Events from the 01 January 2022 - 31 December 2022 Reset
IMEMS has a long-standing relationship with Blackfriars Restaurant in Newcastle and we are pleased to announce our 3-day cookery course.
22 March 2021 - 26 March 2022
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Blackfriars, Friars Street, Newcastle, NE1 4XN
Astronomy in the Great Mosque of Damascus: Towards a Social History of Mamluk Astronomy WHSVC Conservatory, Palace Green Library, 5–6 p.m.
15 March 2022
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
7 Owengate, Durham, DH1 3HB
Kai Weise discusses the heritage of Kathmandu Valley.
16 March 2022
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Online
Vanessa Reid seeks to understand the threat to buried heritage now and in the future
30 March 2022
Best-selling author of 'The Northumbrians: North East England and its People, A New History', Dr Dan Jackson, delivers the annual IMEMS Durham World Heritage Lecture as part of the 2022 World Heritage Day celebrations.
18 April 2022
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Assembly Rooms - 40 North Bailey, Durham DH1 3ET
On Tuesday 26 April at 5.15pm, Stephen Bann, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art from the University of Bristol presents the 2022 Centre for Visual Arts and Culture / Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies Lecture on Signs and Traces of the English Civil War
26 April 2022
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
This event is in-person at Durham Town Hall and online via Zoom
Fragile heritage ecologies explore how heritage is made, lost, sustained and adapted in landscapes that are shifting and transforming due to the effects of climate change.
04 May 2022
On Saturday 14 May 2022, Blackfriars will host, in partnership with Durham University's IMEMS (*), the 19th Public lecture on Food Culture After the Baltic Crusade. The talk will be complemented by a carefully selected menu, emulating some of the foods and flavours of the eastern Baltic following the pivotal events of the crusades. To Book: https://www.blackfriarsrestaurant.co.uk/events/1481/medieval-lecture-food-culture-after-the-baltic-crusades
14 May 2022
11:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Blackfriars, Newcastle
The impacts of climate change are influencing the rural communities and their heritage assets.
18 May 2022
Prof. Richard Scholar, Co-Director of the Early Modern Keywords research strand at Durham, takes part in a round table on 'Working with Keywords' as part of a Cross-Channel Workshop on 'European perspectives on the Renaissance'.
24 May 2022
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Marielle Richon discusses the impacts of climate change on the communities of the Upper Mustang.
15 June 2022
An IMEMS Public Lecture by Dr Philip A. Shaw, with a performance by Hazelsong Theatre Company
20 June 2022
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Durham Town Hall, Market Place, Durham. DH1 3NJ
Dare you meet the White Dragon of Durham, slumbering in Brancepeth Castle’s Armour Gallery?
20 June 2022 - 17 July 2022
10:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Brancepeth Castle
Pandemic comedy, dance and disguise in the times of Shakespeare and Molière.
28 June 2022
2:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Durham Town Hall
In this Zoom Webinar, hosted by IMEMS, leading intellectual historians discuss the nature and extent of intellectual change in Europe between the sixteenth and the eighteenth century.
07 July 2022
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Things That Matter 2022. Material and Culture in/for the Digital Age Deadline for Applications 28.03.2022
11 July 2022 - 15 July 2022
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Durham University
Join us for an in-person late summer cookery course exploring the intriguing world of medieval food with 5 days of cooking fun in the medieval buildings of the former 13th century Dominican Priory at Blackfriars Restaurant in Newcastle.
12 September 2022 - 17 September 2022
Newcastle and the North East of England
The result of a collaboration between Durham University academics and the The Projection Studio, CODEX is a video and sound installation exploring the creation of illuminated manuscripts in the Northeast of England.
22 September 2022 - 03 October 2022
10:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Various locations across the region with historical connection to the Lindisfarne Gospels
A weekend of Dragons at Brancepeth Castle!
24 September 2022
6:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Ian Simpson discusses the disappearance of the Norse community in sub-Arctic Greenland and the role of climate change here.
05 October 2022
An interdisciplinary forum designed to bring together members, including students, from across our departments, as well as from outside Durham University.
12 October 2022
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
7 Owengate, Durham, DH1 3HB (and online - registration essential)
Professor Ingrid Falque (Université catholique de Louvain) will speak about praying and meditating with and through images at this inaugural meeting of the IMEMS research strand 'Spiritual Writings from the Low Countries (1200-1550): Context, Influence and Transmission'.
19 October 2022
Online via Zoom.
26 October 2022
02 November 2022
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
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'.
09 November 2022
16 November 2022
23 November 2022
Learn traditional embroidery techniques and see modern creations of theatre costumes in Shakespeare’s time at this free workshop provided by IMEMS as part of our History of Performance research strand. Absolute beginners welcome and all materials will be provided. Entry is free but donations are welcome! Places are limited. You do not need to attend all sessions to take part, but please register in advance with barbara.ravelhofer@durham.ac.uk.
05 December 2022
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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