Events from the 01 May 2023 - 31 May 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
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
The Institute of Advanced Study and the Institute of Data Science are hosting this workshop in May on the topic of ‘Computer Models, Simulations, Data, and Reality’.
02 May 2023 - 05 May 2023
Institute of Advanced Study, Seminar Room, Cosin‘s Hall, Palace Green
The Early Career Researcher (ECR) Committee at the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing (WRIHB) is hosting a research conversation on ‘The Mind Body Connection’ in collaboration with the ‘Brain, Body and Behaviour’ Challenge Academy.
02 May 2023
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 113 in 32 Old Elvet and also Online
Join us for the Music Research Forum session with cultural historian Dr Ellie Armon Azoulay
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
In person-Concert Room, Music Department
CHESS Seminar Series 2022/23: Rosa Runhardt (Radboud University)
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
PO005, Department of Philosophy (48/49 Old Elvet)
Join us at this week's MIB Seminar by Dr Johann Fortwengel (King's College London)
03 May 2023
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Online and in room MHL223
This Event is by invitation only event due to logistical restrictions: please contact Nayanika Mookherjee (nayanika.mookherjee@durham.ac.uk) or Liam Liburd (liam.liburd@durham.ac.uk) This meeting will focus on the concept of ‘archives’ and explore the concept across various disciplines and the connotations of power that it has.
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Invitation only event due to logistical restrictions: please contact Nayanika Mookherjee or Liam Liburd
Given recent investment and funding successes with mass spectrometry instruments across several departments, we'd like to invite anyone interested in mass spectrometry to a networking event in May.
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
TLC101
Dr Goddard's research lies in the development and understanding of materials in which strong electronic correlations give rise to theoretically or technologically significant properties.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Ph30 (followed by refreshments in Ph132 James Knott Library)
Repugnant transactions: The role of agency and severe consequences
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
This event will take place in the Business School room 453 and online via Zoom.
CCLP and Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies will host a joint research seminar titled 'Unilateral Sanctions in the Wake of US - China Sanctions War'
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Hogan Lovells lecture theatre (PCL 048) - Durham Law School
You are warmly invited to our Department Seminar next week on Wednesday 3 May at 3pm in Lecture Room D110, in which Tom Yarrow will present his Professorial Inaugural lectur
D110 and Zoom
A Centre for Poetry and Poetics event in collaboration with the School of Modern Languages and Cultures
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Elvet Riverside 142
Get a taste for what it's like to study Primary Education at Durham University!
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Online
Explore our BA Primary Education course at our online taster session on 3rd May, 4-5:30pm, on Zoom.
Philosophy Department's annual E.J. Lowe lecture 'Action, Passion, Power' with Professor David Oderberg (Reading University).
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Lecture hall TLC033, Teaching and Learning Centre, South Road, DH1 3LS or via Zoom (hybrid event)
Join Professor Robin Coningham FSA FRAS the University’s UNESCO Chair in Archaeological Ethics and Practice in Cultural Heritage. He will be speaking at the invitation of the United Kingdom’s Ambassador to the European Union, Mr Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby CMG.
The sounds of the modern Arctic are explored in two astonishing new works, created as part of Durham University’s Exploring Arctic Soundscapes project. Renowned sound-artist Jana Winderen presents 'Bleikdjupet'
7:30 PM - 8:45 PM
Durham Town Hall, Market Place, Durham DH1 3NJ
Dr Max Price will be presenting his research on the roles of livestock in the political economies of early states
04 May 2023
D210 and online via Zoom
Awaiting abstract and bio
Zoom
Join us at this week's QRFE Seminar to hear from Professor Jia Li (Singapore Management University)
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Arnold Wolfendale Lecture Theatre, Room CLC013, Calman Learning Centre, Durham University Durham DH1 3LE
The Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice is delighted to welcome Dr Amanda Wilson to discuss her current monograph project, Restoring Restorative Justice (Oxford University Press), which pursues an ethically real-institutionally critical account of restorative justice through moral psychology.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Hybrid - in person (PCL050) and Online
Join us for this week's DREAM Seminar with Dr Alice Hsiaw (Brandeis)
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
A seminar and Q & A session cross-cutting four Research and Impact Groups: Bioarchaeology, Landscapes of Complex Societies, Northern Communities, and Heritage Partnerships
05 May 2023
D210 The Dawson Building Durham University Science Site South Road Durham DH1 3LE
Durham University invites people to come together to watch the Coronation unfold on the Big Screen in a marquee directly next to Durham City Rugby Football Club. The event will include fun-packed family entertainment.
06 May 2023
Marquee directly next to Durham City Rugby Club
As the nation comes together in the spirit of volunteering, residents are invited to take part in a ‘care for your community’ themed Big Help Out event.
08 May 2023
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Market Place, Durham
Join us for the Music Research Forum session with composer Dr Cassandra Miller
09 May 2023
Online via Zoom
Join us for our next 'Power in the Church of England' webinar. This talk is by Sandra Cobbin, the lead trainer and coach for Clarity Development, and author of 'Leadership Resilience in Conflict' (Grove Books, 2015)
Online only: Please book via eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/episcopal-power-tickets-444496570207
Dr Bonnie Lander Johnson (University of Cambridge)
Ushaw College, Woodland Road, Ushaw Moor, DH7 7DW
Join us at this week's MIB Seminar to hear from Professor Matthew Robson (Cardiff University).
10 May 2023
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 453, Durham University Business School
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.
7 Owengate, Durham, DH1 3HB (and online - registration essential)
Joint workshop between the MaVis, Landscapes of Complex Society and Heritage Research and Impact Groups as well as the Durham Centre for Cultural Heritage Protection.
11 May 2023
12:00 AM - 2:00 PM
TBC
Join us for 'Collecting, Colonialism and Empire: Working with archives and museum collections in Northeast England and Northern Ireland'! This two-day postgraduate training workshop is funded by the Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Consortium, and is organised and hosted by the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC), Durham University.
11 May 2023 - 12 May 2023
Hotel Indigo: 9 Old Elvet, Durham, England, DH1 3HL
The next Durham York Workshop in Economic Theory will take place on 11th May, 2023 at Durham University Business School.
9:45 AM - 5:30 PM
Durham University Business School
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. During the Online Information Session, we will provide valuable insight into our Durham MBA 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.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
This will be David Wilkinson’s final alumni drinks reception before he moves on from his role as Principal.
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Donald English Room, Central Hall Westminster, London SW1H 9NH
We are pleased to invite submissions to our inaugural Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Conference organised by Durham University (DU), to be held 12 - 13 May 2023, at Durham University Business School. The DU DBA conference is an event for students and alumni from the three DBA Programmes of the Business School, who represent a wide range of backgrounds, industries, and other institutions worldwide.
12 May 2023 - 13 May 2023
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Durham University Business School, Mill Hill Lane, Durham, UK, DH1 3LB
Department of Finance and Economics Alumni Cocktail Reception in Beijing
12 May 2023
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
The event will be in Room Tang 1&2 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beijing - China, Beijing, Chaoyang, No. 48, Liangmaqiao Road Postcode: 100125
Professor Andrew Jotischky (Royal Holloway, University of London) will give our 21st Public Lecture on Medieval Food, in Partnership with Blackfriars Restaurant in Newcastle.
13 May 2023
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Blackfriars Banquet Hall, Blackfriars Restaurant, Newcastle upon Tyne
Department of Finance and Economics Alumni Gathering in Shanghai
14 May 2023
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Crystal Garden Restaurant at the The Westin Bund Center, Shanghai - 88 Henan Central Road, Shanghai, China, 200002
An IAS seminar by Waylon Cunningham - Durham's Sir Harry Evans Global Fellow in Investigative Journalism
15 May 2023
Room PG21, Pemberton Rooms, Durham University, Palace Green
Join Dr Sage Brice in this latest event in the Creative Methods Series
16 May 2023
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: CB-0015 (Confluence Building)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
PH8 (Physics Building), Durham University, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE
17 May 2023
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Durham University, Room E101, Christopherson Higginson Building, Durham DH1 3LE
Dr Gareth Bryant, University of Sydney, presents research from his forthcoming book on climate finance.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location W103
18 May 2023
First Floor, Arthur Holmes Building. Left of the Calman Learning Centre. Signposted DRMC.
The Centre for Ethics and the Law in the Life Sciences and Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse are co-hosting an insightful multidisciplinary panel on obstetric violence, sharing the works of Professor Sara Cohen Shabot, Dr Rachelle Chadwick, and Dr Nicole Daniels.
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
CB1012 Confluence Building, Durham University
The Centre for Culture and Ecology presents a talk by Gisela Heffes
Elvet Riverside 142, Durham University and Zoom.
IMH seminar with Dr Xine Yao on the racial and sexual politics of unfeeling in medicine.
Title: Fast Science
PO005, Department of Philosophy, 48/49 Old Elvet
Join the Exeter Alumni Chapter for an informal get-together!
The Monkey Suit, Exeter
A one-day event across disciplines on the topic of Arctic knowledges and uncertainties
19 May 2023
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
hybrid online / Confluence Building, Lower Mountjoy, Room CB-0015 (Ramp Entrance, lift to all floors)
An interdisciplinary exploration of infrastructure and their entanglements with futures.
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Durham Union Society, Palace Green, Room PG20 (ground floor, ramp access)
The aim of this event is to bring our learning community together for a relaxing day out as part of the wider student experience.
21 May 2023
Coach departing from the Philosophy Department (Old Elvet) at 10am If you are making your own way there please meet us at Hamsterley Forest Visitor Centre at 11am
Join the Durham University Brussels Alumni Chapter for an informal meet up!
MELI cafe (close to place Schuman) House of European History
Informal alumni meet-up in Colombo.
22 May 2023
Taj Samudra, Colombo
Who has studied and worked at Durham? What are the colonial and/or racialised histories of Durham as a university and those who have studied and worked at the University? This meeting will explore the history and presence of racially minoritised students and staff at Durham and across universities in the North-East.
23 May 2023
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Institute of Advanced Study, Cosin‘s Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green
Join us for the next Music Department Research Forum with Professor Susanna Välimäki, University of Helsinki
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.
24 May 2023
This event will take place in the Business School room 403 and online via Zoom.
Annie Pfeifer presents her new book 'To the Collector Belong the Spoils' at an online German Research Colloquium in collaboration with the English Department.
Online - Zoom meeting link below
Welcome to the Book Launch of 'Decarbonisation Pathways for African Cities'
The Durham-BFI Partnership, in conjunction with Bloomsbury Publishing, will be offering a publishing masterclass aimed at anyone working on film and seeking to learn more about publishing opportunities in the field.
25 May 2023
Online Via Zoom
A staff and postgraduate research seminar.
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Hallgarth House and online via Zoom
Join us at this week's QRFE Seminar with Fahad Saleh (Wake Forest University)
MHL454, Zoom
Join us this at this week's DREAM Seminar with Dr Laura Doval
Supported by the British Teilhard Network, held in partnership with Durham University's Catholic Chaplaincy
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Seminar Room B, Abbey House, Palace Green, DH1 3RS
26 May 2023
12:00 AM - 1:30 AM
Pennington Room, Grey College
Join community organisations and activists to discuss how imaginations of the future are translated into everyday actions.
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Chemistry Building, Room 83
Cartwright and Anscombe on Causation, 26th May 2023, Durham University. Organizers: Gary Jones, Clare Mac Cumhaill, Rachael Wiseman
Hatfield College, SCR Dining Room (on the ground floor), Durham University
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Durham Pride is celebrating its 10th anniversary!
28 May 2023
12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Sands Field, Durham DH1 1LF
Join us for the Music Research Forum session with Dr Sam Horlor, Durham University, chaired by Tom Graves.
30 May 2023
Concert Room
IBRU Professional Training Workshop
31 May 2023 - 02 June 2023
The Royal Geographical Society and The National Archives, London, UK
Dr Ybeth Arias (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos)
31 May 2023
Do you see yourself as a leader? Who do you lead? Who do you follow? Leadership is one of the mysterious and yet essential forces that touch our lives within and beyond organisations.
In an ideal world, any published experiment could be reproduced exactly from the scientific record, but in practice this is often hard or impossible. The OpenFlexure project uses open source hardware and software methodologies to address many of the challenges we face when sharing a complicated instrument.
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
PH8
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of “Mr. William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies”, better known to us today as the First Folio. The book, a landmark publication even at the time it was printed, has over time acquired iconic status and institutions owning a Folio (Durham University amongst them) now regard it as a badge of honour.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Cosin‘s Library or virtual
Our unique cultural attractions include Durham Castle, Botanic Garden, Palace Green Library, Oriental Museum and the Assembly Rooms Theatre. Sitting right at the heart of this historic city, we are perfectly placed to offer a dazzling array of events and activities.
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