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Seminar by Professor Samuël Coghe (Ghent University)
17 March 2025
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Seminar Room 1, Department of History (HS110), North Bailey
IAS Project Seminar by IAS Christopherson Knott Fellows by Dr David Chivers (Economics) and Professor John Paul Gosling (Mathematical Sciences)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cosin‘s Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green
This workshop explores the evolving nature of expertise in contemporary society, with a particular focus on how numbers and quantification shape our understanding of expert knowledge.
18 March 2025
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The Waterside Building, Durham Business School
This workshop is the second of a series within the framework of the major project 'The many facets of social inequality'. This is planned to be a full two-day event, involving leading experts and early career researchers in mean field games and their economical applications.
19 March 2025 - 20 March 2025
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Institute of Advanced Study, Seminar Room, Cosin‘s Hall, Durham University, Palace Green, DH1 3RL & Department of Mathematical Sciences, Upper Mountjoy, Stockton Road, Durham University, D1 3LE
The IAS has established a writing group for Durham academics and current IAS Fellows and IAS Associate Fellow who want to spend undisturbed time focusing on their papers, books, grants, talks, and other creative activities.
02 May 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Senior Common Room (SCR) Dining Room, Hatfield College
Seminar by Professor Salome Bukachi (University of Nairobi)
07 May 2025
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Seminar Room, Institute of Advanced Study, Cosin‘s Hall, Palace Green
09 May 2025
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Dr Noa Vaisman (Aarhus University)
12 May 2025
Lawyers, physicists, and anyone with an interest in the space industry, join this conference for a project that plans to establish a dispute resolution centre specialising in resolving space disputes.
13 May 2025 - 14 May 2025
Rosemary Cramp Lecture Theatre, Calman Learning Centre, Durham Universit
16 May 2025
23 May 2025
30 May 2025
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
An interdisciplinary workshop on Displaced Childhood PIs: Professor Nayanika Mookherjee (Anthropology), Dr Gabriella Treglia (History), Professor Simon Hackett (Sociology) with IAS Fellow Dr Noa Vaisman (Anthropology, Aarhus University) and collaborating researcher Professor David Brodzinsky (Psychology, Rutgers)
03 June 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Anthropology departmental Lecture by IAS Fellow, Dr Noa Vaisman (Aarhus University)
04 June 2025
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Lecture Room D110, Department of Anthropology, Durham University
06 June 2025
13 June 2025
20 June 2025
This is the fourth and launch event of the IAS major project 'Interest in cattle: value, risk and security in eastern and southern Africa'
24 June 2025
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
27 June 2025
Join us for an exclusive evening with Naoko Yamazaki, former JAXA astronaut and Council Member of the Earthshot Prize. Naoko will share with us tales from her journey to Space, including captivating stories from her astronaut training and her mission delivering payload to build the International Space Station (ISS).
18 July 2025
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Beamish Museum, Stanley, DH9 0RG
Organised by Durham Centre for the Study of Ukraine (CSU), this is the closing event of the project ‘Looking Back to Move Forward: History, Recovery and Sustainability in Understanding the War in Ukraine on a Global Scale’, 2023-25, generously supported by Durham Institute of Advanced Study and CARA (The Council for At-Risk Academics). It is aimed at scholars of Ukraine as well as all others, from researchers to students
28 July 2025
9:15 AM - 5:00 PM
Seminar Room, Institute of Advanced Study, Cosin‘s Hall, Durham University
A roundtable on the transformations of motherhood, pregnancy, birth and reproduction, joined by guest speaker Dr Pragya Agarwal
19 September 2025
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Institute for Medical Humanities, Confluence Building, Durham University
The IAS writing group is open to Durham academics and current IAS Fellows and IAS Associate Fellows who want to spend undisturbed time focusing on their papers, books, grants, talks, and other creative activities.
10 October 2025
SCR Dining Room, Hatfield College
Sir Harry Evans Fellows' Seminar by Pete McKenzie (Reuters/Durham University)
13 October 2025
Seminar by Professor James Arvanitakis (Director, Forrest Research Foundation, Australia)
16 October 2025
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
17 October 2025
Join us for “Absence/Presence of Durham’s Black History Walking Tour” around Durham city centre followed by a roundtable with invited panellists, including Dr Nicole Phillip (University of West Indies, Head of the Grenada Reparation Comimssion).
