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CVAC Postgraduate / ECR Reading Group
Theories of Ornament and Decoration
10 March 2022
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Elvet Riverside, Room 231
- Research event
- Research Centre
'Women, Craft and the Decorative Arts in Late Victorian Britain'
Online discussion panel bringing together academics and museum curators. Image credit: Medusa Roundel by Evelyn De Morgan (probably 1880s) by Evelyn De Morgan (De Morgan Collection P_EDM_0065)
11 March 2022
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Online
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Signs and Traces of the English Civil War - CVAC IMEMS Lecture 2022, Stephen Bann, University of Bristol
On Tuesday 26 April at 5.15pm, Stephen Bann, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art from the University of Bristol presents the 2022 Centre for Visual Arts and Culture / Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies Lecture on Signs and Traces of the English Civil War
26 April 2022
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
This event is in-person at Durham Town Hall and online via Zoom
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Centre
CVAC Postgraduate / ECR Reading Group
Bearded Ladies and Gender Benders: The Instability of a Binary System
05 May 2022
5:00 PM - 6:45 PM
Elvet Riverside, Room 143
- Research event
- Research Centre
Translating Embodiedness 31 May / 1 June 2022 (Online)
This symposium aims to collectively explore forms of embodied practices in the post-WWII era with a focus on Japan in the global context.
31 May 2022 - 01 June 2022
Online via Zoom
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- School of Modern Languages & Cultures
13 June 2022 - 15 June 2022
Hotel Indigo, Durham and Bishop Auckland
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Centre
Durham’s Built Environment: the old County Hall CVAC Community Conversation
Please join us for an online panel discussion of the old County Hall, its merits, flaws, and its role in Durham’s environment
20 June 2022
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Zoom
- Research event
Thinking through photographs: a CVAC/IAS Roundtable discussion with Professor Elizabeth Edwards
'Thinking through photographs': A roundtable discussion (in person and online) with Professor Elizabeth Edwards FBA Organized by the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) and the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS), Durham University
11 October 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
In person at Cosins Hall, Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RW, and online via Zoom webinar
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Durham-BFI Film Club: Black History Month; 'The Harder They Come' (1972) with host Dr. Kenny Monrose
Durham-BFI Film Club invites you to an event for Black History Month, where Dr. Kenny Monrose discusses themes from Perry Henzell's classic crime drama, 'The Harder They Come' (1972)
19 October 2022
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Online via Zoom
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Cemetery Conversations: 5th instalment of the CVAC Community Conversations
The year draws in with festivals honouring the dead; please join us for three short talks on cemeteries as places in our lived environment.
01 December 2022
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Online
- Outreach & community
CVAC tour of the 'Locomotion' archive (trains and photographs)
Join Durham CVAC for a tour of the collection at 'Locomotion'; Shildon (part of the National Railway Museum), led by curator Dr Sarah Price!
09 December 2022
‘Locomotion‘ Rail Museum, Shildon, County Durham
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Visual Research and Photography: The Sudan Archive
Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring materials from the Sudan Archive, Durham University, with Francis Gotto and Christina Riggs!
14 March 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Palace Green Library, Palace Green, Durham, England, DH1 3RN
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Collecting, Colonialism and Empire: Working with archives and museum collections in Northeast England and Northern Ireland
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
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Professor Bruce Baker work-in-progress seminar: Henry Room (1802-1850), British portrait painter
Join us for a seminar with Prof Bruce E. Baker (Newcastle University), whose introduction to British portrait painter, Henry Room (1802-1850) will highlight the significance of these portraits, and invite discussion of how best to further research on this overlooked artist and his paintings.
13 June 2023
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Cosin’s Hall (IAS, Palace Green), and online via Zoom
- Discussion
- Lecture
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
HOPA LIDE Film Screening (also see round table discussion, 29th June)
Join us for the Durham premier of Petr Nuska’s ethnomusicological documentary Hopa Lide (screened Wednesday 28 June, Music Department, Durham University), and round table discussion on 29 June - which brings together the filmmaker and distinguished scholars from the BFI and Durham University in a conversation about filmmaking and ethnography.
28 June 2023
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Concert Room, Music Department, Palace Green, Durham
- Discussion
- Film screening
HOPA LIDE Round Table discussion (also see film screening, 28th June)
Join us in person (Durham) or online (via zoom) for a round table discussion responding to Petr Nuska’s ethnomusicological documentary Hopa Lide (screened Wednesday 28 June, Music Department, Durham University). This conversation brings together the filmmaker and distinguished scholars from the BFI and Durham University to explore the relationship between filmmaking and ethnography.
