Events from the 29 January 2024 - 04 February 2024 Reset
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Dr Peter Coe (University of Birmingham)
31 January 2024
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Josephine Butler College
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/91739926026?pwd=bXpiN1JYUTNFTHZ1TlF5TmsvY3NXQT09 Meeting ID 917 3992 6026 Passcode 645194
Our book giveaway has returned for LGBT+ History Month!
01 February 2024 - 29 February 2024
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Bill Bryson Library/Level 2 of the Teaching and Learning Centre
AI is helping streamline the literature searching process. Find out how in this bite-sized academic skills session.
01 February 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Elvet Room, Bill Bryson Library
The Biosciences department runs two seminar series: Departmental seminars that cover a wide range of biological topics, and EEE seminars that cover topics related to Ecology, Evolution and Environment.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
L50, Psychology
Hosted by the Narrative and Cognition Lab as part of the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities, Passport Talks are talks where scholars and world-makers showcase a recent or in-progress method and/or topic and/or idea that they feel identifies their approach.
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online & Institute of Medical Humanities Confluence Building Lower Mountjoy Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE
The Department of Engineering’s PGR students present their research in a supportive environment. Come along and learn about the Department’s diverse research portfolio.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Hybrid: E240, Higginson Building, Engineering Department and Online: Zoom
POSTPONED How can we prevent millions from going hungry? Professor Ari Sadanandom, Professor of Biosciences at Durham University will give a talk on food systems and climate change.
Zoom
This session will show you why accurate referencing is essential, the referencing styles you will be expected to use, and how to use the Discover search engine and other databases to create references.
02 February 2024
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Online
If you are a business student, knowing what resources the library has and how to use them is vital. This session will introduce you to key sources of company information, market research, business articles and news.
It is vital for Arts and Humanities students to know what resources the library has and how to use them. This session will introduce you to key sources of eBooks, journal articles, digitised archives, media, and news and help you use them effectively.
Join us for another hybrid event hosted by the Narrative and Cognition Lab as part of the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities! This time we invite you to the 'Science on Narrative // Narrative on Science' seminar where a cognitive scientist talks about a narrative work that impacted her method and ideas; a narrative scholar/world-maker talks about a scientific idea about the mind that affected her way of working and thinking.
5:00 PM - 6:45 PM
Online & TLC113 (Teaching and Learning Centre • Durham University) South Road, Durham, DH1 3LS
The event will consist of performances by Svetlana Rudenko (piano), and feature talks by the CEO of Haunted Planet Studios Prof. Mads Haahr (Trinity College Dublin), and Dr Kelly Jakubowski (Durham University).
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Concert Room, Department of Music, Palace Green
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.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Concert Room, Music Department, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RL