Events from the 01 November 2023 - 30 November 2023 Reset
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Dr Magdalena Zira (Fantastico Theatro)
13 November 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cosin‘s Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green
We warmly invite researchers at any stage of their career to join us for a practical workshop exploring collage making as a mode of inquiry which complements activities across the research process; from project design to data collection, analysis and dissemination. Hosted by the Durham Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC).
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Penthouse A, Collingwood College, Durham, DH1 3LT
The Centre for Catholic Studies and the Michael Ramsey Centre for Anglican Studies are delighted to welcome Fr Hans Boersma to give the Richardson Lecture for 2023, with a talk titled "Creation is Love".
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
PG20 and Online
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Dr Urs Büttner.
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Platform 3, Stephenson College
14 November 2023
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location TBC
One and a half day symposium
14 November 2023 - 15 November 2023
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Lindisfarne Centre, St Aidan‘s College
On Tuesday, the 14th of November, the Durham Centre for Law and Philosophy will welcome Dr Tom Adams (Ox), who will be discussing his new research with us. The title of his work is “Legitimacy and the Justification of Authority.”
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Durham Law School, Palatine Centre Room PCL 051
The Research strand 'Spiritual Writings from the Low Countries 1200-1550: Context, Influence and Transmission’ will organize a webinar via zoom and the speaker is Grantley McDonald, University of Vienna.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Zoom
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Dr Youssri Abdelwahed (Minia University)
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Kenworthy Hall, St Mary‘s College
Celebrate the Indian Festival of Lights with this special late night opening. Visitors can enjoy traditional puja prayers to the goddess Lakshmi, music delicious food, games and more.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham
When it comes to health, what is ‘reasonable’? How can poetry and music help us to understand our lived experiences? What even is ‘reason’ when we think about mental health? Our research cabaret will explore these issues and present research in a way that you’ve probably never seen before!
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Radisson Blu Hotel, Durham Frankland Lane Durham DH1 5TA
In this seminar for the International Scholars of the History of Women Religious Association, Nilanjana Paul of The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley, USA, gives a talk on 'Loreto Nuns and Indian women: a study of curriculum and convents in nineteenth- and twentieth-century colonial India’.
15 November 2023
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Online
Join us for a CBID-hosted seminar with Professor Ioannis Floros (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Durham University Business School
Essay Writing Workshop
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Elvet Riverside, Room 201.
CELLS presents a seminar with Dr Li Jiang, Associate Professor, Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property, Tongji University.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The event is an opportunity for colleagues from across the University, including Deputy Deans (Research), Directors of Research, Heads of Department, staff from Estates and Facilities, Library and Collections, to hear about the skills, state of the art equipment and latest digital work carried out in the Department of Archaeology.
Durham University Department of Archaeology Dawson Building (D/D110, Common Room and Birley Room) South Road Durham DH1 3LE
This event will explain and utilise the power of the festival of Diwali for health and wellbeing, a key aspect of self-managing persistent pain. This continues the Fuse Health award winning programme, Unmasking pain, from last year’s highly successful programme ESRC Festival event.
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Botanic Gardens, Durham
In this hybrid seminar, professor Karen Throsby explores how - within the self-help domain - giving up sugar is never simply a benign health intervention.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
IMH (Confluence building) & Online
Join alumni in Stockholm to celebrate Dunelm Days 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Elverket Bar Linnégatan 69 112 43 Stockholm
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Professor Tong King Lee (University of Hong Kong)
Ustinov Room, Van Mildert College
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.
16 November 2023
L50, Psychology
Zoom seminar with Alejandro Caparo, Durham University Business School
The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience seminar series takes place from 13.15 - 14.15. This is a hybrid event. Online registration essential.
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
W007, Geography Building & Zoom
Lumiere is back to light up Durham from 16 – 19 November.
16 November 2023 - 19 November 2023
4:30 PM - 11:00 PM
All over Durham city
Join alumni in Rome for an aperitivo to celebrate Dunelm Days
L’Angolo Divino Enoteca Vineria Via dei Balestrari 12-14 00186 Roma RM Italy
Join fellow alumni in Tübingen to celebrate Dunelm Days 2023
Die Wurstküche Am Lustnauer Tor 8 72074 Tübingen Germany
Join alumni in Milan to celebrate Dunelm Days 2023
Friends Pub Viale Monte Santo 12 20124 Milan
Join fellow alumni in Oxford for a game of crazy golf
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
The Royal Blenheim Junkyard Golf Club
The Dunelm Society London Annual Dinner
The House of Lords, The Palace of Westminster, London, SW1A OPW
FoSS Event - Developing and sharing best practice to support victims of gender-based violence with learning disabilities and/or autism.
17 November 2023
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Fountains Hall, Grey College
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Romantic Dialogues and Legacies, Department of English Studies, Durham University presents a Transcontinental Joint Symposium featuring decorated panels from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA and Durham University, UK.