29 June 2023
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
In Person & On-line via Zoom
- Discussion
- Film screening
Visual Intersections VII Summer School
Join us for our seventh CVAC 'Visual Intersections' summer school; for postgraduate students and early career researchers. This year we explore visual interpretations and (re)adaptations of folk and oral traditions, narratives around museum collections and artefacts, and uses of modern technologies in museum interpretation.
17 July 2023 - 19 July 2023
Hatfield College, Durham, and Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Library and Collections
- Research Centre
Visual Practices across the University: An experimental workshop on health and visual methods and materials at Durham
Calling Durham researchers working with visual methods and materials in relation to health! Join colleagues at all career stages from across the university for an experimental workshop where we will think about images and image-making beyond your own discipline, seed new ideas, and scope the potential for collaborations across institutes and disciplines.
19 September 2023
TBC
- Workshop
- Research Centre
- Research Institute
CVAC Welcome and programme launch 2023-2024
Do you work with visual culture? Do you use visual data, visual storytelling, visual methods or visual materials? Are you interested in doing so? Join us for the Durham Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) 2023-2024 welcome reception and programme launch!
09 October 2023
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Room TLC117, Teaching and Learning Centre, South Road, Durham
- Doctoral
- Student experience
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Book Launch: Ixion: Morton Feldman, Notation, Performance Practice and Jackson Pollock
Join us for musician and author John Snijders in conversation with composer James Weeks and CVAC director Jonathan Long, discussing his book 'Ixion' - a textual analysis of the linear language used in the early graphic scores of Morton Feldman. Co-hosted by the Durham Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) and the Department of Music, Durham University.
17 October 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Concert room, Music department, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RL
- Discussion
- Music
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Music Department
- Research Centre
***POSTPONED UNTIL 2024*** Seminar with Professor Elizabeth Edwards
Seminar and drinks reception with Professor Elizabeth Edwards FBA Organized by the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) and the Centre for Nineteenth Century Studies (CNCS), Durham University
19 October 2023
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Birley Room, Hatfield College, Durham, DH1 3RQ
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Haunting and Haunted Durham (CVAC Community Conversations VI: Halloween edition!)
Gather round and join us (online) this Halloween for stories exploring some of the 'haunted' locations of our city of Durham and the Northeast region - if you dare!
31 October 2023
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Online
- Discussion
- Online
- Outreach & community
- Public
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Thinking generatively through collage-making: A hands on workshop for academic researchers [WORKSHOP FULL - SIGN UP FOR WAITING LIST]
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).
13 November 2023
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Penthouse A, Collingwood College, Durham, DH1 3LT
- Creative
- Discussion
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Workshop
- Research Centre
Doing things with anime materials: Approaching Japanese animation away from the screen
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)
21 November 2023
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Durham Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham, DH1 3TH
- Creative
- Discussion
- Doctoral
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Workshop
- Research Centre
- School of Modern Languages & Cultures
Zine making as method [WORKSHOP FULL - SIGN UP FOR WAITING LIST]
We warmly invite researchers at all career stages to join us for a practical workshop exploring use of zine making as a creative personal reflective practice and means to support collaborative exploration of research ideas. Part of the Durham Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) CVAC Visual Methods Workshop Series.
17 January 2024
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Ustinov Room, Van Mildert College, Durham, DH1 3LH
- Creative
- Discussion
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Workshop
- Research Centre
DreaMR Mixed Reality study/ Art Exhibition
This is a rare chance to experience a participatory ‘mixed reality’ (virtual and actual reality, visual + sound) art installation and concert, with pianist and visiting Fellow Dr Svetlana Rudenko! At the Durham Music Department, Palace Green.
31 January 2024
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Concert Room, Music Department, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RL
- Film screening
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Music Department
- Research Centre
DreaMR Mixed Reality piano concert and talk
This is a rare chance to experience a participatory ‘mixed reality’ (virtual and actual reality, visual + sound) art installation and concert, with pianist and visiting Fellow Dr Svetlana Rudenko! At the Durham Music Department, Palace Green.
02 February 2024
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Concert Room, Music Department, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RL
- Film screening
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Music Department
- Research Centre
DreaMR Mixed Reality study/ Art Exhibition
This is a rare chance to experience a participatory ‘mixed reality’ (virtual and actual reality, visual + sound) art installation and concert, with pianist and visiting Fellow Dr Svetlana Rudenko! At the Durham Music Department, Palace Green.
07 February 2024
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Concert Room, Music Department, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RL
- Film screening
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Music Department
- Research Centre
Shifting the Gaze in Narratives of Disaster Risk Globally [Global Week Film Festival]
Register now to join us for the 'Exploring Risk Film festival 2024! Co-hosted by IHRR and CVAC, Durham University.
