluezi-Ogbaudu who is an international arbitration trainee in Linklaters London office will share his experience in arbitration and give career tips to students.
Hogan Lovells Theatre, Palatine Centre, Durham Law School
Join us at the QS Masters and MBA Fair in Montreal on Thursday 23 February.
23 February 2023
Montreal
Vanessa Reid from the Durham University Department of Archaeology will be discussing her use of geoarchaeological techniques to analyse occupation surfaces from early Medieval Scotland.
D210 and online via Zoom
Mike Storozum from Newcastle University will be giving a talk on his geoarchaeological research into the Yellow River Watershed.
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
D104 and online at: : https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/94926300892?pwd=b3ZCRHdVUFBjbFF1U0JCcm8zZHJvUT09 Meeting ID: 949 2630 0892 Passcode: 634102
Professor Morag Kersel will be presenting on the movement of pottery in Bronze Age Jordan
The Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice are delighted to welcome legal professionals to share their experiences of pursuing careers in the Criminal Law.
In person and online Event location: TBC
24 February 2023
12:00 AM - 1:30 AM
Kenworthy Hall, St Mary‘s College
This is a hybrid event with an online option via zoom. Zoom login details will be sent closer to the event.
Department of Sociology, 32 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN
A one-day symposium focused on the (de)coloniality of knowledge for and from the Americas.
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Hybrid (10am-1pm); in person 1pm onwards. Room TBA.
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Pennington Room, Grey College
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.
A webinar to understand (a) sexuality and (a)romanticism, and to celebrate the A spec community.
In this public talk, the Durham Department of Classics & Ancient History's 5th annual LGBT+ History Month event, Dr Simona Martorana (former Durham PhD student, now at the University of Kiel) will explore queerness in the Roman receptions of Sappho. This talk will take place on Zoom only, and is free and open to all.
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
All are welcome to our next Inventions of The Text seminar.
Elvet Riverside, Durham
LGBT+ & Allies 5 a side Football Tournament
26 February 2023
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Maiden Castle, Durham University, DH1 3SE
Check out the Charities & Third Sector Careers Week taking place from Monday 27 February - Friday 3 March for a range of talks and presentations on careers within this sector.
27 February 2023 - 03 March 2023
Join us at the QS World Grad School Tour in Athens on Tuesday 28 February.
28 February 2023
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Athens
Dr Angelo Solarino will discuss the impact of populism on FDIs
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room 223 Durham Business School Durham University Mill Hill Lane Durham DH1 3LB UK