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Join alumni in Brussels to celebrate Dunelm Days 2023
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Maison Antoine Place Jourdan 1 1040 Bruxelles (Etterbeek)
Join us for a two-hour seminar unpacking the possibilities and challenges of decolonial narrative work in healthcare.
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
A free public talk organised by Lumiere producers Artichoke which explores the inspiration and collaboration at the heart of the light festival.
Rochester Building, Lower Mount Joy Science Site, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE.
Join alumni in Exeter to celebrate Dunelm Days 2023
18 November 2023
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery Queen St Exeter EX4 3RX
Join alumni in Shenzhen to celebrate Dunelm Days 2023
2:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Shenzhen city centre
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Prior’s Hall, Durham Cathedral.
Join us at the QS Masters and MBA fair in Bangkok, Thailand
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit 250 Sukhumvit Road Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Dr Adam Gordon (University of Albany)
20 November 2023
Celebrate Dunelm Days in Ho Chi Minh City
Lotte Hotel 2A-4A Đ Tôn Đức Thắng Bến Nghé Quận 1 Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
The Principal of Van Mildert College, Professor Tom Mole, invites Van Mildert alumni for a pre-Christmas drinks event.
Killik & Co, London
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Dr Diana Johns (University of Melbourne)
Tom Percival Annex, Parson‘s Field, St Cuthbert‘s Society
Why are we here? What's the point of existence? On the 'big questions' of meaning and purpose, Western thought has been dominated by the dichotomy of traditional religion and secular atheism. In this pioneering work, Philip Goff argues that it is time to move on from both God and atheism.
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Collected Books, 44 The Riverwalk, Durham, DH1 4SL
Join alumni and Durham University staff in Johannesburg to celebrate Dunelm Days
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Protea by Marriott Hotel Johannesburg Balalaika Sandton Maude St Sandown Sandton 2126 South Africa
Join us at the QS Masters and MBA Fair in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Lotte Hotel Saigon 2A-4A Ton Duc Thang Street, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
Seminar Topic - TBC
21 November 2023
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Nine DTP/DRMC Hub. 1st Floor, Arthur Holmes Building. Left of the Calman Learning Centre. Signposted DRMC.
Join us for an afternoon workshop exploring the Durham Oriental Museum's collection of Japanese Anime materials. Our international panel will discuss how these artefacts are curated, displayed and researched, along with the diverse meanings and value of these objects, both within and beyond Japanese culture. Sponsors: The British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) and the DAIWA Anglo-Japanese Foundation. Hosted by Durham Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC)
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Durham Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham, DH1 3TH
Join us for the Music Research Forum where we welcome Dr Samantha Ege, concert pianist and Anniversary Research Fellow at the University of Southampton.
Concert Room
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.
21 November 2023 - 08 December 2023
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
7 Owengate, Durham, DH1 3HB (and online - registration essential)
Join alumni in Manchester to celebrate Dunelm Days 2023
5:15 PM - 8:00 PM
Dukes 92 Castle St Deansgate M3 4LZ
Celebrate Dunelm Days in Zurich
Insider Bar Löwenstrasse 64 8001 Zürich
7:30 PM - 9:15 PM
Department of Music, Palace Green, Durham
Hosted by the Centre for Strategy, Technological Innovation and Operations
22 November 2023
MHL452
Conversation topic: Researching Sensitive Topics, 22nd November 2023, 1100-1230
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the relationship between the health of the city and good sanitation has never been more important. Sanitation is one of modern urban life’s most neglected issues.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Online - https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/93558938810?pwd=QUIvNTZvdnBLeDFxR0g0MmZrSS9mdz09
A Workshop in the Theory of Change - presented by Dr Helen Cramman.
12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
All welcome to our next online research seminar.
Online (Zoom)
This talk/seminar is titled Magnetic skyrmion materials
Ph8
Manufacturer Certification in Second-Hand Markets
This event will take place in the Business School room 223 and online via Zoom.
Final Year Philosophy Students - Careers Support: Choosing and Applying For Jobs
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Elvet Riverside - Room 140
Virginia Mantouvalou and Michael Veale ‘Blurred Boundaries: Rescuing Workers’ Privacy in the Process of Searching Data and Devices’
Online-Zoom Webinar
IMEMS and the History Department will organize an Early Modern Seminar on Wednesday 22 November at 3.00–4.30pm. The title is: "Antiracism, Antislavery, and Anti-imperialism: Quobna Ottobah Cugoano's Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery (1787, 1788, 1791) in Context" and the speaker is John Marshall (Johns Hopkins University).
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Palace Green, Pemberton Rooms, PG20, Ground Floor DH1 3RL
Join us online for the Anglican Communion Office Seminar (speaker and title TBC). All welcome!
This year’s prestigious Annual Higginson Lecture will take place on Wednesday 22nd November 2023. The speaker is Phil Peel, BSc (Hons), MEng, CEng, FIMechE, Chief Engineer at Steam Turbines GE Vernova Steam Power, the 2022/23 President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The title is "The steam turbine and its future in a Net Zero world."
