Events from the 01 January 2024 - 31 December 2024 Reset
The fifth of eight workshops over the course of Michaelmas term in conjunction with the large-scale cross-faculty research project, Syntactical Structures and the Evolution of Mind and Culture, which explores the syntactical basis of a wide range of phenomena spanning cognitive and cultural domains, from learning and reasoning to narrative and memory to music and dance, to shed new light on the human mind, cultural evolution, and aesthetics.
19 November 2024
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Seminar Room, Institute of Advanced Study, Cosin‘s Hall, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RL
Join us for a Centre for Global Studies seminar with Professor Dariusz Dąbrowski (Gdańsk University of Technology)
20 November 2024
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Durham University Business School and Online
Join us for a Centre for Ethical Finance, Accountability and Governance seminar with Professor Victor Maas (University of Amsterdam)
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Online and in-person at Durham University Business School, Mill Hill Lane
Join Nigel Swycher (Chad’s/Law) and Richard Kempner (Aidan’s/ Law) for presentations from two alumni who graduated from Durham in the 1980s and reached the pinnacle of the Intellectual Property profession.
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Hogan Lovells Lecture Theatre
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 2024-25.
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Mathematical Sciences & Computer Science Building, Durham University, Upper Mountjoy Campus, Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3LE.
Centre Public Lecture - Dr Tony Lloyd (CEO of the ADHD Foundation, UK).
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
L50, Psychology Department
Inventions is a fascinating trans-national project to promote and present unusual music for solo harpsichord, drawing primarily on historical and contemporary music by female composers from Scotland, Ireland and England. Three beautiful new commissions are set alongside historical works, making links between different countries and centuries, and performed by Katarzyna Kowalik, a creative and skilled performer of both historical and contemporary keyboard music.
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Durham University Department of Music, Palace Green, Durham DH1 3RL
‘Pour yourself a cup of ambition’ and book your tickets, as Durham University Light Opera Group (DULOG) meets Dolly Parton in this hilarious and heart-warming tale of friendship, female empowerment and fighting for what’s right!
20 November 2024 - 23 November 2024
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre
UCNP Project to hold next major in-person meeting in Germany this autumn.
21 November 2024 - 22 November 2024
Berlin
A seminar by Prof Catherine Welch from Trinity College Dublin and Dr Duc Nguyen from University of Manchester.
21 November 2024
10:00 AM - 11:30 PM
Business School Waterside Building WB-2011
The sixth of eight workshops over the course of Michaelmas term in conjunction with the large-scale cross-faculty research project, Syntactical Structures and the Evolution of Mind and Culture, which explores the syntactical basis of a wide range of phenomena spanning cognitive and cultural domains, from learning and reasoning to narrative and memory to music and dance, to shed new light on the human mind, cultural evolution, and aesthetics.
Dr Wenjuan (Wendy) Ruan, Assistant Professor , Department of Finance, Durham University Business School
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Zoom
Dr. Andy Aldrin from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (USA) will present his work on " New Space Economy: What could go wrong? "
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Business School Waterside Building
Staff and postgraduates are welcome to our first English Studies research seminar of the academic year.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Hallgarth House 004
Durham alumni and friends are warmly invited to attend the Durham Alumni Zurich Chapter drinks social.
6:00 PM - 9:01 PM
Sablier Rooftop Restaurant & Bar, The Circle 23-Flughafen CH, 8058 Zürich, Switzerland
Durham alumni and friends are warmly invited to a gathering organised by the Washington DC Alumni Chapter. David Heller, International Officer at Durham, will join and share the latest updates from the University.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Elephant & Castle, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004, United States
In the first of two Bishop Dunn Memorial Lectures for 2024-25, Fr Hyacinthe Destivelle gives a talk on 'Abemus Papam. An Ecumenical Primacy in a Synodal Church'.
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
St Cuthbert‘s Catholic Church, Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL
To celebrate the opening of Leighton and Landscape (16 November - 27 April), come and taste delightful and little known historic dishes from South West Asia and North Africa, based on recipes researched by culinary historian Professor Daniel Newman.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Leighton House, 12 Holland Park Road, London, W14 8LZ
Jonathan Craig, ENI Confirm attendance to dei.admin@durham.ac.uk
22 November 2024
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
CLC406, Calman Centre
Join us for a Centre for Strategy, Technological Innovation, and Operations (CSTIO) Seminar with Dr Xiaolong Li (Durham University)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Waterside Building, Durham University Business School
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