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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 2023
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Online workshop
Meet Cuthbert Tunstall: bishop, scholar, diplomat, builder, and author of England’s first maths book, celebrating its 500th anniversary this year. He might just be the most important man in Tudor England that you’ve never heard of.
31 July 2022 - 31 March 2023
Durham Castle
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 Univerrity, 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 - 15 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
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)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cosin's Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green
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
Online
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
Part of the Department of Earth Sciences Research Seminar Series.
01 February 2023
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
ES230 (TR3)
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
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
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
All welcome to our next Inventions of the Text seminar, available online.
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Online (Zoom)
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
CHESS organises weekly research meetings for its members and interested colleagues. Meetings take place each Thursday during term time from 11:00am - 12:00pm. This is a hybrid event and takes place in person and online via Zoom.
PO004, Department of Philosophy and on Zoom
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
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
This talk is part of the Department of Psychology (Durham University) seminar series.
03 February 2023
L50, Psychology building
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.
D210
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3:37 PM - 4:37 PM
Botanic Garden
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Professor Khalil Hanna (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes)
06 February 2023
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
Concert Room in person or via Zoom
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
Booking now open! Our Open Day will give you the opportunity to learn more about what Durham has to offer for postgraduate study.
08 February 2023
Durham University
Part of the School of Education Research Seminar Series.
This event will be in-person and online via Zoom. Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk for details about how to take part.
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
An invitation-only event hosted by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Karen O’Brien at The Oriental Museum to celebrate our international scholarship holders and recognise and thank their sponsors.
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
The Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill Rd, South Rd, Durham DH1 3TH
09 February 2023
Dr Jo-Hannah Plug will be presenting the findings of her PhD thesis, which looked at mortuary practices at the Neolithic site of Tell Sabi Abyad in Syria.
D210, Dawson Building
Join us at the QS Connect MBA in Bogota
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Bogota
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
Join us at the QS Connect MBA in Mexico City.
11 February 2023
4:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Mexico City
Booking now open! Our online sessions will give you the opportunity to learn more about what Durham has to offer for postgraduate study and student life.
13 February 2023 - 19 February 2023
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!
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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
Join us for the Music Research Forum session with composer Dr Cassandra Miller
Online via Zoom
15 February 2023
Jiong Tu delivers the seminar titled 'Manoeuvring between cultures: how medical professionals perceive and practice hospice care in China'
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.
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
16 February 2023
Durham University Ukrainian Talk series with Dr Markian Prokopovych
Gala Theatre, 1 Millennium Place, Durham DH1 1WA
Gala Theatre, Durham
17 February 2023
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Professor Philippa Colin (Western Sydney University)
20 February 2023
w007, geography
online
Join us at the QS World Grad School Tour 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
Join us for the Music Research Forum session with Dr Sam Horlor, Durham University
Concert Room
22 February 2023
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
The Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at Durham Law School and the Centre for Evidence and Criminal Justice Studies at Northumbria Law School are delighted to welcome you to the launch of the edited collection: Fault in Criminal Law: A Research Companion.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Hogan Lovells Lecture Theatre (PCL048), Durham Law School
An IAS Public Lecture by Dr David Kneas (University of South Carolina)
Parson's Field, St Cuthbert's Society
Join us at the QS World Grad School Tour 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
Professor Morag Kersel will be presenting on the movement of pottery in Bronze Age Jordan
An IAS Public Lecture by Professor Khalil Hanna (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes)
Seminar Room, Ustinov College (Sheraton Park)
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
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
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
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Professor Robert Hassan (University of Melbourne)
27 February 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
Who has studied and worked at Durham? What are the colonial and/or racialised histories of Durham as a university and those who have studied and worked at the University? This meeting will explore the history and presence of racially minoritised students and staff at Durham and across universities in the North-East.
Join us for the Music Research Forum session with Michael Tenzer, Professor of Music at the University of British Columbia
An IAS Public Lecture by Professor Johannes Endres (University of California, Riverside)
Ustinov Room, Van Mildert College
01 March 2023
Sivamohan Valluvan and Peter Mitchell deliver the following seminar.
Hybrid (Room TBC/Zoom)
An IAS Public Lecture by Professor Philippa Collin (Western Sydney University)
Sir James Knott Hall, Trevelyan College
02 March 2023
An IAS Public Lecture by Professor Michael Schutz (McMaster University)
Lindisfarne Centre, St Aidan's College
With International Women's Day taking place in March, we want to give Durham University students the opportunity to explore the issue of Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality, and to think about how the University can better work towards implementing this goal.