27 February 2024
Performance Hall, Music Department, Palace Green, DH1 3RL
- Festival
- Film screening
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Centre
- Research Institute
Who is Europe? - CVAC Global Week Film screening and round table discussion
Join the Durham Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) for a film screening and panel discussion with Dr Ian Mc Donald (Newcastle University), who is sharing with us his documentary film, 'Who is Europe?'. Ian will be joined on the panel by Durham academics Dr Yael Almog, Dr Hanna Ruszczyk and Prof Johnny Darling. A 'Global Week' event, in collaboration with Ustinov College, Durham.
28 February 2024
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Seminar Room, Sheraton Park, Ustinov College, Durham, DH1 4FL
- Film screening
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Ustinov College
WORKSHOP FULL: JOIN WAITING LIST! Archives and Decolonial Pedagogy: Unearthing Narratives, Transforming Education
Register now to attend our two-day in-person workshop in Durham, addressing Empire and decolonisation in the curriculum, for educators across all academic disciplines, based in academic, museum and archival settings. Co-hosted by CVAC and the IAS, Durham University.
29 February 2024 - 01 March 2024
Venue TBC (in Durham)
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Workshop
- Research Centre
Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros [Film screening]
Join us for 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.
04 March 2024
Concert room, Music Department, Palace Green, DH1 3RL
- Film screening
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Music Department
- Research Centre
Intellectual Property and The Image
Join us for an afternoon workshop with Dr Angelia Jia Wang and Dr Van Anh Le (Durham Law School), on intellectual property (IP) in relation to ‘the visual’. Come prepared for an eye-opening session! Part of the Durham Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) Visual Methods Workshop Series.
11 March 2024
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Kentworthy Hall, St Mary‘s College, Durham University, Elvet Hill Rd, Durham DH1 3LR
- Creative
- Discussion
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Workshop
- Law School
- Research Centre
CVAC book launch: Where Words and Images Meet
The Durham Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) cordially invite you to join us for the launch of Where Words and Images Meet; a collaborative work with contributions from international scholars, Durham academics, and recent graduates of the CVAC-Leverhulme Doctoral Training Programme in Visual Culture. Edited by founding CVAC Director Ludmilla Jordanova and independent writer Florence Grant.
11 March 2024
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Room ER142, Elvet Riverside, Durham University, 83 New Elvet, Durham DH1 3AQ
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Tile Talks - A Victorian Decorative Tiles workshop (CNCS-CVAC joint event)
This CNCS-CVAC in person event brings together 3 leading experts in the field of Victorian Decorative Tiles for a lively hands-on workshop covering tile design, production, conserving and collecting.
29 April 2024
Palatine Law PCL054, Palatine Centre, Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3LE
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Digital Twins: Understanding 3D images, and thinking of their methods of creation and reuse
Join us for a workshop on creating a digital replica of an existing object, suitable for people without any background in computer science, as well as providing worthwhile content for computing specialists. Come prepared for an eye-opening session! Part of the Durham Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) Visual Methods Workshop Series 2023-24.
02 May 2024
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Mathematical Sciences & Computer Science Building, Durham University, Upper Mountjoy Campus, Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3LE.
- Creative
- Discussion
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Workshop
- Department of Computer Science
- Research Centre
"Thinking Images and Making Thoughts" - seminar and film screening with Professor Mieke Bal
Join us for a seminar (11th June) and workshop (12th June) with Professor Mieke Bal! Exploring aspects of cultural analysis and 'the visual'. Part of the Durham Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) Visual Methods Workshop Series 2023-24.
11 June 2024
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Teaching and Learning Centre, Durham University, South Rd, Durham DH1 3LS
- Creative
- Discussion
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Workshop
- Research Centre
"Image-Thinking: Art-making as Cultural Analysis" (practical workshop with Professor Mieke Bal)
Join us for a seminar (11th June) and workshop (12th June) with Professor Mieke Bal! Exploring cultural analysis and 'the visual (full details to follow). Part of the Durham Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) Visual Methods Workshop Series 2023-24.
12 June 2024
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Teaching and Learning Centre, Durham University, South Rd, Durham DH1 3LS
- Creative
- Discussion
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Workshop
- Research Centre
Book launch: Art and Entertainment by Professor Andy Hamilton
The Durham Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) warmly invite you to join us for our colleague Professor Andy Hamilton in conversation with Andrew Cooper (Warwick), and to celebrate the launch of his book, 'Art and Entertainment: A Philosophical Exploration'. Andy's analysis throws light on the not-so-obvious connections between the seemingly exclusive worlds of popular entertainment and art. Held in person at the Department of Philosophy, Durham University. All welcome!
18 June 2024
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Room 005, Department of Philosophy, Durham University, 48 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN, United Kingdom
- Discussion
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Philosophy