Events from the 01 January 2026 - 31 December 2026 Reset
IMEMS Research Showcase: Benjamin Raffield (University of Uppsala), 'Slavery in the Viking Age.'
Dr. Benjamin Raffield of University of Uppsala presents his talk on 'Slavery in the Viking Age' at the IMEMS Research Showcase. Dr. Raffield is currently in Durham as an IAS Fellow (January - March 2026).
21 January 2026
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
7 Owengate
- Other
- Outreach & community
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
IMEMS Owengate Forge: Richard Annis (Durham University), 'World Heritage Site Research Findings So far.'
Richard Annis, a Visiting Fellow at Durham University, presents his World Heritage Site research findings at the Owengate Forge.
29 January 2026
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
7 Owengate
- Other
- Outreach & community
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
IMEMS Research Showcase: Jeremy Smith (University of Glasgow), 'Prophetic Women and Levelling Men: English Religious Vocabulary in a World Turned Upside Down.'
Professor Jeremy Smith presents his talk, 'Prophetic Women and Levelling Men: English Religious Vocabulary in a World Turned Upside Down,' at the IMEMS Research Showcase.
04 February 2026
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
7 Owengate
- Other
- Outreach & community
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
Reading the Global Past
Ita Mac Carthy and Graeme Small invite you to help develop a cross-disciplinary, co-taught online course at IMEMS.
12 February 2026
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
7 Owengate
- Other
- Outreach & community
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
IMEMS Research Showcase: Erin Maglaque (Durham University), '"A Zeal Without Limits": The Postmortem Caesarean Section in Early Modern Sicily.'
Erin Maglaque of Durham University presents her talk, '"A Zeal Without Limits": The Postmortem Caesarean Section in Early Modern Sicily,' at the IMEMS Research Showcase.
18 February 2026
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
7 Owengate
- Other
- Outreach & community
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
IMEMS Owengate Forge: John Lee (Durham University), 'The Missing Warlords of Early Modern Korea: Comparative Musings on Warlordism and its Premodern Contexts.'
Dr. John Lee of Durham University presents his talk, 'The Missing Warlords of Early Modern Korea: Comparative Musings on Warlordism and its Premodern Contexts,' at the Owengate Forge.
26 February 2026
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
7 Owengate
- Other
- Outreach & community
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
IMEMS Research Showcase: Marie Legendre (University of Edinburgh), “From the Tax Payer to the Caliph: An Economic and Social History of the Early Caliphate through Taxes (7th-10th century).”
Co-sponsored by IMEMS and the History Department.
04 March 2026
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
7 Owengate
- Other
- Outreach & community
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
IMEMS Owengate Forge: Manuel Munoz Garcia (Durham University), 'Digital Approaches to Manuscript Studies.'
Dr Manuel Muñoz García is IMEMS Lecturer in Latin Palaeography of the European Middle Ages at Durham University. He specialises in the Gothic scripts of the Late Middle Ages (late 12th-15th centuries) and his main interests are: scribal identification and collaboration, Digital Humanities, fragments and transitional scripts.
12 March 2026
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
7 Owengate
- Other
- Outreach & community
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
IMEMS Research Showcase: Cameron Cross (University of Michigan), "At the Navel of Knowledge: Love, Speech, and Silence in Nizami's Haft Paykar (1209)."
IAS Fellow Cameron Cross of the University of Michigan presents his talk, "At the Navel of Knowledge: Love, Speech, and Silence in Nizami's Haft Paykar (1209)" at the IMEMS Research Showcase.
18 March 2026
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
7 Owengate
- Other
- Outreach & community
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute
Interpreting the French Wars of Religion
Thursday 21 May 9.15am–6pm, Friday 22 May 9.30am–3.30pm. Conference organised by Tom Hamilton (Durham) and David van der Linden (Groningen).
21 May 2026 - 22 May 2026
9:15 AM - 3:30 PM
7 Owengate, Durham, DH1 3HB.
- Other
- Outreach & community
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Research Institute