What’s On Events Calendar
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University Transformation During War: Adapting to New Realities (Ukrainian Case)
18 November 2024 - 18 November 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Dr Nataliia Ishchenko (Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University)
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Syntactical Structures and the Evolution of Mind and Culture - Workshop 5 (Narrativity, causality, meaning)
19 November 2024 - 19 November 2024
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The fifth of eight workshops over the course of Michaelmas term in conjunction with the large-scale cross-faculty research project, Syntactical Structures and the Evolution of Mind and Culture, which explores the syntactical basis of a wide range of phenomena spanning cognitive and cultural domains, from learning and reasoning to narrative and memory to music and dance, to shed new light on the human mind, cultural evolution, and aesthetics.
- Research event
Syntactical Structures and the Evolution of Mind and Culture - Workshop 6 (Narrativity, causality, meaning)
21 November 2024 - 21 November 2024
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The sixth of eight workshops over the course of Michaelmas term in conjunction with the large-scale cross-faculty research project, Syntactical Structures and the Evolution of Mind and Culture, which explores the syntactical basis of a wide range of phenomena spanning cognitive and cultural domains, from learning and reasoning to narrative and memory to music and dance, to shed new light on the human mind, cultural evolution, and aesthetics.
- Research event
Grassroot resilience in the wartime Ukraine: Sociological insights from 2014-2024
25 November 2024 - 25 November 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Dr Kateryna Ivashchenko-Stadnik (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Syntactical Structures and the Evolution of Mind and Culture - Workshop 7 (Aesthetics, music, dance)
26 November 2024 - 26 November 2024
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The seventh and penultimate workshop in a series of eight over the course of Michaelmas term in conjunction with the large-scale cross-faculty research project, Syntactical Structures and the Evolution of Mind and Culture, which explores the syntactical basis of a wide range of phenomena spanning cognitive and cultural domains, from learning and reasoning to narrative and memory to music and dance, to shed new light on the human mind, cultural evolution, and aesthetics.
- Research event
Different knowledges of soil
28 November 2024 - 28 November 2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The third interactive workshop in a series of four, supported by the IAS, on soil
- Research event
Why soils, why now?
28 November 2024 - 28 November 2024
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
IAS Visiting Scholar's Lecture for World Soil Day by Dr Anna Krzywoszynska (University of Oulu)
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Fungal Conservation: From Idea to Action
02 December 2024 - 02 December 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Giuliana Furci (Fungi Foundation of Chile)
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Syntactical Structures and the Evolution of Mind and Culture - Workshop 8 (Aesthetics, music, dance)
03 December 2024 - 03 December 2024
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The last workshop in a series of eight over the course of Michaelmas term in conjunction with the large-scale cross-faculty research project, Syntactical Structures and the Evolution of Mind and Culture, which explores the syntactical basis of a wide range of phenomena spanning cognitive and cultural domains, from learning and reasoning to narrative and memory to music and dance, to shed new light on the human mind, cultural evolution, and aesthetics.
- Research event
Simulating Social Worlds: How James Joyce's 'The Dead' Speaks Across Historical Distance
03 December 2024 - 03 December 2024
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Professor Paul Armstrong (Brown University)
- Lecture
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Soil and Law
04 December 2024 - 04 December 2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
A fourth and final interactive workshop in a series on soil, supported by the IAS
- Research event
An evening with Merlin Sheldrake et al on World Soil Day
05 December 2024 - 05 December 2024
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
A celebration of World Soil Day and the launch of the SMART Soils SRF project with special guests Merlin Sheldrake, Cosmo Sheldrake, Jo Pearl, IAS Fellow Giuliana Furci and IAS Visiting Scholar Anna Kryzwoszynska
- Research event
Coming down to … place: the potential of ‘place’ as a guiding concept for (post)Anthropocene research
09 December 2024 - 09 December 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Dr Anna Krzywoszynska (University of Oulu)
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
"No (Disciplinary) Limits": A Workshop for the 'Pasts in the Present' Project
09 January 2025 - 09 January 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The ‘Pasts in the Present’ project revolves around two fundamental questions: what is the cultural and social impact of former eras in the 21st century, and how does this interact with academic discourses? These questions have become increasingly important in the 21st century as ideologies of nation, often connected to racism and intolerance, have weaponised ideas about the past for contemporary political ends--and implicated academic disciplines in doing so.
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Understanding the Atypical Pioneering Role of Durham University in the Development of Higher Education in British West Africa
20 January 2025 - 20 January 2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Professor Apollos Okwuchi Nwauwa (Bowling Green State University)
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Epidemics, mental health, and public trust
27 January 2025 - 27 January 2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Professor Raouf Boucekkine (Aix-Marseille University)
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
The Quantified Self: measuring health and fitness in the digital age
28 January 2025 - 28 January 2025
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
This workshop examines the complex world of health and fitness self-tracking through wearable technologies and digital self-tracking devices.
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Price Formation in Large Markets: a mean field game approach
03 February 2025 - 03 February 2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Professor Diogo Aguiar Gomes (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Economic epidemiology before and after COVID-19
05 February 2025 - 05 February 2025
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Professor Raouf Boucekkine (Aix-Marseille University)
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
IAS Writing Group
07 February 2025 - 07 February 2025
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
The IAS has established a writing group for Durham academics and current IAS Fellows and IAS Associate Fellow who want to spend undisturbed time focusing on their papers, books, grants, talks, and other creative activities.
- Creative
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.
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