What’s On Events Calendar
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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
'There was light': Amunhotep III and his Dazzling Age
01 October 2022 - 21 May 2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Oriental Museum
The ancient Egyptian king Amunhotep III was the grandfather of the famous boy king Tutankhamun.
- Exhibitions
- Everyone
Guardians of the Silk Road's Heritage: Women of the mountains of Central Asia
01 October 2022 - 21 May 2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Oriental Museum
This exhibition showcases the work of the professional artists and craftswomen who do so much to preserve and transfer traditional knowledge and skills, adapting them for new audiences and popularising Central Asian folk art. Alongside photographs of the women practicing a variety of traditional craft techniques will be examples of their textile work.
- Exhibitions
- Everyone
Subject Taster Lectures
01 November 2022 - 23 January 2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join us for one of our Subject Taster Lectures, where a member of our teaching staff will give you a taste of studying at Durham.
- Open days & visits
Third Party Settlement of Boundary & Sovereignty Disputes: Professional Training Workshop14-16 November 2022
14 November 2022 - 16 November 2022
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
This workshop is designed to help governments and their legal advisors to evaluate the benefits and disadvantages of third party adjudication, and to equip them with information and skills to ensure a successful outcome from the process.
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Collaboration in Research and Education - Durham CSDLP at COP27
14 November 2022 - 14 November 2022
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Durham CSDLP at COP27 - Climate Education Hub
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Collaboration in Research and Education: Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy
14 November 2022 - 14 November 2022
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Join this event and learn more about the Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy and how our research informs our learning and teaching.
- Research event
How to decolonise the shipping industry? (Or, should we rethink global trade when decarbonising maritime transport?
14 November 2022 - 14 November 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
An IAS Fellowship Seminar by Dr Christiaan De Beukelaer (University of Melbourne)
- Research event
Paul Ormerod, IHRR seminar series 2022-2023
14 November 2022 - 14 November 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience seminar series, 1pm to 2pm, room w007, geography building and via Zoom
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Reconstructing Early Scandinavia. People, territories and settlements
14 November 2022 - 14 November 2022
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
An IAS Public Lecture by Professor Stefan Brink, University of Cambridge
- Research event
The Importance of the Paris Climate Agreement for Preventing Sea Level Rise from the World’s Largest Ice Sheet in East Antartica
15 November 2022 - 15 November 2022
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the world’s largest ice mass and contains around 52 meters of sea level rise (almost two thirds of the Earth’s freshwater).
- Research event
Syntactical structures and the evolution of mind and culture - Workshop 3: Syntactical structures at different levels of organization in literature, music and other cultural domains
15 November 2022 - 15 November 2022
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The aim of this workshop series, with four workshops in total, is to lay the foundations for a larger interdisciplinary project or series of projects.
- Research event
Antarctica and Greenland: Nearing the Thresholds from Different End
15 November 2022 - 15 November 2022
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
This event explores the differences and connections between the Antarctica and Greenland polar ice sheets, and their implications for future sea level rise.
- Research event
Opportunities for Creative Practice Projects
15 November 2022 - 15 November 2022
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join us for this week's Music Research Forum, where we welcome our Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Dr Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Gail McConnell: Poetry Reading and Q&A
15 November 2022 - 15 November 2022
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join the Centre for Poetry and Poetics at this poetry reading and Q&A with the award-winning poet, Gail McConnell.
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Understanding and addressing procrastination: Implications for health and well-being
16 November 2022 - 16 November 2022
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Procrastination is a prevalent and pernicious problem that can undermine productivity as well as erode health and well-being.
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Eidos PG Seminar
16 November 2022 - 16 November 2022
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Eidos PG Seminars
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Durham RIOTs Club Seminar - Multiverse Analysis and Transparent Statistics
16 November 2022 - 16 November 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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- Research event
Time reversal symmetry breaking in superconductors
16 November 2022 - 16 November 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
James' research interests are in the theory of electronic structure of solids, with particular emphasis on theories of superconductors and systems with strong electron correlation.
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
MIB Seminar by Dr Chenjian Zhang (University of Bath)
16 November 2022 - 16 November 2022
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Dr Chenjian Zhang (University of Bath) will be giving a talk on 'Category Emergence and Viability through Optimal Distinctiveness Work: The Emergence of Chinese Social Enterprises'
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- 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.