What’s On Events Calendar
Building closure - upcoming dates
Due to extensive roofing works at Palace Green Library, there will be times when we have to close the building to visitors between summer 2024 and spring 2025, with no access to Museum of Archaeology, Cosin’s Library, Penned and Printed exhibition and World Heritage Site Visitor Centre.
Visit our Tickets and Times pages at each venue for more information.
Introduction to International Boundaries: Definition, Delimitation and Dispute Resolution
01 January 2021 - 31 December 2025
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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.
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Durham Business School Postgraduate Events
01 September 2023 - 31 August 2024
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Our Events will give you the opportunity to learn more about what Durham Business School has to offer for postgraduate study.
- Open days & visits
Register for an Undergraduate Open Day
01 September 2023 - 31 August 2024
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Our Open Days are the best way for you to find out about Durham.
- Open days & visits
Join a Postgraduate Open Day
01 September 2023 - 31 August 2024
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Our Open Days will give you the opportunity to learn more about what Durham has to offer for postgraduate study.
- Open days & visits
Self-Guided Tours
01 September 2023 - 31 August 2024
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tours have audio descriptions, images and videos as well as lots of information and statistics.
- Open days & visits
Voices: contemporary art and craft from the Middle East and North Africa
29 September 2023 - 12 May 2024
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
An exhibition celebrating the work of emerging contemporary artists and designers from the Middle East and North Africa recently acquired by the Oriental Museum.
- Exhibitions
Discover Durham Live Virtual Sessions
17 October 2023 - 20 June 2024
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Book a Discover Durham Live Virtual Session- come and hear from our current students!
- Open days & visits
Student Film Competition 2024
01 January 2024 - 30 June 2024
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
The inaugural Durham-BFI partnership student filmmaking competition launched this year.
- Creative
- Film screening
- Student experience
Library Book Giveaway: LGBT+ History Month
01 February 2024 - 29 February 2024
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Our book giveaway has returned for LGBT+ History Month!
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Support services
CLF Workshop I with Dr Omar Solinger (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
05 February 2024 - 05 February 2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us for a Centre for Leadership and Followership-hosted workshop with Dr Omar Solinger (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Humanitarian Sovereignty, Exceptional Muslims, and the Transnational Making of Kuwaiti Citizens
05 February 2024 - 05 February 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
IAS Fellows' Seminar by Dr Mara Leichtman (Michigan State University)
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
How Judges (Self) Empower: Strategies of Judicial Empowerment
06 February 2024 - 06 February 2024
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
The Centre for Chinese Law and Policy (CCLP), in cooperation with the Global Policy Institute (GPI), will host an in-person talk by Prof. Yvonne Tew (Georgetown, Law)
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
How Judges (Self) Empower: Strategies of Judicial Empowerment
06 February 2024 - 06 February 2024
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
The Centre for Chinese Law and Policy (CCLP), in cooperation with the Global Policy Institute (GPI), will host an in-person talk by Prof. Yvonne Tew (Georgetown, Law)
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
CLF Workshop II with Dr Omar Solinger (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
06 February 2024 - 06 February 2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us for a Centre for Leadership and Followership-hosted workshop with Dr Omar Solinger (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Chat With Us: Dissertation support
06 February 2024 - 06 February 2024
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Starting to think about your dissertation? Trying to decide on your topic? Join us for our Chat With Us session on Tuesday 6 February and speak to one of our Faculty Librarians about choosing a topic for your dissertation, based on the resources available to you here at Durham.
- Support services
This Event is CANCELLED. Using AI in Legal Practice: the good, the bad and the ugly
06 February 2024 - 06 February 2024
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Professor Mireille Hildebrandt (Vrije Universiteit Brussels)
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Roundtable: Surrogacy Law Reform in the UK: Past, Present, Future
07 February 2024 - 07 February 2024
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Gender and Law at Durham is organising a roundtable on surrogacy law reform.
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Picture of Risk 2024 - Photography Exhibition
07 February 2024 - 27 February 2024
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) is pleased to present the Picture of Risk photography exhibition, a Durham University Global Week Event!
- Exhibition
- Festival
- Public
Picture of Risk 2024 - Photography Exhibition
07 February 2024 - 27 February 2024
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) is pleased to present the Picture of Risk photography exhibition, a Durham University Global Week Event!
- Exhibition
- Festival
- Public
Poetics of Rendering
07 February 2024 - 07 February 2024
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
All welcome at our next research seminar.
- Discussion
- Lecture
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
What’s on across our venues
Our unique cultural attractions include Durham Castle, Botanic Garden, Historic Libraries at Palace Green, Oriental Museum, Museum of Archaeology and our World Heritage Site Visitor Centre. Whatever your interest, there's something for everyone to enjoy.