03 March 2023 - 04 March 2023
The Global Goals Summit is Durham University’s signature youth summit, a local convening of young people who want to make a true impact on the global challenges we all face.
04 March 2023
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Howlands Hall, Stephenson College
Join us for our MBA Open Event and find out more about our world-leading MBA programmes.
Durham University Business School
Join us at the QS World Grad School Tour in Rome on Saturday 4 March.
12:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Rome
World Fest will be a student-run event that celebrates the cultural diversity at Durham University.
05 March 2023
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Durham Students’ Union, Dunelm House, New Elvet, Durham, DH1 3AN
The Palatine Kitchen Takeover will celebrate food from across the globe. Durham students will showcase their authentic international food every weekday of Durham Global Week during lunch service at the Palatine Kitchen.
06 March 2023 - 10 March 2023
Palatine Centre, Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3LE
Our International Study Centre at Queen's Campus in Stockton has a wide range of activities planned for Durham Global Week. Here's what's happening on Day 1, Monday 6 March.
06 March 2023
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Queen's Campus, Stockton. See description for locations of individual events.
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Professor Margit Fauser (Ruhr University Bochum)
This meeting will focus on the concept of ‘archives’ and explore the concept across various disciplines and the connotations of power that it has.
07 March 2023
An IAS Public Lecture by Professor Elizabeth Povinelli (Columbia University)
This will comprise six events to celebrate different languages and cultures of Durham University. Each will take place on one evening on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday 7th – 9th March 2023, 6:30-8:30pm.
07 March 2023 - 09 March 2023
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Various - see description.
This panel discussion for staff and students will explore the emergence of Bangladesh as a leader in international negotiations on climate change and how the country will balance its fast economic growth with its sustainability agenda. This free event will also include lunch and networking.
08 March 2023
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Lecture theatre MHL403, Durham University Business School, Mill Hill Lane, Durham, DH1 3LB. Room MHL417 will operate as a cloak room.
This fireside chat will focus on the theme of “inference”, and feature contributions from Prof. Alex Broadbent (Philosophy) and Dr Robert Lieck (Computer Science). It will be moderated by Dr Alex Campolo (Geography) and Dr Eamonn Bell (Computer Science).
Krystale E. Littlejohn , University of Oregon, delivers the seminar titled -Just Get on the Pill: The Uneven Burden of Reproductive Politics
Dr Adam Green from the University of York will be talking on how northwest India's agricultural economies continued to grow after the decline of urbanism in the region
Chi Onwurah MP is this year’s invited speaker to deliver the 2023 Sir Gareth Roberts Lecture.
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Ph8 Lecture Theatre, Rochester Building, Science Site
09 March 2023
Professor Janet Montgomery will be presenting the research of a joint-project between Durham University and Trinity College Dublin, performed by Charlie Taverner, Darren Gröcke, Alice Rose and Susan M. Flavin.
An IAS Public Lecture by Dr Beatriz Bustos Gallardo (University of Chile)
Seminar Room, Ustinov College
Join us at the QS Masters Fair in London on Saturday 11 March.
11 March 2023
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
London
Holi is the Indian Spring Festival also known as the Hindu Festival of Colours and signifies the victory of good over evil, the end of winter, and the arrival of spring. For many it is a festive day to meet family and friends, play, laugh, and forgive. It is a key part of the Hindu calendar.
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Dr David Kneas (University of South Carolina)
13 March 2023
The Annual Irvine Lecture 2023 welcomes Prof Gráinne de Burca (NYU)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Hogan Lovells lecture theatre (PCL 048), Durham Law School
Join us at our Online Information Session to find out if a Masters is what you are looking for. During the Online Information Session, we will provide valuable insight into our Durham Masters programmes in addition to providing the opportunity to participate in a live Q&A chat with Business School staff, where you can ask those all-important questions.
15 March 2023
Dan Lawrence will circulate some material, and then lead a discussion on exploring household wealth and social complexity in the ancient Near East.
D210 and online
Seminar on the organisation of working lives as a mode of logistics. Panelists from Glasgow, Oxford, SOAS, Newcastle and Durham.
Collingwood College Penthouse Suite, Durham University
Professor Elizabeth Povinelli (Columbia University, Anthropology) is this year's Distinguished International Visitor. We are greatly looking forward to a series of exciting events on her work and its intersections and provocations for geography.
16 March 2023 - 17 March 2023
TBD
16 March 2023
The Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice are delighted to host Dr Alexandra Fanghanel who will be presenting "Spectres of Sex Positivity/Negativity and the ‘Sex Game Gone Wrong’".
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Durham Law School - room TBC and Online
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Durham Town Hall, Market Place, Durham DH1 3NJ
This talk is part of the Department of Psychology seminar series at Durham University.
17 March 2023
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Professor Elizabeth Povinelli (Columbia University)
20 March 2023
In 2016, South African learner Zulaikha Patel argued that a school rule requiring hair to be neat was racist. Even though the rule applied equally to all learners regardless of race, public opinion swung behind Patel: a rule that imposed a disproportionate burden on Black learners was racist even if it applied equally to all.
22 March 2023
Zoom (Online)
Join us for the Augustine and the Making of Christian Practice (400-1000) conference hosted by Dr Matthieu Pignot, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Department of History
23 March 2023 - 24 March 2023
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
St Chad's College, Durham University
24 March 2023
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Join us at the QS World Grad School Tour in Bangkok on Saturday 25 March.
25 March 2023
6:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Bangkok
World Speech Day is a speech event that is currently held in over 100 countries, celebrating the power of speech. People from various backgrounds deliver incredible speeches on different topics under the motto #unexpectedvoices.
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
A two-day summit of talks, activities and workshops
28 March 2023 - 29 March 2023
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Palatine Centre, Durham University
28 March 2023
29 March 2023
Join us at the ICOPA event to hear from Associate Professor Martin Carlsson-Wall from the Department of Accounting at the Stockholm School of Economics
MHL453, Durham University Business School
31 March 2023
PhD student Felicitas Ruschel will be presenting a paper entitled “Reassessing Early Urbanism in North-Eastern Mesopotamia: Evidence from spatial and scientific analyses of households at Gir-e Bassetki, Kurdistan”. Everyone is welcome join in and provide some friendly feedback.
13 April 2023
Durham University's School of Modern Language and Cultures will be hosting the conference, 'Where Are We Now? The Location of Modern Languages and Cultures' from 19th-21st April 2023. A link to the conference website and registration details will follow shortly.
19 April 2023 - 21 April 2023
Calman Learning Centre, Durham University, Durham, UK.
UK Lingua 2023. This year's theme is about Integration
22 April 2023 - 23 April 2023
Chemistry Department, Durham University, Lower Mountjoy, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE
Centre for Nineteenth Century Studies at Durham, Newcastle and Northumbria Universities is inviting presentations for 15 minute papers for its Annual Postgraduate Conference on April 26th 2023.
26 April 2023
tbc
Join us for this free online event exploring the theme of environmentalism through a nineteenth century lens. Please not all times are Central European Time (CET).
Zoom
28 April 2023
Dr Max Price will be presenting his research on the roles of livestock in the political economies of early states
04 May 2023
Professor S Hackett and Dr K Butterby deliver this seminar titled 'Adolescent sex crime or criminalising adolescent sex?
10 May 2023
Hybrid (Online/In person)
Professor Andrew Jotischky (Royal Holloway, University of London) will give our 21st Public Lecture on Medieval Food, in Partnership with Blackfriars Restaurant in Newcastle.
13 May 2023
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Blackfriars Banquet Hall, Blackfriars Restaurant, Newcastle upon Tyne
26 May 2023
IBRU Professional Training Workshop
30 May 2023 - 01 June 2023
The Royal Geographical Society and The National Archives, London, UK
a two-day course for doctoral students and members of community organisations only, Durham University (in-person).
06 June 2023 - 07 June 2023
10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Teaching and Learning Centre, Durham University, Durham, UK
Gender and Law at Durham (GLAD) supported by Durham Centre for Academic Development (DCAD) Will hold a zine fest at Durham University on 9th of June 2023! We invite all academics (especially PGRs, ECRs), and those outside of academia interested in gendered issues (broadly defined) to create a zine to distribute at the fair.
08 June 2023
10:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us for a talk by Dr Nicole Fabricant on her new book: Fighting to Breathe
15 June 2023
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location TBC
Open Days are the best way for you to find out about Durham.
16 June 2023
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
17 June 2023
24 June 2023
30 June 2023
10 July 2023 - 15 July 2023
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Durham Law School, Palatine Centre, Durham
Fourth Early Modern British and Irish Catholicism Conference
11 July 2023 - 13 July 2023
Durham, UK
The Call for Papers is now open for the 'Organise! Organise! Organise! Collective Action, Associational Culture and the Politics of Organisation in the British Isles, c.1790-1914' Conference organised by Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones. The conference is taking place in July 2023 in Durham.
20 July 2023 - 21 July 2023
To be confirmed
DAAD Postgraduate Summer School
25 July 2023 - 27 July 2023