Events from the 01 May 2022 - 31 May 2022 Reset
Introduction to International Boundaries: Definition, Delimitation and Dispute Resolution
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 2025
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Online workshop
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Monogatari: the art of storytelling in Japanese woodblock prints
An exhibition, created in partnership with the National Museum of Japanese History, exploring how images of famous tales of samurai, travellers and heroes during the 18th and 19th centuries in Japan inspired art created during the real life conflicts at the end of the 19th century and early 20th century.
28 January 2022 - 15 May 2022
Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham, DH1 3TH
- Exhibitions
Computational Musicology
What is computational musicology and what can the approach accomplish? This event sees colleagues from the Music Department, Computer Science and Anthropology discuss the concepts associated with this field of study.
03 May 2022
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Online via Zoom
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
“Scenes of Writing” and “Scenes of Working”: Style, Materiality, and Politics
You are warmly invited to attend the talk of Dr Alena Heinritz, a visiting postdoctoral fellow from the University of Innsbruck.
03 May 2022
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Elvet Riverside 143 and Online
- Research event
- Department of English Studies
Deep and Daring: The Gospel of John for the 21st Century
A public lecture by Prof. David F. Ford
03 May 2022
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Leech Hall, St John‘s College, 3 South Bailey, Durham DH1 3RJ
- Research event
Public Lecture: Deep and Daring: The Gospel of John for the 21st Century
By Prof. David F. Ford (University of Cambridge)
03 May 2022
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Leech Hall, St John‘s College, 3 South Bailey Durham DH1 3RJ
- Outreach & community
Understanding Ukraine: Entanglements and Conflict in the History of East European ‘Bloodlands'
A talk by Dr Markian Prokopovych, Associate Professor in Modern European Cultural History at Durham University
03 May 2022
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Screen 2 Gala Theatre, or online via Zoom
- Outreach & community
- Public
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of History
Exploring Risk Film Festival
The IHRR presents the Exploring Risk Film Festival on the 4th May 2022. The Festival is a celebration of science, story-telling and how to believe in a better world. The festival asks filmmakers to consider hazards to human life, society and wellbeing and how we might imagine a just, safe and sustainable future.
04 May 2022
Room TLC033, Teaching and Learning Centre, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LS
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Firing Up the Epistemological Engine: Workshop 4 - Reflection & Growth
This will be designed in the light of experiences with W1 – 3, revisiting research papers as necessary, and expanding the circle of researchers in light of the progress that has been made.
04 May 2022
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
IAS Seminar Room, Cosin‘s Hall, Palace Green
- Research event
Research seminar: Noel Hyndman - Queen’s University Belfast
Seminar brought to you by the International Centre of Public Accountability (ICOPA).
04 May 2022
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
TBC
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Business School
Extraction Ecologies and the Post-Extractive Imagination
You are warmly invited to the final Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Studies Research Seminar of this academic year, hosted by Durham University's English Studies Department and the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies.
04 May 2022
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Online
- Research event
- Department of English Studies
Lessons from the Past: Fragile Heritage Ecologies: vernacular cultures and the at-risk landscapes of the Hindu-Kush-Himalaya mountain region. (Zahra Hussain)
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
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Online
- Other
- Outreach & community
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Kim Moore Poetry Reading
Everyone is warmly welcome to join Inventions of the Text, for poetry reading and critical thinking with Dr Kim Moore.
04 May 2022
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Online (Zoom)
- Public
- Research event
- Department of English Studies
Ushaw Lecture: Hensley Henson and the "National" Church of England in the Early Twentieth Century
By Prof. Julia Stapleton (Durham University)
04 May 2022
5:30 PM - 7:15 PM
Ushaw: Historic House, Chapels & Gardens
- Outreach & community
CVAC Postgraduate / ECR Reading Group
Bearded Ladies and Gender Benders: The Instability of a Binary System
05 May 2022
5:00 PM - 6:45 PM
Elvet Riverside, Room 143
- Research event
- Research Centre
Women in Archaeology: A panel discussion
This event, linked to International Women’s Day, was postponed from March. The panel comprises speakers from Durham's archaeology department, who will address questions about their career and the ‘leaky pipeline’ of women progressing to higher qualifications and careers in archaeology. Open to all students and colleagues to discuss experiences, challenges, and any guidance for women in archaeology.
06 May 2022
Online (Link available soon
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Archaeology
QS Virtual Connect MBA – Nigeria & Ghana
Join us at the QS Virtual Connect MBA event in Nigeria & Ghana.
07 May 2022
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Online
- MBA
- Business School
Iberian Archaeology in the World. For Whom? For What?
