Events from the 01 November 2022 - 30 November 2022 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
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
A talk organised by the Centre for Poetry and Poetics
01 November 2022
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Elvet Riverside 247
Eidos PG Seminars
02 November 2022
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
PO005 or online (this will be confirmed in the circulated email each week)
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The session will be hybrid in room 123, Teaching & Learning Centre, Lower Mountjoy, Durham and via Zoom.
The second in a series of workshops osted and facilitated by Prof. Karen Milek, Department of Archaeology, Durham University; Prof. Stefan Brink, Honorary Research Associate, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University; and Dr. Kristen Hopper, Landscapes of Complex Societies Research and Impact Group Convenor, Department of Archaeology, Durham University.
Department of Archaeology, Dawson Building, Room D210 and online
Visit the STEM Careers Fair on Wednesday 2 November for advice and information on a range of careers within Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Teaching and Learning Centre
Departmental Research Seminar for students and staff
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
PO005, 48 Old Elvet
We welcome Dr Maeve Ryan (Kings College London) to the History Department Research Seminar with her talk 'Humanitarian Governance and the British Antislavery World System'
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
In person at the Pemberton Rooms - PG21
Join CIPB as it hosts Inken von Borzyskowski, Professor at University College London on November 2nd at 4:15pm.
4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
TLC 117
Join CIPB as it hosts Inken von Borzyskowski, Associate Professor at University College London on November 2nd at 4:15pm.
An IAS Fellowship Lecture by Professor Uwe Schlink (Helmholtz Centre of Environmental Research UFZ)
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Ustinov College, Seminar Room, Sheraton Park
An interdisciplinary forum designed to bring together members, including students, from across our departments, as well as from outside Durham University.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
7 Owengate, Durham, DH1 3HB (and online - registration essential)
Is it possible for Industrial Waste Heat used to Power a Protected Horticulture Site?
03 November 2022
Zoom.
Join us for a hybrid book launch event for Book Launch: Canon Professor Michael Snape (Durham University), A Church Militant: Anglicans and the Armed Forces from Queen Victoria to the Vietnam War (OUP, 2022),
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Hybrid
Join us for an online Book Launch: The Once and Future Parish (SCM, 2024) with Prof Alison Milbank (University of Nottingham)
online
An IAS Fellowship Lecture by Dr Nikita Chiu (University of Exeter)
The Chapel, Hatfield College
By Dr Marcus Pound (Durham University)
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
St Cuthbert‘s Catholic Church, Durham
R. H. Tawney- Life and Legacy: a virtual symposium to mark the centenary of the Scott Holland Lectures
04 November 2022
Online Only
It is our great pleasure to invite you to join our new Vice-Chancellor and Warden Professor Karen O’Brien, Professor of International Law Petra Minnerop, senior Durham University colleagues, and fellow alumni and friends, for an evening reception and lecture on Friday 4 November 2022, from 7pm in Singapore.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Villa at Singapore Botanic Gardens
Dr Amanda Herbert (Durham University) will give our 20th Public Lecture on Medieval Food, in Partnership with Blackfriars Restaurant in Newcastle.
05 November 2022
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Blackfriars Banquet Hall, Blackfriars Restaurant, Newcastle upon Tyne
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Professor Jacqueline Stevens ( Northwestern University)
07 November 2022
Cosin‘s Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green
Eight million people in Canada live with chronic pain, a condition that can affect every aspect of a person’s life including physical and mental health, work, play, and relationships. But that’s not the whole story: we’re also eight million friends, partners, innovators, advocates, organizers, and co-conspirators who are mobilizing a national community to realize a common goal — a dramatically improved system of care and support for people with pain.
07 November 2022 - 10 November 2022
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The aim of this workshop series, with four workshops in total, is to lay the foundations for a larger interdisciplinary project or series of projects.
08 November 2022
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Seminar Room, Institute of Advanced Study, Cosin‘s Hall, Palace Green
Join Kelechi Anucha, Veronica Heney, and Arya Thampuran for a discussion of Han Kang’s widely acclaimed 2007 novel The Vegetarian.
