Events from the 01 December 2022 - 31 December 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
'There was light': Amunhotep III and his Dazzling Age
The ancient Egyptian king Amunhotep III was the grandfather of the famous boy king Tutankhamun.
01 October 2022 - 21 May 2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham, DH1 3TH
- Exhibitions
Guardians of the Silk Road's Heritage: Women of the mountains of Central Asia
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.
01 October 2022 - 21 May 2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham DH1 3TH
- Exhibitions
Subject Taster Lectures
Join us for one of our Subject Taster Lectures, where a member of our teaching staff will give you a taste of studying at Durham.
01 November 2022 - 23 January 2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Online
- Open days & visits
Jewish Diaspora Reconsidered: Worksop at Durham University
Join us for this two day workshop
01 December 2022 - 02 December 2022
Lindisfarne Centre, St. Aidan’s College, Durham, DH1 3LJ
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- School of Modern Languages & Cultures
Unlocking the Renewable Energy Potential for Bangladesh: A just transition for poor, rural households?
How might the poor and rural in Bangladesh unlock their renewable energy potential?
01 December 2022
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Zoom.
- Research event
- Research Institute
Birangona: Towards Ethical testimonies of sexual violence during conflict
This event is being hosted in collaboration with the Department of Sociology’s Violence and Abuse Research Group and the Centre for Research on Violence and Abuse.
01 December 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Hybrid (Information will be sent to you once you have registered)
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Sociology
- Research Centre
QRFE talk on Multi-(Horizon) Factor Investing with AI
QRFE talk on Multi-(Horizon) Factor Investing with AI with Ruslan Goyenko from McGill
01 December 2022
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Online
- Research event
- Business School
CVAC Community Conversations: Cemetery Conversations
A discussion on cemeteries as part of the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture
01 December 2022
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Online, through Zoom: https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/96580876862?pwd=eGhHMVJSUXdFNlRlWEFFSE1GTHlHUT09&from=addon
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Cemetery Conversations: 5th instalment of the CVAC Community Conversations
The year draws in with festivals honouring the dead; please join us for three short talks on cemeteries as places in our lived environment.
01 December 2022
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Online
- Outreach & community
The Art of HIV/AIDS
An event for World AIDS Day 2022 exploring art created during the AIDS crisis and works by artists who continue to be impacted by HIV.
01 December 2022
10:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Online
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
Network H+C Webinar - The Circular economy and climate-responsive buildings
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.
02 December 2022
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
- Research event
- Department of Engineering
- Research Institute
CIPB's Speaker Series welcomes Dr. Andrew Little (UC Berkeley): December 2nd, 2022
Join CIPB as it hosts Dr Andrew Little, Assistant Professor in Political Science at UC Berkeley, on December 2nd at 1:30pm.
02 December 2022
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
TBD
- Research event
CCLP Reading Group
In this virtual workshop, Dr Ke Li, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, will present her recent book published by Stanford University Press, entitled Marriage Unbound: State Law, Power, and Inequality in Contemporary China.
02 December 2022
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Online, zoom
- Research event
- Law School
Durham MBA Open Event
Join us for our MBA Open Event and find out more about our world-leading MBA programmes.
03 December 2022
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Durham University Business School
- MBA
An Invitation to the Dance
Durham University Orchestral Society returns to Elvet Methodist Church for another night of 20th century music. A perfect way to begin the Christmas period!
03 December 2022
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Elvet Methodist Church
- Music
Renaissance Costume: A Hands-On Workshop
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
7 Owengate, Durham, DH1 3HB
- Outreach & community
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Prefect Pairing of E2: Fusion of MXene with Natural Rubber for Magnifying Energy Storage Devices.
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Professor Ramesh Subramaniam (Universiti Malaya)
05 December 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cosin‘s Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green
- Research event
Screening of Us Too: Alisha’s Story
Join us for a screening of Us Too: Alisha’s Story. Written by Julie Tsang and directed by Katja Roberts. Us Too Alisha’s Story focuses on the experiences of women with learning disabilities reporting sexual violence. The film was co-created by Open Clasp Theatre Company, and researchers from Durham and Sunderland University in collaboration with women from Us Too. Us Too were supported in the project by Association for Real Change (ARC England).
05 December 2022
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
TLC101, Teaching and Learning Centre
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Research event
Intersectional Encounters in the Nineteenth-Century Archive’ Book Launch and Research Conversation
Join us in the Bishop's Dining Room at University College, or online via Zoom, for a research conversation to celebrate the launch of ‘Intersectional Encounters in the Nineteenth-Century Archive’, a new collection of essays edited by Dr Rachel Bryant Davies and Dr Erin Johnson-Williams.
05 December 2022
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Bishop‘s Dining Room, University College, Durham Castle and Online via Zoom
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
MIB seminar by Professor Stewart Miller (University of Texas San Antonio)
Professor Stewart Miller will be giving a talk on CSR violations among domestic and foreign firms.
