Family and Community
Thursday 2 May 2013
Interval
25th March - 31st May
Art exhibition by Emma Calder, an artist from Alnwick, via Glasgow School of Art. A colourful exhibniton of abstract art. Works will be for sale.
Contact helen.goldie@googlemail.com for more information about this event.
'Binchester Exposed'
Wednesday 1st May - Sunday 2nd June
An exhibition exploring the results of excavations at the Roman fort at Binchester, County Durham, known to the Romans as Vinovia. Designed by students taking 'Museum Archaeology', Department of Archaeology, Durham University.
Contact mary.brooks@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
“Persons, Hierarchies and Urban Growth in Balkan Prehistory”
Inaugural Lecture Series
Join Prof John Chapman as he delivers this inaugural lecture, focusing on three ways to deepen our understanding of past societies. The Neolithic and Copper Age of the Balkans (6500 – 4000 BC) represents a classic case of ‘Balkanisation’, with the rich material culture of the deep past parcelled up into a perpetually shifting mosaic of small groups modelled on modern nation-states.
Contact conferenceadministration.service@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Allegri String Quartet
Musicon Concert Series
The Allegri String Quartet are celebrating their 60th anniversary year. Come and enjoy what will be the last MUSICON concert of the 2012/13 season.
Programme:
Haydn String Quartet in G minor, op 74, no 3
Janaček: String Quartet no 1, 'Kreutzer Sonata'
Strauss: String Quartet in A major, op 2
Contact joyce.dent@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Friday 3 May 2013
Prof John Morill On Scholarly Editing
We are pleased to invite you to a workshop to be led by Prof John Morrill (University of Cambridge), On Scholarly Editing. John Morrill FBA, Professor of British and Irish History at the University of Cambridge, is an enormously experienced academic editor.
Contact administrator.imrs@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Saturday 4 May 2013
Stephen Sproates: Numerous Forms of Number
4th - 31st May
Exhibition of 2D & 3D Works of Art Over the last 7 years Steve has collaborated with the 14th Astronomer Royal and Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University, Sir Arnold Wolfendale on ways to represent, clarify and communicate concepts of physics using art. Presently they are conceptualising ways to represent the wave/particle duality.
Contact visitor.centre@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Ustinov College Seminar: Globalisation
Ustinov seminars are both social and academic gatherings, intended to strengthen the postgraduate research community in Durham, and to provide an informal opportunity for debate and cross-fertilisation between disciplines.
Contact ustinov.college@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Shiver me Timbers!
Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th May
Find out about shipwreck archaeology at the Old Fulling Mill this weekend and make a treasure chest to take home.
Contact archaeology.museum@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Sunday 5 May 2013
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Monday 6 May 2013
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tuesday 7 May 2013
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Ustinov College Café Politique: 'Inside Israel: Critical reflections on current internal challenges'. May 7th @6pm.
Ustinov College warmly invites you to the next Cafe Politique exploring the internal challenges Israel is facing today. This is an opportunity for anyone who is interested in finding out more about the topic to participate in an informal seminar and contribute to the discussion with the panelists and other members of the audience.
Contact ustinov.college@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Edith Thompson and the Gendering of the Scaffold, Dr Lizzie Seal, University of Sussex
Centre for Sex, Gender and Sexualities Speaker Series
The hanging of Edith Thompson in 1923 for the murder of her husband demonstrates how the execution of women in twentieth-century Britain was culturally troubling.
Contact jphoenix.csgs@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
iQuiz
This is a general knowledge quiz bought you by i, the concise quality newspaper, in association with Latitude and National Express. The winning team from Durham will travel to a national final and be in with a chance of winning the grand prize. Register your team of 4 now for FREE at i.durhamuni@gmail.com
Contact i.durhamuni@gmail.com for more information about this event.
Wednesday 8 May 2013
Art Tours, Palatine Centre
2pm every Wednesday from 24th April - 19th June
Enjoy a tour od Durham Univesrity's modern art collection in the stunning Palatine Building. Art tours conducted by Henry Dyson, Keeper of Fine Art in the University, are available to staff, students and visitors. Tours begin at the Reception of the Palatine Building.
Contact conferenceadministration.service@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Thursday 9 May 2013
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Prof. Dr. Torsten Wilholt, 'on the Purely Instrumental Value of True Belief'
Prof. Dr. Torsten Wilholt, Leibniz Universitat Hannover, will delilver this public lecture. Epistemologists widely hold that true belief must have some value, as truth is the goal of inquiry.
