Events from the 01 January 2026 - 31 December 2026 Reset
Led by Dr Alice Nah
01 September 2025 - 31 July 2027
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
TBC
The Project will include workshops/seminars.
08 October 2025 - 08 October 2027
Durham Law School
This new light and sound art installation tells the story of the Norman Conquest, the Battle of Hastings and the building of Durham Castle.
13 October 2026 - 18 December 2026
1:15 PM - 4:15 PM
The Norman Chapel, Durham Castle
Celebrate Science returns this October half term
27 October 2026 - 29 October 2026
Locomotion in Shildon
Do you work or study at Durham University? Are you interested in what we do here at the Institute for Medical Humanities? Then come and join us for fika!
28 October 2026
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
IMH (Confluence Building)
This event is part of the Major Project 'Reconceptualising Resistance' which explores several key areas around disciplinary and methodological orientations; divergence between empirical, theoretical, and normative framings of resistance, and the role academic research can play in conceptualising resistance.
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Venue to be confirmed
This event is part of the School of Education’s 2026/27 Research Seminar Series
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room CB0021, Confluence Building & online via Microsoft Teams
Durham Classics & Ancient History research seminars, Michaelmas term
CL007, Classics and Ancient History Department
IAS and Forrest Foundation Exchange Fellow, Dr Nick Duddy, introduces his book project exploring how theatre has engaged with the complex and ethically challenging subject of suicide in the post-war period
Atrium, Institute for Medical Humanities, Confluence Building, Mountjoy Centre, Stockton Rd, Durham DH1 3LE
This seminar is being given as part of our weekly seminar series.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
CG85
Departmental Research Seminar for students and staff
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
PO005, 48/49 Old Elvet, Durham.
Professor Dame Jessica Rawson of the University of Oxford presents a talk entitled, “The Great Wall of China: An Eternal Symbol of China’s Distinctive Culture”.
7 Owengate
CHESS organises weekly meetings to discuss work in progress for its members and interested colleagues. Meetings take place each Thursday during term time from 11:00am - 12:00pm at the Philosophy Department and online via Teams.
29 October 2026
11:00 AM - 11:00 AM
PO010, Department of Philosophy, 48 Old Elvet
This seminar explores recent legal developments affecting mediation in the UK and explains the growing importance of mediation within the litigation system.
Chemistry Building, CG91, Arthur Holmes Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, DH1 3LE
Introduction to Journalism - a masterclass with the Durham/Reuters 2026 Sir Harry Evans Fellow in Investigative Journalism, Nandhini Srinivasan
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Dawson Room 110, Dawson Building
CAMNE-DCCR joint lecture
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Elvet Riverside 149
A joint lecture from the Centre for the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean and the Near East and Durham Centre for Classical Reception
Elvet Riverside 149, Durham University, New Elvet, Durham Durham DH1 3AQ
Given the contemporary interest in rurality and nature, Dr Fernandes proposes to examine these topics in the context of Iberian literature, focusing specifically on recent narrative fiction by Portuguese and Spanish authors. Her analysis centres on the novels A Gorda (2016) and Um Cão no meio do Caminho (2022) by the Portuguese writer Isabela Figueiredo (b. 1963), and Cara de pan [translated into English as Among the Hedges] (2018) and Un amor (2020) by the Spanish writer Sara Mesa (b. 1976).
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Teams
Join our community of Durham Founders for a day of co-working in a stunning coworking office at Shoreditch Exchange.
30 October 2026
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Senna Building, Shoreditch Exchange, E2 8JF
A lecture by Dr Gwen Adshead discussing trauma and exposure to traumatic events as a complex human experience.
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Institute for Medical Humanities
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