In this virtual forum, participants will have an opportunity to discuss and explore the future of Iberian archaeology on the global stage in terms of its goals, practices, aims, and ethics. Co-organizers: Rui Gomes Coelho (Durham University, UK) and Katina Lillios (University of Iowa, US).
07 May 2022
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Online
- Research event
- Department of Archaeology
CESI Research Showcase 2022
Week-long series of online and in-person events to celebrate the past 5 years research excellence and key outputs of the Centre for Energy Systems Integration (CESI).
09 May 2022 - 18 May 2022
Mon – Thurs: sessions online via Zoom with the poster event online Fri am: InTEGReL, Low Thornley, Gateshead Fri pm: Urban Science Building, Newcastle University for lunch, poster display & ceremony
- Energy
- Research Institute
Academy of Management Review - Idea Development Workshop
Academy of Management Review (AMR) Idea Development Workshop hosted by the Centre for Innovation and Technology Management and led by Sherry Thatcher, the current Editor-in-Chief, and Shelley Brickson, Associate Editor. Other Associate Editors and Editorial Review Board members will join in facilitating the workshop.
09 May 2022
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Durham University Business School, Mill Hill Lane
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Business School
CIPB's Speaker Series welcomes Professor Alexandra Cirone (Cornell University): May 10th, 2022
Join CIPB as it hosts Alexandra Cirone, assistant professor and Himan Brown Faculty Fellow in the Government department at Cornell University, on May 10th at 12pm.
10 May 2022
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Al-Qasimi Building 102
- Research event
Abdulrazak Gurnah: Colonial Traces, Exile, and the 2021 Nobel Prize
Mark Abdulrazak Gurnah's recent award of the Nobel Prize for Literature with our afternoon of talks and discussions. This event is co-organised between the Department of English Studies at Durham University, the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University, and the Newcastle Postcolonial Research Group.
10 May 2022
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Online and Department of English Studies, Hallgarth House
- Public
- Research event
- Department of English Studies
11 May 2022
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
In person at the Bishops Dining Room, University College (Limited Availability) and online via Zoom
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
‘Anglicans and the Holy See'- Anglican Communion Office Seminar
The next Anglican Communion Office Seminar will take place on Wednesday 11 May at 4pm.
11 May 2022
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Microsoft Teams
- Research event
- Department of Theology and Religion
The Durham MBA Online Information Session
Whether you would like more information about studying your Durham MBA or you just want to find out more about life in general at Durham, join us for our next Online Information Session.
12 May 2022
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Online
- MBA
- Business School
Stopping for Death: Public Engagement, Personification and Grief
This talk is organised with the Institute of Medical Humanities. Dr Lesel Dawson, Associate Professor in Literature and Culture at the University of Bristol, specialises in grief, Renaissance literature and the history of the emotions.
12 May 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online (Zoom)
- Research event
- Department of English Studies
- Research Institute
English Studies research seminar - Stopping for Death: Public Engagement, Personification and Grief
A talk by Dr Lesel Dawson, Associate Professor in Literature and Culture at the University of Bristol, who specialises in grief, Renaissance literature and the history of the emotions
12 May 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online via Zoom
- Research event
- Research Institute
Cost of living in geothermally resourceful area: Posthuman political ecology of energy transition in Ethiopia
This seminar explores these tensions; specifically, how people in geothermally resourceful regions need to negotiate with their livelihood, traditional practices, and culture for the sake of development and climate justice.
12 May 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room CG85, Department of Chemistry
- Research event
- Research Institute
12 May 2022
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Online
- Research event
CHESS Seminar Series 2021/22: Keith Lindsey (Durham University)
CHESS Seminar Series 2021/22: Keith Lindsey (Durham University) SPEAKER IN PERSON
12 May 2022
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
PO004, Philosophy Department and on Zoom
- Research event
- Department of Philosophy
Rock 4 Ukraine
A three-day weekend music festival, raising money for Ukraine. These hard-working bands and performers are giving their days up for free, for a great cause.
13 May 2022 - 15 May 2022
Magnesia Bank 1 Camden Street North Shields NE30 1NH
- Charity & volunteering
MaVis Symposium 2022: Pushing Boundaries-New Approaches to Material and Visual Culture
We are excited to present the first annual symposium put on by the Archaeology Department’s Material and Visual Culture Research and Impact Group. This one-day symposium will take place on Friday, 13 May 2022 in the Appleby lecture theatre (W103) located in the Geography building at the Science Site. We are also very pleased to announce that the keynote address will be given by Dr. Sue Brunning.
