Events from the 01 January 2021 - 31 December 2021 Reset
Dr Beatriz Pichel from the Photographic History Research Centre (PHRC), De Montfort University, will be speaking to us about her forthcoming book Picturing the Western Front: Photography, Practices and Experiences in First World War France, out in May from Manchester University Press.
04 March 2021
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Zoom online
A talk by Kristen Carella titled: Was Anyone Transgender in Early Medieval England?
08 March 2021
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Reading Group: The Innovation Delusion, Part 3
12 March 2021
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
History Now! panel discussion Titled - Gender and the History of Labour
16 March 2021
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
zoom online
Research Presentation by Dr Coreen McGuire
24 March 2021
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
A talk by James Gerrard (Newcastle University), titled: Commodified bodies and archaeological interpretations: rethinking early medieval supporting-arm brooches
26 April 2021
History Now! talk by Dr Barbara Crosbie co-organised between Newcastle Libraries, Durham History Department and the Gala Theatre Titled - Anne Fisher: Breaching the Glass Ceiling in Eighteenth-Century Newcastle
27 April 2021
The Durham History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Research group has scheduled events for Easter term. Next talk by Richard Bellis (St Andrews) - Entitled 'Morbid Anatomy in Britain, 1790-1830)
30 April 2021
Zoom online - will be circulated prior to the meeting
History Now! Durham History Department and the Gala Theatre Panel discussion - Radical Histories
04 May 2021
The latest History Research Seminar discusses Zimbabwe's catastrophic cholera outbreak of 2008-9.
05 May 2021
Zoom webinar
Dr Mollie Arbuthnott, will be speaking to us about Red East: Propaganda Posters for Interwar Soviet Uzbekistan This has been rescheduled from 29th April.
07 May 2021
This departmental research seminar brings together colleagues in a roundtable discussion
12 May 2021
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
via Zoom
The Durham History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Research group has scheduled events for Easter term. Next talk by Nader El-Bizri (Beirut/Durham) - Entitled 'Experimentation as a Method of Demonstration and Proof in Alhazen's Optics'
14 May 2021
The Durham History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Research group has scheduled events for Easter term. Next talk by Nicholas Everett (Toronto) - Entitled 'The Art and Science of Medieval Compound Drugs in the Antidotarium Nicolai' Please note: different weekday - Thursday meeting.
20 May 2021
History Now! talk, hosted by Durham History Department and the Gala Theatre, in partnership with Generation2Generation Titled - Suffering and Survival: One Family's Experiences of the Holocaust
25 May 2021
The last of the Durham History Department Research Seminar series welcome Professor Larry Wolff, New York University
02 June 2021
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
History Now! Durham History Department and the Gala Theatre series of public lectures Titled - Histories for the Burmese Revolution by Dr Jonathan Saha
15 June 2021
You are welcome to this seminar on a topic that will resonate with many of us. The talk is hosted by the History Department East Asia research group and cross-listed with the History of Science group.
18 June 2021
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Zoom
Black History Now!
26 October 2021
Online
Invisible Disability in Coalmining Communities
16 November 2021
Peace and Trust in Historical Perspective
07 December 2021
Our unique cultural attractions include Durham Castle, Botanic Garden, Palace Green Library, Oriental Museum and the Assembly Rooms Theatre. Sitting right at the heart of this historic city, we are perfectly placed to offer a dazzling array of events and activities.