20 October 2025
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Galilee Chapel, Durham Cathedral, and University College (Castle)
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Professor Jane W. Davidson (University of Melbourne)
24 October 2025
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Georgia Kotretsos (THE ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY)
27 October 2025
Seminar by Professor Maria Tamboukou, University of East London
28 October 2025
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Professor Jane W. Davidson (University of Melbourne)
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Chapel, Hatfield College, North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3RQ
31 October 2025
IAS Seminar by Dr Karolina Nieberle (Psychology) and Dr Janey Zheng (Management and Marketing)
03 November 2025
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Georgia Kotretsos (THE ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY)
Platform 3, Stephenson College, Howlands Farm, South Road, Durham, DH1 3DE
07 November 2025
IAS Seminar by Professor Catherine Montgomery (Education) and Dr Craig Stewart (Computer Science)
10 November 2025
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Professor Beth Rose Middleton Manning (University of California, Davis)
Trevelyan College, Dowrick Suite, Elvet Hill Road, Durham, DH1 3LN
Public Lecture by Baroness Alexandra Freeman (House of Lords)
14 November 2025
Collingwood College, Theatre
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Professor Carolina Guzmán Valenzuela (Autonomous University of Barcelona)
17 November 2025
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Professor Catherine Manathunga (University of the Sunshine Coast)
20 November 2025
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Tom Percival Annexe, Parson‘s Field, St Cuthbert‘s Society
21 November 2025
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Professor Catherine Manathunga (University of the Sunshine Coast)
24 November 2025
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Professor Carolina Guzmán Valenzuela (Autonomous University of Barcelona)
University College (Castle), Bishop‘s Dining Hall
28 November 2025
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Professor Beth Rose Middleton Manning (University of California, Davis)
01 December 2025
05 December 2025
This workshop is part of the IAS Major Project 'Arts Engagement and Mental Health at Work' (PIs: Dr Karolina Nieberle & Dr Janey Zheng) and led by IAS Fellow Georgia Kotretsos, visual artist and founder of THE ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY (georgiakotretsos.com | thetelossociety.com)
09 December 2025
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Waterside Building, Durham Business School, WB-1020 (Restaurant at first floor)
12 December 2025
16 January 2026
Contact Dr Staykova for venue details
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Professor Louise Bethlehem (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
19 January 2026
23 January 2026
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Professor Carmen Gonzalez (Loyola University Chicago School of Law)
26 January 2026
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Professor Louise Bethlehem (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
27 January 2026
Kenworthy Hall, St Mary‘s College, Elvet Hill Road, Durham, DH1 3LR
30 January 2026
IAS Seminar by Professor Andrew Baldwin (Geography); Dr Simona Capisani (Philosophy)
02 February 2026
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Dr Ben Raffield (Uppsala University)
05 February 2026
Saltwell Event Hall, Josephine Butler College, South Road, Durham University, DH1 3DF
06 February 2026
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Dr Chisoni Mumba (University of Zambia)
09 February 2026
IAS Fellows' public Lecture by Professor Carmen G. Gonzalez (Loyola University Chicago, School of Law)
10 February 2026
13 February 2026
IAS Fellow's Seminar by Dr Varna Venugopal (CWIT)
16 February 2026
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Dr Cameron Cross (The University of Michigan)
The Dowrick Suite, Trevelyan College, Elvet Hill Road, Durham , DH1 3LN
Seminar by Dr Friedemann Pestel (University of Freiburg). Supported by the Durham–Tübingen Seedcorn scheme, Dr Pestel will visit the IAS for a lunchtime talk on 18 February at 12–1 pm. This event is held in conjunction with NETWoRC, the North East Transnational and World History Research Centre.
