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Convocation: Panel Discussion and Annual Review of 2024

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24 February 2025 - 24 February 2025

6:00PM - 8:30PM

Durham University Business School, The Waterside Building, Riverside Place, Durham DH1 1SL

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Convocation: Panel Discussion and Annual Review of 2024

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Vice-Chancellor and Warden, Professor Karen O'Brien

Our Vice-Chancellor and Warden, Professor Karen O’Brien, invites you to join her on Monday 24 February 2025 on campus for this year’s meeting of Convocation. 

As part of the evening, Professor O’Brien will chair a panel of leading academics who will discuss the subject of Transformative Humanities.  

Following the panel discussion there will be a University update.  

On conclusion of the evening’s formalities, there will be light refreshments served and the opportunity for socialising and networking with alumni.  

Doors open at 5.30pm for a 6pm prompt start.

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Speakers

Professor Janet Stewart

Executive Dean (Arts and Humanities)

Professor Stewart joined Durham in 2014 as Professor of German and Visual Culture in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures (MLAC). She was the founding Director of the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture, and served as Head of MLAC from 2015-2018, before becoming Executive Dean for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Her research interests lie in visual culture, the energy humanities and Austrian and German cultural history.

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Professor Edith Hall

Professor, Department of Classics and Ancient History

Professor Hall has published over 30 books on aspects of ancient Greek and Roman literature, philosophy, history, to list but a few. As well as her academic research, she advises theatre companies, contributes to radio and television programmes, and campaigns to improve access to classical subjects in state schools across the UK. Recent achievements including her election as a Fellow of the British Academy in 2022, and receiving the prestigious Classical Association Prize in 2023.

Professor Alex Broadbent

Professor of Philosophy of Science, Department of Philosophy

As well as his position within our Department of Philosophy, Professor Broadbent is a Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg. He is also Director of the Durham-Johannesburg Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Public Health. He publishes opinion pieces on the interface between science, humanities, and policy, and engages with policy and litigation in relation to epidemiology and public health.

Professor Anna Rowlands

St Hilda Professor of Catholic Social Thought & Practice, Department of Theology and Religion

Professor Rowlands is a leading political theologian who works at the interface of political and social theory and Christian theology. Since March 2023 she has helped to shape the future of the Catholic Church on a prestigious two-year secondment to the Vatican, contributing her expertise to the General Secretariat of the Synod, and the Dicastery (Department) for Integral Human Development of the Holy See (Vatican).

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Professor Simon James

Professor, Department of English Studies

Professor James’ research focuses on the literary culture of the nineteenth and early twentieth-century periods. He is the former Head of our Department of English Studies, and the lead for the Durham Commission on Creativity and Education, a joint research initiative between Arts Council England and Durham University. He has also contributed to UP North Culture + Knowledge: Growing Opportunities in the North East alongside other leaders and experts in culture, academia, government and industry.

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