Events from the 01 April 2023 - 30 April 2023 Reset
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
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
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.
Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham DH1 3TH
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
Book a Discover Durham Live Virtual Session- come and hear from our current students!
06 February 2023 - 29 June 2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Virtual
Want to find out more about the STEP programme? Come and talk to the STEP team at one of our information events.
13 February 2023 - 12 April 2023
Online and in-person (Central London)
The exhibition explores the stories connected through objects discovered in the River Wear, evoking the social history of Durham’s past 800 years. It has been co-curated by underwater archaeologist Gary Bankhead and the Museum of Archaeology. It will feature around 200 of the 13,500 artefacts that have been found in the River Wear by Gary since 2008, in a friendly-family display.
20 February 2023 - 16 April 2023
Museum of Archaeology, Palace Green Library, Palace Green, Durham DH1 3RN
Nominations are now open for this year’s Durham University Volunteering and Outreach (DUSVO) Awards, where students and staff are recognised for the invaluable contribution they make to a wide variety of projects.
01 March 2023 - 16 April 2023
12:03 PM - 12:00 PM
Nominations can be made online
Creative textile artists and stitchers Take a Stitch 2 Durham present their 2023 exhibition inspired by 950 years of Durham Castle.
01 April 2023 - 30 June 2023
Durham Castle
Campus Dialogue Iftar and Diversity Dinner, organized by the Dialogue Society North East Branch, St Aidan's College - Durham University and North East Diversity, Education and Solidarity (NEDES).
03 April 2023
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
St. Aidan‘s College, Durham University
Join us for this week's CITM Seminar by Professor Steven Melnyk (Michigan State University)
05 April 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online
Per Gunnar's current research focuses on the social implications of urban sustainability and planning, and how to develop equitable and socially inclusive strategies.
06 April 2023
Zoom
Join us this Sunday for an event celebrating medieval Arab food as part of MACFEST (Muslim Arts and Culture Festival)
09 April 2023
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Free fun for all ages on Durham's incredible UNESCO World Heritage Site this Easter Monday. Live music - food - crafts - performances.
10 April 2023
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3EH
PhD student Felicitas Ruschel will be presenting a paper entitled “Reassessing Early Urbanism in North-Eastern Mesopotamia: Evidence from spatial and scientific analyses of households at Gir-e Bassetki, Kurdistan”. Everyone is welcome join in and provide some friendly feedback.
13 April 2023
D210 and online
Two calls, one relating to Applied Global Health Research and one relating to Applied Global Health Partnerships open on the 24th May with outlines submitted by 25th July. Both will fund projects up to £2m and £1m respectively over 5 years and wishes to furnish multidisciplinary research and partnerships with low to middle income countries, driven by that country’s needs.
17 April 2023
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
D104, Dawson Building
Nahid Rezwana and Rachel Pain discuss their latest book, which investigates the widespread and persistent relationship between disasters and gender-based violence.
18 April 2023
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Calman Learning Centre, Room 406, Lower Mountjoy, Durham University
Adam Brown of The New School in New York, delivers this seminar as part of the Sociology research seminar series.
Room 113, 32 Old Elvet, Department of Sociology
Join Durham University alumni for a night of quizzing in London City Centre.
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Silver Cross, 33 Whitehall, London SW1A 2BX