While The Islamic Republic has been rocked by protests before, notably in 2009, these protests appear different, led and inspired by women across the country and with demonstrations taking place not just in the main urban areas, but in rural areas too, often seen as bastions of support for the regime. Are we seeing a profound social and political shift in attitude towards the Islamic Republic and its legitimacy? How are the protests being reported on social media across Iran and the region? And
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Room TLC033, Teaching & Learning Centre, South Road, Durham University
An IAS Public Lecture by Professor Catherine Besteman, Colby College
Ustinov Room, Van Mildert College
09 November 2022
Crisis, Collapse, or Catastrophe? Examining the Cost-of-Living-Crisis and its impact on Social Citizenship at a Third Sector Organisation
Emerging research suggests exposure to high levels of air pollution at critical points in the life-course is detrimental to brain health, including dementia.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
We will be presenting the first policy agenda for mitigating the impact of air pollution on brain health and dementia across the life course.
Online and in person at the Indigo Hotel, Durham.
Hotel Indigo, 9 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HL
Professor Elliott Wise (Brigham Young University) will speak about Netherlandish Devotional Art and the Reformation of the Soul at this second meeting of the IMEMS research strand 'Spiritual Writings from the Low Countries (1200-1550): Context, Influence and Transmission'.
Online via Zoom.
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us at the QS Virtual Connect MBA event in Japan.
10 November 2022
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
This seminar will explore a specific form of racialised oppression that is commonly overlooked, undermined, or ignored in the social world – colourism.
Hybrid (In person location: 29 Old Elvet, Room 105)
By Dr Gregory Hillis (Bellarmine University, US)
Moral Injury refers to the experience of enduring negative moral emotions - guilt, shame, contempt and anger - that results from the betrayal, violation or suppression of deeply held moral values. Moral Injury involves a profound sense of broken trust in ourselves, our leaders, governments and institutions to act in just and morally "good" ways. First observed in military veterans, Moral Injury is now recognised in healthcare workers, the emergency services, and law enforcement personnel.
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Written by Julie Tsang and directed by Katja Roberts, the film focuses on the experiences of women with learning disabilities reporting sexual violence. The film is being shown as part of the 2022 ESRC Festival of Social Sciences.
11 November 2022
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Dr Nicholls' research is focused on understanding and improving the properties of functional materials, with an emphasis on energy applications.
Ph30 (followed by refreshments in Ph132 James Knott Library)
We are pleased to welcome you to Durham for this exciting graduate student-organised event. Online attendance will be facilitated for those unable to travel to Durham.
11 November 2022 - 12 November 2022
1:30 PM - 8:30 PM
St John‘s College, Durham.
Durham University Ukrainian Talk series with Dr Markian Prokopovych
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Gala Theatre, Durham
Join us at the QS Virtual Connect MBA event in Nigeria & Ghana.
12 November 2022
Considering applying for a Masters degree at Durham University Business School?
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The Chinese Economic Association (UK/Europe) is an independent, not-for-profit research association of scholars, researchers, students and business executives concerned with China's economic development. Its objectives are to advance the knowledge of the general public about economic development in China, and to promote and publish research on the Chinese economy.
12 November 2022 - 13 November 2022
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Hybrid: Online or In-person Durham University Business School, Mill Hill Lane, Durham, UK. DH1 3LB
Explore the new Oriental Museum exhibition on Tutankhamun and trace his family tree!
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join Durham University Brass Band in their first concert of the year as they embark on a musical journey across the Celtic lands.
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
St Oswald‘s Church, Durham DH1 3DQ
This workshop is designed to help governments and their legal advisors to evaluate the benefits and disadvantages of third party adjudication, and to equip them with information and skills to ensure a successful outcome from the process.
14 November 2022 - 16 November 2022
Paris, France
Durham CSDLP at COP27 - Climate Education Hub
14 November 2022
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Join this event and learn more about the Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy and how our research informs our learning and teaching.
Virtual event.
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Dr Christiaan De Beukelaer (University of Melbourne)
Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience seminar series, 1pm to 2pm, room w007, geography building and via Zoom
w007, geography building and online
An IAS Public Lecture by Professor Stefan Brink, University of Cambridge
Platform 3, Stephenson College
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the world’s largest ice mass and contains around 52 meters of sea level rise (almost two thirds of the Earth’s freshwater).
15 November 2022
This event explores the differences and connections between the Antarctica and Greenland polar ice sheets, and their implications for future sea level rise.
Virtual event
Join us for this week's Music Research Forum, where we welcome our Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Dr Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade
Hybrid - In person in the Concert Room and online via Zoom
Join the Centre for Poetry and Poetics at this poetry reading and Q&A with the award-winning poet, Gail McConnell.
Procrastination is a prevalent and pernicious problem that can undermine productivity as well as erode health and well-being.
16 November 2022
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The session will be hybrid in room 407, Calman Learning Centre, Lower Mountjoy, Durham and via Zoom.
James' research interests are in the theory of electronic structure of solids, with particular emphasis on theories of superconductors and systems with strong electron correlation.
Dr Chenjian Zhang (University of Bath) will be giving a talk on 'Category Emergence and Viability through Optimal Distinctiveness Work: The Emergence of Chinese Social Enterprises'
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Room 405 Durham Business School Durham University Mill Hill Lane Durham DH1 3LB UK
Visit the Retail & FMCG Showcase taking place on Wednesday 16 November for information, work experience and graduate opportunities from a range of employers.
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Online event for anyone interested in finding out more about the dual award doctoral degree in business administration run in partnership emlyon business school.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Virtual
A talk on Translation ...
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
ER157, Elvet Riverside and on Zoom
Join us for the Anglican Communion Office Seminar
Online only
Join one of the seasonal Confabulations events which will explore entanglements of art, psychiatry, and therapy, in their histories, practices and institutions.
Come along for an evening of live performance, music, and research as you’ve never seen it before. For one night only, researchers will be joined by local musicians and persons with lived experience of illness to share their insights on the cabaret stage.
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Old Cinema Launderette, 38 Marshall Terrace, Durham DH1 2HX
Holy Name Catholic Church, Jesmond, Newcastle
Be prepared to be whisked around the world and beyond in a vibrant mix of movie and musical soundtracks in DUCB's first concert of the year. From the African savannahs of ‘The Lion King’ and the magical creature-filled skies of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’, to the jubilant yellow brick roads of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and the heroic motifs of ‘Gladiator’. This concert isn’t one to miss.
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Elvet Methodist Church
Social work practitioner research for diversity: knowledge for transformation. In the event, Dr Sui-Ting Kong will be speaking on how to promote transnational learning in social work through a networked approach to collaboration.
17 November 2022
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
First Floor, Arthur Holmes Building. Left of the Calman Learning Centre. Signposted DRMC.
Join us at the QS Virtual Connect MBA event in Canada.
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Dr Radunović questions the status of nature in Georgian avant-garde art writing, visual art and film in the period between 1915-1930. Man’s relationship to nature under the conditions of modernity was a major concern of the early Soviet period. It remains a pressing issue in our own time. This talk will appeal to anyone interested in film, ecology and the environment, and how local, ‘vernacular’ forms might contest dominant forms of representation.
Cosin‘s Library and online
An IAS Public Lecture by Professor Ramesh Subramaniam, University of Malaysia
Seminar Room, Ustinov College (Sheraton Park)
We have planned a series of events to share some evidence-based activities and information we've acquired that helped us and our peers through our postgraduate degrees. We're aiming to meet four times during the year as a group.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
PO005, 48/49 Old Elvet (Philosophy Building)
By Prof. Michael Snape (Durham University)
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
Ushaw: Historic House, Chapels & Gardens
Paper discussion session between PhD scholars and AbdouMaliq Simone with Michele Lancione on their paper titled "Dwelling in liminalities, thinking beyond inhabitation."
18 November 2022
9:30 AM - 10:30 PM
Room 414 West Building
AbdouMaliq is a one of the most innovative thinkers writing on cities today, and a brilliant speaker. Come learn more about his latest work.
A reflection on, and celebration of, the research legacy of Professor Ash Amin.
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 414, West Building
An IAS Fellowship Lecture by Professor Shahram Khosravi (Stockholm University)
Vittorio Merola, "Case for Support: Understanding the Motivational Factors Behind Political Views and Information Processing."
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Zoom
Join us for this hybrid study day marking the 100th anniversary of the rediscovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
19 November 2022
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
The Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle upon Tyne
An IAS seminar by Dr Olga Demetriou and Dr Elizabeth Kirtsoglou
21 November 2022
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Institute of Advanced Study, Cosin‘s Hall, Palace Green Durham
We are delighted to announce details of the following event taking place as part of the Durham University Prison Seminar Series.
Join us for the Music Department Research Forum where we welcome Professor Rennee Timmers and Dr Julian Christensen from, The University of Sheffield's 'Music, Mind, Machine Research Centre' who will be discussing their work to develop new technologies for people living with dementia.
22 November 2022
Concert Room
In this talk, digital criminologist and platform governance researcher Dr Carolina Are (@bloggeronpole) will talk about the unintended online and offline consequences of regulating against a specific type of content in a space largely ruled by private companies, such as platforms.
TBC
23 November 2022
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Early Medieval Mental Landscapes
Postgraduate Open Days will be taking place in the afternoon of Wednesday 23rd November 2022.
The Dawson Building Durham University Science Site South Road Durham DH1 3LE
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 new taught MA in Medical Humanities!
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Durham University Campus
Join us for the CAS Seminar on Wednesday 23 November
Professor Stefano Campana from the University of Siena will be talking on the effect of ISIS occupation on Iraqi archaeology.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
CB008, The Confluence Building (formerly known as the Maths Building)
This year’s prestigious Annual Higginson Lecture will take place on Wednesday 23rd November 2022 at 18:00, with refreshments available from 17:15.
Rosemary Cramp (CLC202), Calman Learning Centre, Durham University Science Site, Lower Mountjoy Refreshments available from 17:15 in Derman Christopherson (CLC406)
Master Japanese potter Keigo Kamide is visiting Durham University’s Oriental Museum on Wednesday 23 November, to give a free talk about his art and the ancient craft of Kutani. His talk will be illustrated with a selected display of his works for visitors to enjoy.
Vanessa Reid will be presenting her geoarchaeological research on an early medieval farmhouse in Perthshire.
24 November 2022
D104, The Dawson Building and online via Zoom
This talk will focus on discussing the overall process and impact of data analytics in smart grids
By Dr Marc Roscoe Loustau (College of the Holy Cross)
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.
25 November 2022
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Durham University
By Dr Isabel Harvey (Université Catholique de Louvain/L’Université du Québec à Montréal)
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Online and in Brussels
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Professor Shahram Khosravi (Stockholm University)
28 November 2022
w007, geography building
The event aims to explore what lies in the future of participatory research with community and academic researchers.
29 November 2022
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
You are warmly invited to attend the virtual Postgraduate Durham University Open Day and find out more about the new taught MA in Medical Humanities!
Durham Town Hall and online via Zoom
Join us at our Online Information Session to find out if a Masters is what you are looking for. During the Online Information Session, we will provide valuable insight into our Durham Masters programmes in addition to providing the opportunity to participate in a live Q&A chat with Business School staff, where you can ask those all-important questions.
30 November 2022
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Dr Anna Grosman leads a seminar on cross-country variations in sovereign wealth funds’ transparency
Room 427 Durham Business School Durham University Mill Hill Lane Durham DH1 3LB UK
Chris Higgs is a member of the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics
It will soon be 20 years since the Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics at Durham University was opened by the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair.
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
In Durham or online via Zoom
It will soon be 20 years since the Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics at Durham University was opened. To celebrate our 20th birthday we are hosting a symposium on 'Five key questions about the Universe.' Professor Jim Peebles, 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics winner, will be giving the opening keynote speech. We hope that you will join us for this exciting event.
TLC042 Teaching and Learning Centre
Join us for the Cranmer Hall Seminar on Wednesday 30 November