Events from the 01 January 2025 - 31 December 2025 Reset
A joint book launch to celebrate recent publications from two academic staff in English Studies.
17 October 2025
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Elvet Riverside 152
Linked to the Ushaw College exhibition on the writer Lafcadio Hearn, in this free public event, historians and cultural scholars from Durham University will introduce the culture and politics of the Meiji period – from the decline of the Samurai to the rise of militarism and colonialism, alongside the remarkable perseverance and transformation of Japanese literature, music, science and art.
22 October 2025
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Exhibition Theatre, Ushaw College
Step into the shadows this spooky season as Dr Fraser Riddell and Ushaw College host a screening of Kwaidan (1964) – Masaki Kobayashi’s haunting masterpiece of Japanese cinema, based on stories from Lafcadio Hearn’s collections of Japanese folk tales.
24 October 2025
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Ushaw College
A staff and postgraduate research seminar.
12 November 2025
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Elvet Riverside 147
26 November 2025
Hallgarth House 004
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