Events from the 01 October 2021 - 31 October 2021 Reset
The Music Research Forum welcomes Dr Emily Worthing, University of Huddersfield (Image credit: Tom Bowles). Please register for the event using the link to receive the Zoom joining information.
12 October 2021
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
via Zoom
By Katie Bugyis (University of Notre Dame).
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
Online
13 October 2021
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
The positive correlation between soil health and underground biodiversity is relatively well understood and Diana Wall is a leading world expert in this area. However, the links between soil health with above ground biodiversity are less well understood. We will discuss these issues and consider the apparent disconnect between achieving net zero targets by building up carbon in soils and the effect this might have on biodiversity above and below ground.
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Zoom
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Hybrid Event.
Fiona Benson, Durham Book Festival Laureate, reads and talks about "The Poems that Made Me"...
14 October 2021
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Department of Classics and Ancient History Research Seminar Michaelmas Term 2021
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Professor Tom Mole launches the paperback of his book The Secret Life of Books with a talk and signing.
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Waterstones Durham University Bookshop
15 October 2021
5:00 AM - 6:15 PM
BSI Annual Town Hall Meeting 2021-2022, Friday 15 October 12-1 pm (Zoom)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Durham Book Festival event. Join poet Kayo Chingonyi and philosopher Clare Mac Cumhail for an exploration of Chingonyi’s new highly acclaimed collection A Blood Condition and of the philosophy of the late and brilliant Newcastle philosopher and environmentalist Mary Midgley as part of Notes from a Biscuit Tin.
17 October 2021
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Gala Theatre
Metaphysics Reading Group (term time only)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
IAS Fellow's Seminar by Prof. Colleen Ward, Victoria University of Wellington.
18 October 2021
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Streamed live from New Zealand in the IAS Seminar Room
Representing Memory Project Seminar by Prof. John Sutton
19 October 2021
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
IAS Seminar Room, Cosins Hall.
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence Reading Group
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
This is a fortnightly online reading group. The link is available to members upon joining the mailing list.
The Music Research Forum welcomes Dr Richard David Williams (SOAS University of London). Please register for the event using the link to receive the Zoom joining information.
Working in collaboration with others can be witnessed in all domains of human and animal interaction. From humans playing World of Warcraft online and making scientific discoveries, to the ‘hunting as a pack’ behaviours demonstrated in the animal kingdom, the success to be harnessed through collaboration is recognised, but sometimes misunderstood.
20 October 2021
Online - Zoom Participants wishing to ask questions can do so via zoom chat
The panel includes experts Sarah Dack from Public Health England & Ian Martin from the Environment Agency who will join Karen Johnson (Engineering) & Lynsay Blake (Biosciences) to discuss the links between soil and human health and how soil is the basis of both our health and wealth. Exploring both the positive & negative links between soil and human health, we will consider how by using wastes as resources and aligning with the circular economy, we could boost both soil health and human health.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Durham's Race and Climate Reading Group meets to discuss recent books that address the relationship between past and present perceptions of race and climate.
Zoom: https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/93027919861?pwd=THRGa1kvcy8ycHExUmg3dkhWTUJqUT09 Meeting ID: 930 2791 9861 Passcode: 101776
Reva Siegel, Why Restrict Abortion? Expanding the Frame on June Medical, CELLS research webinar
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
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