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Tuesday 11 June 2013

Hidden influences on health & wellbeing through life course

6:00pm to 9:00pm, Wolfson Research Institute for Health & Wellbeing, Queen's Campus, Stockton

A joint collaborative event between the Institute of Advanced Study, the Durham Forum for Health and the Wolfson Research Institute for Health & Wellbeing.

Contact julie.mcloughlin@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.


Friday 28 June 2013

What is Early Modern English Catholicism? Conference

9:00am to 5:00pm, Ushaw College, Durham
Friday 28th June - Monday 1st July
An international and interdisciplinary conference celebrating the work of Eamon Duffy and exploring what is meant by the term ‘Early Modern English Catholicism’. Covering the period from the break with Rome to the French Revolution, the conference will consider the subject from very different angles, questioning perceived notions of what is actually meant when Early Modern Catholicism is mentioned in the English context.

Contact conferenceadministration.service@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.


Thursday 4 July 2013

Producing Christian Culture: Gospel Text and Commentary in Medieval Perspective

9:00am to 5:00pm, St Chad's College, Durham
Thursday 4th July - Sunday 7th July
The conference will explore the modes in which commentators on the texts of scripture project visions of Christian culture (or counter-culture) in the diverse contexts of early and medieval history. Bede's work of commentary and that of other insular figures will provide a key point of Reference from which to look forward to the later middle ages.

Contact conferenceadministration.service@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.


Wednesday 10 July 2013

Good Practice in Spirituality Conference - 2013

Wednesday 10th - Friday 12th July
This conference is an opportunity to bring together people for whom spirituality is a major concern, with a selection of speakers, interactive sessions and opportunities to share good practice. It is designed to provide a forum for sharing good practice and an opportunity to network with others who are concerned with the importance of spirituality in mental health care.

Contact louise.elliott@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.


Monday 22 July 2013

Ripples in the Cosmos Conference

9:00am to 5:00pm, Calman Learning Centre
Monday 22nd - Friday 26th July 2013
The agenda for this international conference includes Baryon Acoustic Oscillations and other cosmological probes from ground-based redshift surveys such as BOSS and WiggleZ. We shall also be reviewing results from the Planck satellite, as well as the latest results from the LHC. The intent is to make a broad review of the crucial issues in cosmology from the identity of dark matter to the nature of dark energy by coupling the very latest results from astronomy and particle physics.

Contact conferenceadministration.service@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.


Sunday 18 August 2013

International Conference on Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering (APME)

Calman Learning Centre, Durham University
Sunday 18th to Friday 23rd August

Contact conferenceadministration.service@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.


Monday 19 August 2013

IMRS Latin & Palaeography Summer School 2013

9:00am to 5:00pm

Monday 19th - Friday 30th August
The IMRS is pleased to announce that the Latin and Palaeography Summer School will run this summer 2013. Charges apply for this event. Places must be pre-booked by visiting the website https://www.dur.ac.uk/conference.booking/

Contact conferenceadministration.service@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.


Wednesday 11 September 2013

Randomised Controlled Trials in the Social Sciences Eighth Annual Conference

9:00am to 5:00pm, Collingwood College, Durham

Wednesday 11th - Friday 13th September
This conference aims to:
•Facilitate sharing and collaboration between academic disciplines in this area;
•Discuss the opportunities and challenges of communicating about trials to wider audiences.;

Contact conferenceadministration.service@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.


Tuesday 15 July 2014

IAS Conference 2014

9:00am to 5:00pm, Calman Learning Centre, Durham University

Tuesday 15th - Thursday 17th July 2014
Transfusion and Transformation: the creative potential of interdisciplinary knowledge exchange. An international conference hosted by the Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University.

Contact conferenceadministration.service@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.