Contact n.j.craigs@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
The Secret Garden Musical
Thursday 9th - Saturday 11th May
Josephine Butler College presents their first show in the Assembly Rooms Theatre, following the both compelling and heartwarming journey of a girl as she begins to learn her new self with the background of some of the most beautiful music ever written for Broadway, one that will truly capture the audiences' hearts.
Contact dharrnesha.inbah-rajah@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Friday 10 May 2013
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Saturday 11 May 2013
Green Woodworking Event
Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th May
Local green woodworker, Chris Helliwell, will be in the Garden this weekend. He will be demonstrating this ancient cradt, and giving visitors a chance to try a pole lathe and shave a horse.
Contact botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
The Vikings
Children can learn about the Vikings this weekend at the Old Fulling Mill and even try Viking rune writing and making amulets to ward off evil spirits!
Contact archaeology.museum@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Fantastic Food Chains
Make your own food chain to learn about life in the Garden and then go on a journey of discovery.
No need to pre-book. Just turn up on the day.
Contact botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Durham Choral Society perform Mendelssohn's Elijah
Elijah is a particular favourite of choral societies and our 130-strong choir will be performing this grand oratorio in the magnificent surroundings of Durham Cathedral, a venue fit for a piece of this magnitude and popularity.
Contact tickets@durhamchoralsociety.org.uk for more information about this event.
Sunday 12 May 2013
Friends Of The Garden Plant Sale
A wide collection of plants and seeds available for purchase once again at this year's annual Friends of the Botanic Garden Plant Sale. There will also be cacti and succulents for sale from the Teeside branch of the British cactus and succulent society. No need to pre-book. Just turn up on the day.
Contact botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Monday 13 May 2013
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
: 'Time and Nationhood: beyond the invertion of tradition and imagined communities
This is the final pubic lecture in the About Time series.Thispublic lecture - free to attend and open to all.
Contact enquiries.ias@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tuesday 14 May 2013
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
on Modeling Climate Policies: A Critical Look at Integrated Assessment Models
Prof Mathias Frisch University of Maryland will deliver this public lecture asking, How do we bridge the gap between climate models and policy decisions?
Contact n.j.craigs@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
‘Building a Protestant Church: Architecture and Religious Change in the British Isles, c. 1559 – 1662.’
Bishop Van Mildert Annual Lecture
Prof. Andrew Spicer will be presenting the first Bishop Van Mildert Lecture at Van Midlert College. He will be speaking about ‘Building a Protestant Church: Architecture and Religious Change in the British Isles, c. 1559 – 1662.’ The talk will start at 5.30 pm in the Ustinov Room, Van Mildert College. For further information please contact vm.development@durham.ac.uk
Contact vm.development@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Wednesday 15 May 2013
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
CK Barrett Public Lecture
‘Almost Thou Persuadest Me’. . .
The Importance of Greco-Roman Rhetoric For Understanding the New Testament.
Charles Kingsley Barrett, distinguished Professor of Divinity at Durham University (1945-82), stood as one of the greatest British New Testament scholars of the 20th century. The Department of Theology & Religion is delighted to hold a public lecture in his honour, to be given by Prof Ben Witherington III, who completed his PhD here under the supervision of Professor Barrett.
Contact j.m.hagen@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Iconography and Iconology: Theological thinking of the early church behind the veneration of Icons
Dr Elena Nariskaya will look at the development of church art and its place in theology. Various concepts about theological appropriation of icon veneration vs idolatry will be discussed.
Contact oriental.museum@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
The Future of the Book
Durham Castle Public Lecture Series
Professor John B. Thompson, Professor of Sociology and Fellow of Jesus College, University of Cambridge
Today, the publishing business is in turmoil. For 500 years, the methods and practices of book publishing remained largely unchanged, but today the industry finds itself faced with the greatest challenges since Gutenberg.
Thursday 16 May 2013
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Friday 17 May 2013
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Saturday 18 May 2013
Winged Creatures
TAKE PART in the exhibition of the Lindisfarne Gospels! Free workshops are being held to create work responding to and some to be exhibited as part of the Lindisfarne Gospels Durham exhibition at Durham University’s Palace Green Library this summer.
Contact emma.hamlett@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
The Great Greeks
Find out about the ancient Greek legend of the Trojan Horse and make your own to take home this weekend at hte Old Fulling Mill.
Contact archaeology.museum@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Sunday 19 May 2013
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Monday 20 May 2013
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Wednesday 22 May 2013
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Thursday 23 May 2013
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Friday 24 May 2013
Hinduism in India: Culture, Ritual & Community
Exhibition telling the story of the religious life of millions of people in India. Centred around recreated Hindu shrines, this exhibition tells the story of the religious life of millions of people in India.
Contact oriental.museum@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Saturday 25 May 2013
The Romans are Coming!
Find out about the Romans this weekend at he Old Fulling Mill. Come along to make your own Roman helmet and sword to do battle in!
Contact archaeology.museum@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Sunday 26 May 2013
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Ustinov College Café des Arts presents: “In Conversation with Fenwick Lawson”
Join our artist-in-residence Alan O'Cain for a lively, entertaining and relaxed discussion with one of Britain's most esteemed sculptors, Fenwick Lawson.
Contact ustinov.college@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Monday 27 May 2013
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tuesday 28 May 2013
Lovely Leather
Humans have been working leather for thousands of years. Visit the Old Fulling Mill this half term and have a go at making your own leather purse or wrist guard.
Contact archaeology.museum@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Wednesday 29 May 2013
Ancient Egyptian Accessories
Make Egyptian amulets or a Nekhbet pendant when you visit the Oriental Museum this half term. Be inspired by teh artefacts in our wonderful Egyptian Gallery.
Contact oriental.museum@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Marvellous Mini Beasts
Bring the children to tehe Botanic Garden today to go on a hunt for bugs and creepy crawlies then they can make their own mini mini-beasts tio take home!
Contact botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Cell Mechanics and Cell-Matrix Interactions
This workshop aims to provide an overview state of the art of research on tissue mechanics for an interdisciplinary audience. From a soft matter/biophysics perspective tissues can be modelled as biologically active matter, made of cells, capable of exerting forces and responding to stresses.
Contact alex.probert@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Human Suffering and Humanitarian Response
Durham Castle Public Lecture Series
Professor Craig Calhoun, Director of the London School of Economics
Humanitarian emergencies are not simply brute facts, appealing directly to our emotions or our moral sensibilities. They are one of the important ways in which perceptions of human life, sympathy for suffering, and responses to social upheaval have come to be organized in recent decades. Like nations and business corporations, they are creatures of social imaginaries, but no less materially influential for that.
Friday 31 May 2013
Chinese Dragon Boat Festival
Find out about the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. Make and decorate your own dragon boat inspired by the wonderful Chinese collection.
Contact oriental.museum@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tours of Durham Castle
Durham Castle is open to visitors by guided tour which take approximately 45 minutes. There will be guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm today.
Contact pg.reception@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Saturday 1 June 2013
Let's go on an adventure!
Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd June.
Visit the Old Fulling Mill and make a special notebook to record all your travels and adventures in this weekend's children's craft activity.
Contact archaeology.museum@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
The Durham Revue: ALLSTARS
The biggest Durham University comedic alumni event of the year. Featuring the Revue from 2010 -13, bringing back some of the best sketches from recent alumni. Additionally, the event will see some of the biggest comedic alumni from the University returning for one night only to perform. This includes The Gentlemen of Leisure, Kieran Boyd, Naz Osmanoglu and Nick Mohammed.
Contact durhamrevue@gmail, com for more information about this event.
Sir Thomas Allen in Concert
Durham University’s Chancellor and renowned opera singer, Sir Thomas Allen will join more than 100 student musicians for a concert in Durham Cathedral.
Sir Thomas will perform alongside Durham University’s Chamber Choir, one of the leading choirs in the north of England, and the University’s Symphony Orchestra.
Contact chamber.choir@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tuesday 4 June 2013
Prof. Chris Higgins - 'Stems Cells Research - Science, Medicine and Ethics'
Van Mildert College SCR Public Lecture</>
Prof. Chris Higgins, Vice Chancellor of Durham University will speak on 'Stem cells research - science, medicine and ethics'.
All are very welcome to attend but please book by emailing v.h.brown@durham.ac.uk
Contact v.h.brown@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Saturday 8 June 2013
Fab Dads
Pop into the Garden to make a special gift for all those special dads just in time for Fathers Day.
Contact botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Hidden influences on health & wellbeing through life course
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.
Thursday 13 June 2013
Ooook Productions Present - 'Blackadder II'
Thursday 13th - Saturday 16th June
This Easter term, Ooook! Productions present to you a theatre production of one of Britain's favourite sitcoms -Blackadder II (episodes 1, 2 & 5) In the court of Elizabeth I, or otherwise known as Queenie, Lord Edmund Blackadder attempts to win her wealth and favour. Selfish but witty, he is forever contending with the queen’s dangerously childish temper and the stupidity of his own followers.
Contact emma.grisdale@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Saturday 15 June 2013
Traditional Crafts Weekend
Silversmith Les Howe and his wife Vivienne, an artist and card designer, will be demonstrating their skills in the Garden. Les takes much of his inspiration from the history of Durham, in particular St Cuthbert and the Lindisfarne Gospels.
Contact botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Saturday 22 June 2013
Durham Singers: Blessed Cecilia
Britten's legacy in choral music, from Henry Purcell to Ben Rowarth. Durham Singers and Renaissance present a concert of solo and a cappella works from the 17th to the 21st centuries, celebrating Benjamin Britten’s great love for the music of Henry Purcell, and Britten’s influence on exciting contemporary composers such as Julian Anderson.
Contact info@durham-singers.org for more information about this event.
Friday 28 June 2013
What is Early Modern English Catholicism? Conference
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.
Monday 1 July 2013
Lindisfarne Gospels Durham
1st July - 30th September
In summer 2013, one of the world’s greatest books, the Lindisfarne Gospels, will be on show in a unique exhibition at Palace Green Library. The exhibition is part of a partnership between Durham University, Durham Cathedral, Durham County Council and the British Library.
Contact pg.library@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Thursday 4 July 2013
Producing Christian Culture: Gospel Text and Commentary in Medieval Perspective
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.
Saturday 6 July 2013
Traditional Crafts Weekend
Silversmith Les Howe and his wife Vivienne, an artist and card designer, will be demonstrating their skills in the Garden. Les takes much of his inspiration from the history of Durham, in particular St Cuthbert and the Lindisfarne Gospels.
Contact botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Garden Party - Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Botanic Garden
Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th July
Come along to the Botanic Garden this weekend to help us celebrate its 25th anniversay. Enjoy fun-packed, family activities, bring a picnic, or sample the summer BBQ food available! No need to Pre-book. Just turn up on the day.
Contact botanic.garden@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.
Saturday 13 July 2013
Incredible Inks
Visit the Botanic Garden today to find out how monks used natural materials to produce the Lindisfarne Gospels. Try your hand at making ink and writing with a quill.
Contact botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Sunday 21 July 2013
MG Car Display
Durham MG Owners Club are visiting the Garden today, showcasing their classic cars. Come along and take a look!
Contact botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Monday 22 July 2013
Ripples in the Cosmos Conference
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.
Wednesday 7 August 2013
Teddy Bear's Picnic
Bring your teddy bear and your picnic along to this all day event with special activities. Enter your bear into the most loved teddy competition, enjoy a bear story and create some bear-y good artwork on this special day.
Contact botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Thursday 15 August 2013
Jays Animal Encounters
The zoo comes to the Botanic Garden! From cute and cuddly to smooth & scaly, meet the incredible range of friendly animals visiting the Garden for the day. Normal admission charges apply. There is no additional charge to participate in this event.
Contact botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Sunday 18 August 2013
International Conference on Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering (APME)
Contact conferenceadministration.service@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Monday 19 August 2013
IMRS Latin & Palaeography Summer School 2013
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 21 August 2013
Teddy Bear's Picnic
Bring your teddy bear and your picnic along to this all day event with special activities. Enter your bear into the most loved teddy competition, enjoy a bear story and create some bear-y good artwork on this special day.
Contact botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Saturday 24 August 2013
Traditional Crafts Weekend
Silversmith Les Howe and his wife Vivienne, an artist and card designer, will be demonstrating their skills in the Garden this August Bank Holiday Weekend.
Contact botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Thursday 29 August 2013
Marko's Circus Workshop
Marko will be in the Garden today , so come along to learn circus tricks, including how to juggle and spin plates, at this fun workshop. No need to pre-book. Just turn up on the day. Normal admission charges apply. There is no additional charge to participate in this event.
Contact botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Saturday 7 September 2013
National Orchid Show
The 3rd National Orchid show will be held at Durham University. There will be displays from orchid societies and the chance to buy orchids from a variety of growers. As usual, visitors are welcome to bring any of their own plants along to the show if they would like advice about them. There will also be several talks by guest speakers and a chance to meet the Royal Horticultural Society judges for a question and answer session on plant judging.
Contact botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Wednesday 11 September 2013
Randomised Controlled Trials in the Social Sciences Eighth Annual Conference
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.
Saturday 14 September 2013
Sparkly Suncatchers
Children visiting hte Botaic Garden today can join in our craft activity and create their own special sun catcher using natural materials. No need to pre-book. