The University warmly supports the hugely generous efforts of members of its community in running or otherwise participating in these valuable initiatives, in support of Ukraine. Please note however, these initiatives are personal to those members of the University community, and as such, those initiatives are not led, administered or specifically endorsed by Durham University.
Events from the 01 July 2023 - 31 July 2023 Reset
Ukrainian Summer School
This week-long summer school organised by Durham Law School covers a range of topical issues linked to international law, corruption, war crimes and social inequalities.
17 July 2023 - 21 July 2023
Hogan Lovells Lecture Theatre, Palatine Centre
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Law School
Zaporizhzhia National University workshops
As part of a large-scale twinning initiative, supported by Universities UK (UUK) and the Ukrainian Ministry of Education, we are twinned with Zaporizhzhia National University (ZNU).
17 July 2023 - 22 July 2023
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Research event
- Workshop
- Department of History
Christian Liddy, Durham University, 'What is family in an age of plague? Recovery and resilience in the late medieval city'
Reflecting upon the contemporary situation and the way the war in Ukraine is affecting cities, this workshop addresses broader issues affecting urban recovery across time and space.
19 July 2023
10:20 AM - 11:20 AM
Online
- Public
- Workshop
- Department of History
Closing Statement / Discussion, Richard Rodger, Edinburgh University, 'Man's Inhumanity to Man' Backdated
Reflecting upon the contemporary situation and the way the war in Ukraine is affecting cities, this workshop addresses broader issues affecting urban recovery across time and space.
20 July 2023
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Online
- Public
- Workshop
- Department of History
Anton Drobovych, Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, 'How Does Memory Become Poison? An Overview of Political Irresponsibility with Far-Reaching Consequences'
While the politics of memory and the way through which some versions and interpretations of history become prioritised in official political discourses have engaged a broad range of actors in the past, it is in the most traumatic moments of history such as today in Ukraine that they are particularly in flux, with old sites of memory acquiring new layers of meaning and new ones emerging from the sites of war and destruction.
21 July 2023
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
Online
- Public
- Workshop
- Department of History
Andy Wood, Durham University, 'Landscape and Memory'
While the politics of memory and the way through which some versions and interpretations of history become prioritised in official political discourses have engaged a broad range of actors in the past, it is in the most traumatic moments of history such as today in Ukraine that they are particularly in flux, with old sites of memory acquiring new layers of meaning and new ones emerging from the sites of war and destruction.
21 July 2023
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Online
- Public
- Workshop
- Department of History
Istvan Rev, Director of the Open Society Archives in Budapest, 'The Sequel of a Trumped-Up Past'
While the politics of memory and the way through which some versions and interpretations of history become prioritised in official political discourses have engaged a broad range of actors in the past, it is in the most traumatic moments of history such as today in Ukraine that they are particularly in flux, with old sites of memory acquiring new layers of meaning and new ones emerging from the sites of war and destruction.
22 July 2023
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
- Public
- Workshop
- Department of History