Rosemary Cramp (CLC202), Calman Learning Centre, Durham University Science Site, Lower Mountjoy. Refreshments available from 17:15 in Derman Christopherson (CLC406)
Artist Stephen Livingstone will launch his new exhibition "Seabird Necropsy" and local ornithologist Dan Turner will talk about his North Sea coastline seabird project and how the scientist and artist have interacted.
Cosin‘s Hall, Institute of Advanced Study, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RL
Join fellow alumni in Tokyo to celebrate and toast Dunelm Days
Hobgoblin Pub 3 Chome-16-33 Roppongi Minato City Tokyo 106-0032
23 November 2023
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Dr Magdalena Zira
Penthouse Suite, Collingwood College
As part of the Durham Inspired Live Programme and in collaboration with Durham University Business School, Associate Professor Zsófia Tóth will discuss the use of AI robots.
The Centre for Chinese Law & Policy (CCLP) will host a talk by Dr. Ewan Smith (UCL)
24 November 2023
PCL 054, Durham Law School
Join us to explore narrative in secular magic, optical illusions and dream cognition.
TLC113 & Online
Join fellow alumni in Dubai to celebrate Dunelm Days 2023
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Ritz Carlton DIFC off - Sheikh Zayed Rd Dubai
Join fellow alumni in Singapore to celebrate Dunelm Days 2023
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
RedDot Brewhouse 25A Dempsey Road #01-01 Singapore 247691
‘Dido/Elissa’ is a Stage Reading and Work in Progress by IAS Fellow Dr Magdalena Zira in collaboration with Durham University Classics Society members as cast, the production team, and dramaturgs. It features an all-female ensemble who will tell the unknown and riveting story about legendary Carthaginian Queen Dido.
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Concert Room, Divinity House, Department of Music, Palace Green, Bailey Court, Durham
Join alumni in Toronto to celebrate Dunelm Days 2023
25 November 2023
3:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Prohibition Social House 696 Queen St East Toronto ON M4M 1G9
Join fellow alumni in Lahore to celebrate Dunelm Days 2023
Cafe Aylanto M.M Alam Road Gulberg Lahore
Join fellow alumni in Hong Kong over a Cantonese dinner to celebrate Dunelm Days 2023
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Luxe Garden Chinese Cuisine 1/F 1 Lyndhurst Tower 1 Lyndhurst Terrace Central Hong Kong
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Dr Tetiana Vodotyka (Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)
27 November 2023
Our informal London Christmas After Hours event
The Counting House
On Tuesday, the 28th November, the Durham Centre for Law and Philosophy will welcome Professor Claudio Michelon (Edi), who will be discussing his new research with us. The title of his work is, "Shortcomings of the Kantian Accounts of Tort Remedies.”
28 November 2023
Durham Law School, Palatine Centre Room PCL 058
An evening of conversation and provocation to launch Professor Stuart Murray’s new book "In/Disciplines".
Business School (Durham University) & Online
Join fellow alumni in Paris for Dunelm Days 2023
La Felicità 5 Parv Alan Turing 75013 Paris
Join fellow alumni in Sofia to celebrate Dunelm Days 2023
Pri Orlite restaurant Dyakon Ignatiy St 11 1000 Sofia Center Sofia
29 November 2023
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Pennington Room, Grey College
All welcome to our Departmental Research Seminar, featuring Dr Ruth Abbott of the University of Cambridge.
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
BiCuxMn7-xO12: Polar antiferromagnetism by inverse exchange-striction and an emergent helical texture of electric dipoles
Ph8 (followed by refreshments in Ph132 James Knott Library)
Join us Wednesday 29 November to learn more about the Business School as part of the Durham University Postgraduate Open Day.
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 taught MA in Medical Humanities!
Durham University Campus
Adolescent sex crime or criminalising adolescent sex? An analysis of a sample of contemporary UK cases.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Department of Sociology Room 113 32 Old Elvet Durham University DH13HN
Join fellow alumni in Edmonton to celebrate Dunelm Days 2023
Hotel MacDonald Confederation Lounge 10065 100th Street Edmonton
Join fellow alumni at Durham Castle to celebrate Dunelm Days in Durham
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Durham Castle Durham DH1 3RW
A morning of discussion, online or in person, to untangle safety and security with/for children & young people.
30 November 2023
St Cuthbert‘s Society (Tom Percival Annex) and online
Celebrate Dunelm Days Swiss-style, with a fondue dinner in Geneva
Cafe du Soleil Pl. du Petit-Saconnex 6 1209 Genève Switzerland
Join alumni in New York to celebrate Dunelm Days in a British pub
The Churchill Tavern 45 E 28th St New York NY 10016
Join alumni in London to celebrate Dunelm Days 2023
The Globe 83 Moorgate London Greater London EC2M 6SA
Join alumni in Frankfurt to celebrate Dunelm Days 2023
The Ash Mainzer Landstraße 1 60325 Frankfurt
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