06 December 2022
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 215 Durham Business School Durham University Mill Hill Lane Durham DH1 3LB UK
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Business School
SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
This Workshop explores the different ways in which heritage and archaeology plays and can play in the future in working towards achieving SDG11. Join via the Zoom link: https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/91342132598?pwd=WEs2ZStpZ0tuMzVnY2JWYStSa2lzQT09 Meeting ID: 913 4213 2598 / Passcode: 114860
06 December 2022
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Online via Zoom
- Outreach & community
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Archaeology
Ushaw Lecture: Early Modern Catholic visual culture
By Dr Suzanna Ivanic (University of Kent)
06 December 2022
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
Ushaw: Historic House, Chapels & Gardens
- Outreach & community
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
A Festive Night with Foot Notes
Foot Notes A Cappella return for their annual evening of festivities this December!
06 December 2022
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
St Margaret‘s Church, Crossgate
- Music
07 December 2022
Online
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Natural variability of faults and earthquakes, and the implications for seismic hazard
Part of the Department of Earth Sciences Research Seminar Series.
07 December 2022
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
ES230 (TR3)
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Earth Science
07 December 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The session will be hybrid in room 407, Calman Learning Centre, Lower Mountjoy, Durham and via Zoom.
- Research event
'Escaping the First Order Approach to Principal Agent Problems' Seminar by Professor Ian Jewitt (DREAM)
Professor Ian Jewitt will be giving a talk on 'Escaping the First Order Approach to Principal Agent Problems'
07 December 2022
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room 223 Durham Business School Durham University Mill Hill Lane Durham DH1 3LB UK
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Business School
ISHWRA Seminar: Mothers of a Local Church: Gender, Race, and Church Politics and the Emergence of African Sister Congregations in Burundi, Congo, and Rwanda (1900-1950)
By Dr Kristien Suenens (KADOC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
07 December 2022
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Online
- Public
- Research event
- Department of Theology and Religion
Departmental Research Seminar: Global Heritage as Catch-22, and How to Move Through: A Local Community Success Story
Professor Allison Mickel will be presenting on the effects of archaeological work in the Middle East on local communities.
07 December 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Virtual
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Archaeology
Annotating Ulysses
All are welcome to our next Inventions of the Text seminar, which takes place both in person and online.
07 December 2022
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Online and Elvet Riverside 155
- Research event
- Department of English Studies
The Alien Who is a Citizen
An IAS Public Lecture by Professor Jacqueline Stevens, Northwestern University (please note this is a date change from 24 November)
07 December 2022
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Bishop‘s Dining Hall, University College (Castle)
- Research event
- University College / Castle
Confabulations: Art and Psychiatric Spaces
Join us for another seasonal Confabulations event which will explore entanglements of art, psychiatry, and therapy, in their histories, practices and institutions.
07 December 2022
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Online
- Research event
- Research Institute
A Celebratory Alumni Breakfast Reception with key note speaker author Tina Brown CBE
Please join us for a special event with author, editor, broadcaster and Durham University supporter Tina Brown CBE.
08 December 2022
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Manhattan, New York
- Alumni
Durham MBA Online Information Session
Whether you would like more information about studying your Durham MBA or have queries around the admissions process, or you just want to find out more about the Business School.
08 December 2022
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Online
- MBA
Bioarchaeology Seminar: Identifying foodways in Early Modern Ireland using a multi-isotope approach: preliminary results from the 'FoodCult' project
Dr Alice Rose from Durham University will be talking on the FoodCult project, through which isotope analysis is indicating the diets of people in Early Modern Ireland
08 December 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
D104, The Dawson Building and online via Zoom
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Archaeology
CHESS Seminar Series 2022/23: Joseph D. Martin (Durham University)
CHESS Seminar Series 2022/23: Joseph D. Martin (Durham University) on “Ending ‘Science’ ”.
08 December 2022
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
MHL224, Durham University Business School
- Research event
- Department of Philosophy
ECR Networking Event - Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing
Calling all undergraduates, postgraduates, postdocs and ECRs involved or interested in Health and Wellbeing research!! The Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing is hosting a networking event to get to know you and allow you to get to know each other.
08 December 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Lindisfarne Centre, St Aiden‘s College
- Research event
Book Launch: Identifying Future-Proof Science
Book Launch: 'Identifying Future-Proof Science'
08 December 2022
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Bar Lounge, Durham University Business School
- Research event
- Department of Philosophy
Ukraine's Medieval Past and Ways of Writing European History
Durham University Ukrainian Talk series with Dr Markian Prokopovych
08 December 2022
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Durham Town Hall and online via Zoom
- Outreach & community
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
CVAC tour of the 'Locomotion' archive (trains and photographs)
Join Durham CVAC for a tour of the collection at 'Locomotion'; Shildon (part of the National Railway Museum), led by curator Dr Sarah Price!
09 December 2022
‘Locomotion‘ Rail Museum, Shildon, County Durham
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Life Support: Youth, Life and Viability in Rural North India
Jane Dyson and Craig Jeffrey, from the University of Melbourne, will discuss their recent research exploring how youth in Uttarakhand approach living a 'good life' in the face of environmental and socio-economic crisis. Ritwika Basu, from Durham's Department of Geography, will be the discussant.
09 December 2022
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Zoom
- Research event
09 December 2022
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Kenworthy Hall, St Mary‘s College
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
09 December 2022
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Kenworthy Hall, St Mary‘s College
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
Photographing Tutankhamun
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.
09 December 2022 - 24 June 2023
12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Outdoor Art Gallery, Bill Bryson Library Square, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE
- Exhibitions
North-East Research Development Workshop (NERD) - December 9th, 2022
Stephanie Luke, 'What does it mean to be pro-EU? The Case of the European Centre-Left and Centre-Right in Austria, Germany and the UK’
09 December 2022
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Zoom
- Research event
Screening Futures: Christmas Screening and Social
The Futures Research Collective wraps up the year with a Christmas Screening (film tbc) and social!
09 December 2022
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
West Building Room 414
- Research event
Book Launch: Voices in Psychosis
We warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of Voices in Psychosis edited by Angela Woods, Ben Alderson-Day and Charles Fernyhough at the Oriental Museum in Durham on Friday 9 December, 5.30–7pm.
09 December 2022
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Oriental Museum in Durham
- Public
A Joint Jingle Jam
Christmas is coming, and what a better way to celebrate the end of term with a concert from Durham University Brass Band and Durham University Concert Band!
09 December 2022
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Elvet Methodist Church
- Music
QS Virtual Connect Masters – West Africa
Considering applying for a Masters degree at Durham University Business School?
10 December 2022
10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Online
- Masters
- Business School
QS Virtual Connect MBA – West Africa
Join us at the QS Virtual Connect MBA event in West Africa
10 December 2022
10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Online
- MBA
- Business School
Murder and Mulled Wine
As we celebrate 950 years of Durham Castle, join us in the spectacular Great Hall at University College for an evening of dining, discussion and murder!
11 December 2022
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Great Hall, University College
- Outreach & community
- Public
- University College / Castle
COP15: Towards Targets and Standards for Nature Positive Urban Action
Cities are critical for implementing the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. How can targets and standards support nature positive urban action and help bend the curve on biodiversity loss globally?
11 December 2022
9:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Online COP15 Livestream
- Energy
- Public
ICOPA International Workshop: What is the future of public accountability in the aftermath of crisis?
Workshop organised by International Centre of Public Accountability (ICOPA), Durham University and related to a Special Issue of Abacus
12 December 2022 - 13 December 2022
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Durham University Business School Mill Hill Lane Durham
- Research event
- Business School
Neuroscience North East 2022 - Registration and all meals/Refreshments FREE
For its 20th anniversary, Neuroscience North East is back and is still Free!
12 December 2022
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
tbc
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
MIB Seminar by Professor Stewart Miller (University of Texas San Antonio)
Professor Stewart Miller will share some tips from his publishing strategy.
13 December 2022
10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Room 405 Durham Business School Durham University Mill Hill Lane Durham DH1 3LB UK
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Business School
EERA JP EEIP White Paper Launch webinar
This webinar launch will present the key findings from the EERA JP EEIP White Paper “Industrial Thermal Energy Storage – Supporting the transition to decarbonise industry” which has assessed the potential of TES to support decarbonisation goals across the European Union
13 December 2022
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
- Research event
- Department of Engineering
- Research Institute
Durham Global Environmental Law Lecture Series - Application of the Environmental Rule of Law in the Times of Emergency
The Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy at Durham University Law School and the Global Policy Institute are delighted to offer this series of lectures.
15 December 2022
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Durham University
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Law School
Durham Global Environmental Law Lecture Series - Closing Session
The Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy at Durham University Law School and the Global Policy Institute are delighted to offer this series of lectures.
15 December 2022
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Durham University
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Law School
The Best Laid Plans: The DCC’s Response to the Climate Crisis
In this presentation Chima will draw on fieldwork he conducted between October 2020 and December 2021 to explore the County’s efforts to develop a new Climate Emergency Response Plan (CERP).
15 December 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Zoom.
- Research event
- Research Institute
QRFE talk on Forecasting and Managing Correlation Risks
QRFE talk on Forecasting and Managing Correlation Risks with Sophia Zhengzili Li from Rutgers Business School
15 December 2022
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Online
- Research event
- Business School
Network Launch: Religion, Health, and Humanities Researchers (RHHR)
Join us for the online launch of the RHHR network, the first international network of its kind!
15 December 2022
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Online - Zoom Webinar
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Technician Commitment Mince Pie Social
Save the date - this year's Technician Commitment Social will be held on Friday December 16th at 3pm!
16 December 2022
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
TBC
- Other
BBC Reith Lectures 2022 - Dr Fiona Hill
Our new Chancellor Fiona Hill is among four leading thinkers chosen to deliver a prestigious BBC Reith Lecture this December.
21 December 2022
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
BBC Radio Four
- Lecture