What’s On Events Calendar
Building closure - upcoming dates
Due to extensive roofing works at Palace Green Library, there will be times when we have to close the building to visitors between summer 2024 and spring 2025, with no access to Museum of Archaeology, Cosin’s Library, Penned and Printed exhibition and World Heritage Site Visitor Centre.
Visit our Tickets and Times pages at each venue for more information.
Durham Business School Postgraduate Events
01 September 2023 - 31 August 2024
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Our Events will give you the opportunity to learn more about what Durham Business School has to offer for postgraduate study.
- Open days & visits
Voices: contemporary art and craft from the Middle East and North Africa
29 September 2023 - 12 May 2024
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
An exhibition celebrating the work of emerging contemporary artists and designers from the Middle East and North Africa recently acquired by the Oriental Museum.
- Exhibitions
Discover Durham Live Virtual Sessions
17 October 2023 - 20 June 2024
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Book a Discover Durham Live Virtual Session- come and hear from our current students!
- Open days & visits
Student Film Competition 2024
01 January 2024 - 30 June 2024
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
The inaugural Durham-BFI partnership student filmmaking competition launched this year.
- Creative
- Film screening
- Student experience
The Holocaust on Film
11 January 2024 - 28 January 2024
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
This film season, marking International Holocaust Memorial Day 2024, explores a series of landmark films in Holocaust representation.
- Film screening
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Film & Television Careers Week
22 January 2024 - 26 January 2024
1:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Students are invited to join us for the third Film & Television Careers Week run as part of the Durham BFI Partnership.
- Online
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Student experience
Academic Skills: Introduction to effective search strategies
25 January 2024 - 25 January 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Creating an effective literature search requires thought and planning. This session will help you to consider the best ways to find resources for your topic and look at how to construct an effective search and why it is important to be able to do so.
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
CHESS Research Group Meeting
25 January 2024 - 25 January 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
CHESS organises weekly research meetings for its members and interested colleagues. Meetings take place each Thursday during term time from 11:00am - 12:00pm online via Zoom (until further notice).
- Research event
Postgraduate Monthly Webinar - Careers
25 January 2024 - 26 January 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join staff from our careers team, they are here to help you to make career plans following the completion of your postgraduate degree.
- Open days & visits
Academic Skills: Introduction to effective search strategies
25 January 2024 - 25 January 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Creating an effective literature search requires thought and planning. This session will help you to consider the best ways to find resources for your topic and look at how to construct an effective search and why it is important to be able to do so.
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
CSTIO Seminar with Gar Goei Loke (Durham University)
25 January 2024 - 25 January 2024
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Join us for a CSTIO-hosted seminar with Dr Gar Goei Loke (Durham University)
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Ecology of historical epidemics
25 January 2024 - 25 January 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Biosciences department runs two seminar series: Departmental seminars that cover a wide range of biological topics, and EEE seminars that cover topics related to Ecology, Evolution and Environment.
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
More research needed? Complexity & uncertainty in decision making.
25 January 2024 - 25 January 2024
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience seminar series takes place from 13.15 - 14.15. This is a hybrid event. Online registration essential.
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
CMA Report on Labour Markets with Sarah Cardell
25 January 2024 - 25 January 2024
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
This event is kindly hosted by Durham University and Professors Spyros Galanis & Kieran Fernandes, recognising their partnership with the CMA’s Microeconomics Unit.
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Business, Finance & Entrepreneurship Formal
25 January 2024 - 25 January 2024
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
‘Once a Johnian’ Formals are vocation themed formal dinners to which all Johnians are warmly invited.
- Alumni
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.