Centre for Visual Arts and Culture

The Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) stimulates, strengthens, and supports wide-ranging interdisciplinary visual culture research and training, at Durham University and beyond

About CVAC

Durham CVAC promotes interdisciplinary research on visual culture in all its diverse forms, across visual materials, media and visual storytelling, to the creation and curation of visual data and resources

We offer an engaging, open environment for connection and conversation, bringing together expertise from across all disciplines within and beyond our University, to share insights and seed new collaborations. Our programme of events for 2024-25 includes symposia, seminars and workshops in innovative digital, technical and creative visual methods for researchers at all career stages.

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Upcoming events

Picturing Peace: Photography, Conflict Transformation, and Peacebuilding

Wednesday 5 March 2025 - Wednesday 5 March 2025

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

St John’s College, 3 South Bailey, Durham, DH1 3RJ
Political Cartoons and Visual Satire: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Thursday 13 March 2025 - Thursday 13 March 2025

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Confluence building, Lower Mountjoy Centre, Stockton Rd, Durham DH1 3LE
Visual Culture and Extraction: Materiality, Interpretation, Power

Monday 16 June 2025 - Wednesday 18 June 2025

9:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Hotel Indigo, 9 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL