Events from the 01 February 2021 - 28 February 2021 Reset
Introduction to International Boundaries: Definition, Delimitation and Dispute Resolution
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
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Research Forum with Dr Anna Bull
Class, Control & Classical Music
02 February 2021
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Remote
- Research event
- Music Department
On Pilgrimage: Making a Pilgrimage: The St Thomas Way
2nd February 2021, 17:00, Catherine Clarke, University of London
02 February 2021
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Online
- Outreach & community
- Research event
CNCS Workshop
CNCS Workshop
04 February 2021
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Remote
- Research event
- Music Department
04 February 2021
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Online (via Zoom).
- Research event
- Department of Geography
Virtual Careers Event with Political Risk Analyst, Carlo Gallo
Join Dr.Carlo Gallo for a 90-minute session on careers in political risk analysis.
10 February 2021
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Online event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- School of Government and International Affairs
Criminal Justice Responses to Maternal Filicide: Judging the Failed Mother
The Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice (CCLCJ) and Gender and Law at Durham (GLAD) are delighted to host the launch of Dr Emma Milne’s (Durham Law School) book Criminal Justice Responses to Maternal Filicide: Judging the Failed Mother
10 February 2021
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Online via Zoom
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Law School
Queer Narrative Theory and the Relationality of Form
Dr Tyler Bradway, a leading contemporary queer theorist, will be presenting a paper entitled: Queer Narrative Theory and the Relationality of Form.
12 February 2021
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online (Zoom)
- Research event
- Department of English Studies
Music and Black Gentility
Music and Black Gentility
16 February 2021
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Remote
- Research event
- Music Department
Oceans of Law and Commerce
Oceans of Commerce and Law: Laleh Khalili, Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary University of London
16 February 2021
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Zoom online event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- School of Government and International Affairs
On Pilgrimage: The Northern Saints Trails - a lockdown walk along the Way of Light from Heavenfield to Hexham
16th February 2021, 17:00, Jane Gibson, World Heritage Coordinator, Durham UNESCO World Heritage Site
16 February 2021
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Online
- Outreach & community
- Research event
Transatlantic Data Flows and Digital Trade Post-Brexit: Trade-Offs, Triangles and Trysts
The talk considers the transatlantic negotiations on data and digital trade between the EU-US on the one hand and UK-US and UK-EU on the other.
17 February 2021
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Online Zoom
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- School of Government and International Affairs
A Capabilities -based Approach to Exploring the Intersection Between Gender Based Violence and Higher Education in the United Kingdom
Dr Geetanjali Gangoli, (Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Durham University) Dr Cassandra Jones, (Lecturer, Department of Applied Social Sciences, Forensics and Politics, University of Winchester) will deliver this session as part of the Sociology departmental seminar series. For further information and details on how to register, please see below.
17 February 2021
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
MS Teams
- Research event
- Department of Sociology
US Foreign Policy, Transatlantic Relations, and Dealing with Russia
Zoom lecture with Fiona Hill
17 February 2021
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Online zoom event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- School of Government and International Affairs
The Arts After Nigeria’s Independence
Join us at our next Inventions of the Text seminar. Dr Louisa Egbunike examines examples of approaches to the arts which characterised the first two decades following Nigeria’s independence.
17 February 2021
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Online (Zoom)
- Research event
- Department of English Studies
A Hellish Seminar
You are warmly invited to ‘a Hellish seminar’: the first medieval seminar of the term.
19 February 2021
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online (Zoom)
- Research event
- Department of English Studies
Working with Vulnerability: An Ethics of Empathy, Intimacy and Uncertainty in Ethnographic Research
Guest speaker Laura Roe (University of St Andrews) will deliver this session as part of the Health and Social Theory Research Group seminar series.
22 February 2021
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Zoom
- Research event
- Department of Sociology
24 February 2021
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Venue: TBC
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Careers in Commercial Music: production, composition, pitching, synchronisation, music supervision
This session is all about helping you to understand the various roles and routes into commercial music
24 February 2021
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Online Event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Music Department
- Professional Services
Online Peptoid Symposium Series
The Durham Biophysical Sciences Institute is very pleased to be hosting the new, online Peptoid Symposium Series, organised by an international committee of peptoid researchers. This is a free, online series of bimonthly symposia. The aim is to sustain and grow the international community interested in peptoids and related research. Symposia will feature keynote talks from the leaders in the field, as well as a mix of shorter invited talks and flash presentations from ECRs.
25 February 2021
Online
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
The Covid-19 Pandemic: An Opportunity for Regional Integration?
The Gulf Studies Center at the College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to invite you to attend the joint online webinar with Durham University and Edinburgh University
25 February 2021
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WebEx
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- School of Government and International Affairs
New Words for a New World: The Language of the Space Age, 1946-1973
Join Alexander Geppert (NYU) at this public seminar as he identifies how the race for space required the development of a new vocabulary.
25 February 2021
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Online (Zoom)
- Outreach & community
- Research event
- Department of English Studies
Models of the Human
"Never did I discover a memory in dreaming"
25 February 2021
9:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Via Zoom link
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
BSI Lunchtime Seminar: Dr Anders Aufderhorst-Roberts
Our monthly lunches give the chance to meet up with colleagues, share new ideas and lay the foundations for new collaborations.
26 February 2021
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Zoom link
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
Working and Studying in Schools 32 Years After Section 28
This is an event with a mixture of speakers and films that, together, provide an opportunity to look back over thirty years in the lives of LGBT+ people in Britain. Welcome, introductions, short (15 mins) background and context: changing landscapes from discrimination to equality – Prof Catherine Donovan, Sociology, Durham University
26 February 2021
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Zoom
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Sociology
Digging Up the Past: Contested Territories and Women Archaeologists in 1780s Britain and Ireland
This paper unpacks the gender, political and material implications of archaeological excavations carried out by Elizabeth Rawdon, Countess of Moira (1731-1808) and Catherine Downes (dates unknown) in 1780s Ireland and England, respectively.
26 February 2021
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online (Zoom)
- Research event
- Department of English Studies
Professor Daniel Bodansky, 'Road to Paris and Glasgow'
26 FEBRUARY 2021, 9:00 (MST) / 16:00 (GMT) / 00:00 (SGT) Road to Paris and Glasgow By Daniel Bodansky, Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Register here: https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_37CS24p1RFqMrGAgsxnjgg
26 February 2021
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Zoom
- Research event
China's Middle East Policy: What Next?
China’s Middle East Policy: What Next? In recent years, China has increased its influence on the global stage, taking a more active position economically in other country’s affairs with long-term strategic interests in mind. As the United States has been withdrawing from a more interventionist position in the Middle East specifically, China looks set to capitalize on new power relations, refashioning its role through bilateral as well as broad-based partnerships.
26 February 2021
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Online zoom event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- School of Government and International Affairs