13 May 2022
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Appleby lecture theatre (W103), Geography Building, Durham University
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Archaeology
Medieval Lecture - Food Culture After the Baltic Crusades
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
- Other
- Public
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Participatory Research Innovation and Learning - Innovation Lab I
Innovation Lab I : Exploring innovative ideas for solving ethical, practical and methodological challenges arising from doing participatory research.
17 May 2022
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Online (Zoom)
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Colonialism and Power in the Church of England
Anderson Jeremiah discussing the relationship between power and colonialism in the Church of England.
17 May 2022
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Online Webinar
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Theology and Religion
- Research Centre
Firing Up the Epistemological Engine: Workshop 5 - Reflection and Growth
This will be designed in the light of experiences with W1 – 3, revisiting research papers as necessary, and expanding the circle of researchers in light of the progress that has been made.
18 May 2022
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
IAS Seminar Room, Cosin‘s Hall, Palace Green
- Research event
Ok, goats closer: Film screening and talk
A talk in the series Unregarded: Forms of 'Outside' in Art Writing, which is run in collaboration with Newcastle University's School of Art and Cultures and the Art Writing programme
18 May 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Elvet Riverside 142 and online
- Research event
- Department of English Studies
Lessons from the Past: Managing vernacular heritage sites in times of climate change (Gül Aktürk, Ph.D. candidate at TU Delft )
The impacts of climate change are influencing the rural communities and their heritage assets.
18 May 2022
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Online
- Other
- Outreach & community
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
InParenthesis Workshop Series: ‘British Twentieth Century Women Philosophers on Science’
In May/ June 2022, in collaboration with the (women) in parenthesis project and the Durham Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS), the Department of Philosophy in Durham will host three workshops on ‘British Twentieth Century Women Philosophers on Science’.
18 May 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Hybrid: in person (tbc) and online (Zoom)
- Research event
- Department of Philosophy
The Rochester Lecture 2022: Watching chemical reactions happen one molecule at a time
Prof. Heather Lewandowski of the University of Colorado and JILA delivers the 2022 Rochester Lecture.
18 May 2022
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Ph8 Lecture Theatre, Rochester Building, Science Site DH1 3LE
- Public
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Physics
ReproHack @ Durham University
(THIS EVENT IS ONLY OPEN FOR DURHAM UNIVERSITY STAFF AND RESEARCH STUDENTS ONLY)
19 May 2022
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Durham University, Elvet Hill House (Room EH202), Durham, DH1 3TH OR ONLINE.
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Durham Masters Online Information Session
Whether you would like more information about studying a Durham Masters, have queries around the admissions process, or you just want to find out more about the Business School and life in general at Durham, join us for our next Online Information Session.
19 May 2022
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Online
- Masters
- Business School
IAS 2023/24 Fellowship Nomination Process: guidance workshop
This online event will guide Durham academic colleagues, who wish to Nominate a Fellow for a IAS Fellowship in 2023/24, through the process.
19 May 2022
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Online
- Other
The Age of World Literature and the Novel: Some Narratological Considerations
A research seminar in our Global Literatures strand.
19 May 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online
- Research event
- Department of English Studies
Quitting coal and the hunt for a post-fossil society: Strukturwandel in an Eastern German mining district
This project investigates anthropologically how different actors in the Central German Mining District try to keep pace with the making of post-carbon futures.
19 May 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room CG85, Department of Chemistry & Zoom
- Research event
- Research Institute
Network H2 Webinar : Techno-economic feasibility and refuelling optimisation research
Network-H2 is the EPSRC funded network to maximise the impact of UK-funded research and innovation. The Network will be organising conferences, seminars, workshops and funding calls in order to advance the knowledge and understanding of hydrogen fuelled transportation.
20 May 2022
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
- Research event
- Research Institute
QS Online MBA Event – United Kingdom
Considering applying for an MBA at Durham University Business School?
21 May 2022
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Online
- MBA
- Business School
QS Virtual Connect Masters – London
Considering applying for a Masters degree at Durham University Business School?
21 May 2022
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Online
- Masters
- Business School
Standard-setting of sustainability reporting workshop
A special issue online workshop looking at Standard-setting of Sustainability Reporting. This is being hosted jointly with the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow,
23 May 2022
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Online
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Business School
MIB Seminar - Prof Jennifer Oetzel (American University)
Professor Jennifer Oetzel will be giving a talk based on her research paper: Multinational enterprises and natural disasters: Challenges and opportunities for International Business research.
