What’s On Events Calendar
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Introduction to International Boundaries: Definition, Delimitation and Dispute Resolution
01 January 2021 - 31 December 2025
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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.
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
'There was light': Amunhotep III and his Dazzling Age
01 October 2022 - 21 May 2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Oriental Museum
The ancient Egyptian king Amunhotep III was the grandfather of the famous boy king Tutankhamun.
- Exhibitions
- Everyone
Guardians of the Silk Road's Heritage: Women of the mountains of Central Asia
01 October 2022 - 21 May 2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Oriental Museum
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.
- Exhibitions
- Everyone
Photographing Tutankhamun
09 December 2022 - 24 June 2023
12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Outdoor Art Gallery
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.
- Exhibitions
- Everyone
IMEMS Seminar Series: Epiphany Term 2023
25 January 2023 - 08 March 2023
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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.
- Other
- Outreach & community
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Fate and Transport of Emerging Contaminants in Natural Porous Media
06 February 2023 - 06 February 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Professor Khalil Hanna (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes)
- Research event
Dr Rebekah Harries, IHRR seminar series 2022-2023
06 February 2023 - 06 February 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience Risk Masters seminar series, 1pm to 2pm, room w007, geography building and via Zoom
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Discover Durham Live Virtual Sessions
06 February 2023 - 29 June 2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Book a Discover Durham Live Virtual Session- come and hear from our current students!
- Open days & visits
Discover Durham Live Virtual Sessions
06 February 2023 - 29 June 2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Book a Discover Durham Live Virtual Session- come and hear from our current students!
- Open days & visits
Leverhulme Lecture- Dancing Divas: La sonnambula on Video in 1950s Italy
07 February 2023 - 07 February 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join us for the Leverhulme Lecture from Professor Emanuele Senici at the Music Research Forum
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Philosophical Issues in Astrobiology and Space Science Seminar Series 2023
07 February 2023 - 07 February 2023
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
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/
- Research event
Bordering in the City
07 February 2023 - 07 February 2023
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
An IAS Public Lecture by Professor Margit Fauser (Ruhr University Bochum)
- Research event
Postgraduate Open Day
08 February 2023 - 08 February 2023
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Join us at our Postgraduate Open Day on Wednesday 8 February.
- Masters
Google Scholar webinar
08 February 2023 - 08 February 2023
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The latest session in our popular webinar series will be on Wednesday 8 February from 11am-12pm.
- Online
- Support services
Durham RIOTs Club Seminar - ‘Context-dependency as an explanation for effect size heterogeneity and non-replicability in large-scale replication projects' Prof. Mario Gollwitzer (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
08 February 2023 - 08 February 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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- Research event
Conversations on Machine Learning and Conceptual Change: Emotion
08 February 2023 - 08 February 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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).
- Research event
Financialization and Accounting: reflections on Social Housing during the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil
08 February 2023 - 08 February 2023
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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.
- Masters
- MBA
- Research event
BFI Industry-Ready Training
08 February 2023 - 15 February 2023
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
An exclusive series of workshops aimed at students who are serious about a career in film and television.
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Student experience
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
MA in Medical Humanities: Postgraduate Open Day on Campus
08 February 2023 - 08 February 2023
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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!
- Masters
- Open days & visits
MA in Medical Humanities: Postgraduate Open Day on Campus
08 February 2023 - 08 February 2023
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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!
- Masters
- Open days & visits
What’s on across our venues
Our unique cultural attractions include Durham Castle, Botanic Garden, Historic Libraries at Palace Green, Oriental Museum, Museum of Archaeology and our World Heritage Site Visitor Centre. Whatever your interest, there's something for everyone to enjoy.