18 February 2026
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
20 February 2026
IAS Seminar by Professor Hannah Brown (Anthropology), Dr Emily Webster (Philosophy) and Professor Justin Willis (History)
23 February 2026
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Dr Chisoni Mumba (The University of Zambia)
24 February 2026
The Hub, Mount Oswald, John Snow College
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Dr Ben Raffield (Uppsala University)
02 March 2026
A 'Stephenson Ideas' College talk with Dr Varna Venugopal (Charles Wallace India Trust / IAS Fellow)
03 March 2026
Lecture by Professor Deva Woodly (Brown University)
04 March 2026
MHL 454, Mill Hill Lane, Durham, DH1 3LB
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Dr Cameron Cross (University of Michigan)
09 March 2026
BASAS (British Association of South Asian Studies) @ Durham in collaboration with IAS (Pedagogies of Dispossession – South Asia Research Group at Durham | IAS Durham and Reconceptualising Resistance | IAS Durham) Double Bill South Asia events 11th March 2026: 3.30 – 8 pm (including refreshments)
11 March 2026
3:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Calman CLC 407 and Dawson D110
A conversation with the Curator of the Museum of English Rural Life, Dr Ollie Douglas (University of Reading), and Professor Julie-Marie Strange (History, Durham University) on the oddities and interests of working with objects and stories from historical cattle-keeping.
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Redhills Durham Miners Hall, Pitman‘s Theatre, Flass Street, Durham, DH1 4BE
This workshop will bring together insights derived from the IAS major project, which has brought together scholars from across disciplines. The workshop will bring the project team together with a wider group of scholars to discuss the key themes that have emerged over the course of the project – with the specific aim of turning these into research questions, and research methods, that will lie at the heart of a through follow-on application for external funding.
12 March 2026
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
This two-day conference provides an interdisciplinary platform for academic and non-academic stakeholders to interrogate the concept of climate apartheid.
24 March 2026 - 25 March 2026
Rooms 1001 / 1002, The Waterside Building, Durham Business School, Riverside Place, Durham, DH1 1SL
This event is part of the School of Education’s 2025/26 Research Seminar Series by IAS Visiting Scholar, Professor Markus Rieger Ladich (University of Tübingen)
20 May 2026
Room CB1017, Confluence Building & online via Microsoft Teams
Roundtable discussion: Mercy and Justice
02 June 2026
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Penthouse Rooms, Collingwood College
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Institute of Advanced Study, this special public event asks a timely question: how can interdisciplinarity help us understand and respond to an increasingly complex world? The event will explore what interdisciplinarity means in practice and why it matters in the real world. The IAS Director, Professor Alexander Easton, will be joined in conversation by Dr Fiona Hill, Chancellor of Durham University, and Professor Susan Smith, President of the British Academy.
08 October 2026
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Theatre WB0001, The Waterside Building, Durham Business School, Riverside Place, Durham DH1 1SL
IAS Seminar by Nandhini Srinivasan (Sir Harry Evans Fellow in Investigative journalism)
12 October 2026
Cosin‘s Hall, Seminar Room, Palace Green, DH1 3RL
IAS Seminar by Dr Claire Craig (independent researcher)
19 October 2026
Identifying & Tackling Misinformation Workshop with the Durham/Reuters 2026 Sir Harry Evans Fellow in Investigative Journalism, Nandhini Srinivasan
27 October 2026
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
School of Government and International Affairs: Room TBC
Introduction to Journalism - a masterclass with the Durham/Reuters 2026 Sir Harry Evans Fellow in Investigative Journalism, Nandhini Srinivasan
29 October 2026
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
IAS Seminar by Professor Winnifred Louis (University of Queensland)
02 November 2026
IAS Seminar by Sara Uckelman (Philosophy); Professor David Alexander (Physics)
09 November 2026
IAS Seminar by IAS Seminar by Dr Elisabeth Kahn (School of Government and International Affairs) ,Dr Maja Kutlaca (Psychology) and Dr Jana Bacevic (Sociology)
16 November 2026
IAS Seminar by Dr Jarita Holbrook (University of Ediburgh / Harvard Smithsonian)
23 November 2026
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Dr Claire Craig (Independent researcher)
IAS Seminar by Dr Lindokuhle Gama (North-West University, South Africa)
07 December 2026
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