23 May 2022
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Online
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Business School
- Department of Management and Marketing
InParenthesis Workshop Series: ‘British Twentieth Century Women Philosophers on Science’
In May/ June 2022, in collaboration with the (women) in parenthesis project and the Durham Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS), the Department of Philosophy in Durham will host three workshops on ‘British Twentieth Century Women Philosophers on Science’.
23 May 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Hybrid: in person (tbc) and online (Zoom)
- Research event
- Department of Philosophy
Working with keywords // Le travail par mots clefs
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
Online
- Research event
Labourers and Governors: Spa Medicine and Body Politics c.1500-1800
Join Amanda Herbert for a seminar co-organised by IMH and History of Science, Technology and Medicine group for a talk on the lives and experiences of women and men who worked inside medical spa complexes in Britain and the Americas between 1500-1800.
24 May 2022
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Seminar Room 1 (HS110), 43 North Bailey
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
CIPB's Speaker Series welcomes Dr Damien Bol (Kings College London): May 24th, 2022
Join CIPB as it hosts Dr Damien Bol, Reader in Political Behaviour at Kings College London, on May 24th at 12pm.
24 May 2022
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Al-Qasimi Building 102
- Research event
‘The Miners’ Strike in County Durham: A Family and Community Conversation’ Professor Robert Gildea in conversation with David Wray
Although the Miners’ Strike took place nearly forty years ago, the families and communities that experienced it in County Durham still have vivid memories of that year and have had to wrestle in their lives with the destruction of an industry.
24 May 2022
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Durham Town Hall and Online via Zoom
- Public
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Research Seminar: Kebin Ma - Warwick
Topic: Non-dilutive CoCo Bonds: A Necessary Evil? Seminar organised by the Department of Economics and Finance.
25 May 2022
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
This seminar will take place both remotely and in person in MHL 453.
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Business School
Lucy Atkinson & Soumyaroop Majumdar
Inventions of the Text is delighted to welcome two Durham University Creative Writing PGRs – Lucy Atkinson and Soumyaroop Majumdar – to read for us at our next seminar on 25 May.
25 May 2022
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Online (Zoom)
- Public
- Department of English Studies
Advances in Offshore Wind Operations & Maintenance and their Impact on Levelised Cost of Energy
This presentation will focus on the composition and dominant logic of LCOE, and the advances in O&M practices and technologies to manage offshore wind systems in an efficient and optimal way.
26 May 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room CG85, Department of Chemistry & Zoom
- Research event
- Research Institute
Catholic Theology Research Seminar: Disability Theology and the Holocaust: Rethinking Catholic Responses to Genocide in Light of Aktion-T4
By Dr Victoria Biggs (Durham University)
26 May 2022
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Seminar Room B, Abbey House
- Research event
BSI Lunchtime Seminar - 27 May
Our online Lunchtime Seminars feature a different area of interdisciplinary biosciences research each month. The sessions are short and sweet, typically lasting an hour and comprise a seminar or series of short talks with time given over to discussion. They are a great place to meet colleagues, make new connections, share ideas and start research conversations.
27 May 2022
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Via Zoom (link on registration)
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
Network H+C Webinar - Decarbonising Heat for Churches and Cathedrals
A Network for Heating and Cooling Research to Enable a Net-Zero Carbon Future (H+C Zero Network) has been established by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to maximise the impact of UK-funded research and innovation. These monthly webinars explore the challenges of decarbonising heating and cooling.
27 May 2022
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
- Research event
- Department of Engineering
- Research Institute
Durham Pride 2022
We’re supporting Durham Pride 2022, and we’re excited to welcome the event back to Durham city.
29 May 2022
12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Sands Field, Durham DH1 1LF
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
‘Unveiled Storages’ - The Former Colonial Museum of Rome and its Decolonization
Italian Studies at Durham will host an online conversation about the museum heritage of the Italian colonial past with the curators of the Former Colonial Museum of Rome. Please share with those you think might be interested.
30 May 2022
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Online
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- School of Modern Languages & Cultures
Translating Embodiedness 31 May / 1 June 2022 (Online)
This symposium aims to collectively explore forms of embodied practices in the post-WWII era with a focus on Japan in the global context.
31 May 2022 - 01 June 2022
Online via Zoom
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- School of Modern Languages & Cultures
Music Research Forum-Professor Roe-Min Kok
We welcome Professor Roe-Min Kok for this CNCS co-hosted event with her talk on ‘Genealogies of Heimat’
31 May 2022
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Online via Zoom
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Music Research Forum-Professor Roe-Min Kok
We welcome Professor Roe-Min Kok for this CNCS co-hosted event with her talk on ‘Genealogies of Heimat’
31 May 2022
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Online via Zoom
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences