Events from the 01 March 2024 - 31 March 2024 Reset
This two day workshop explores how archives can be tools of decolonial pedagogies not just in disciplines such as History and Museum Studies, where archival visits are routinely employed, but Politics and IR, Psychology, Mathematics, Business, and the Natural Sciences. Participants are welcome to join in part, if time restricted.
01 March 2024
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
PG28; and Palace Green Library
IAS Visiting Scholar's Seminar by Dr Michelle Hammond (Oakland University)
04 March 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cosin‘s Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green
A documentary film screening and discussion; 'Deep Listening: The story of Pauline Oliveros', with Dr Sam Horlor (Durham University). An event in celebration of International Women's Day at Durham, co-hosted by MUSICON, CVAC and the IAS, Durham University.
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Concert Room, Music Department, Palace Green, DH1 3RL
The development of social media, and more recently AI, present challenges for the consumer in distinguishing between truth and ‘fake news’. Truth becomes more questioned, opinions more polarised, experts become less trusted, and long-held scientific truths begin to be questioned. How do these challenges impact journalism?
05 March 2024
2:30 PM - 6:00 PM
South College, Durham University, The Drive, Mount Oswald, Durham, DH1 3LD
This second of three workshops considers the broader issues about regulatory style, agency and digital life which constitute the context in which the developments examined in the first workshop exist.
06 March 2024
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Seminar Room, Institute of Advanced Study, Cosin‘s Hall
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Professor Joe Tomlinson (University of York)
11 March 2024
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Professor Ian O’Flynn (Newcastle University)
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Seminar Room, Cosin‘s Hall
Public Lecture by Dr Howie Firth (Director, Orkney International Science Festival)
14 March 2024
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Institute of Advanced Study, Seminar Room, Cosin‘s Hall, Durham University, Palace Green, DH1 3RL
This third and final workshop evaluates various technical means by the justice issues identified in the first might be redressed and mitigated and algorithmic justice achieved.
20 March 2024
This multidisciplinary conference is organised in conjunction with a large-scale cross-faculty research project sponsored by Durham University’s Institute of Advanced Study. It is envisioned as a forum for critical reflection on issues pertaining to offence and the challenges that it presents to society.
21 March 2024 - 23 March 2024
Hatfield College (Little Burt Room, and Birley Room); and Pemberton Rooms Palace Green (PG20 and PG21)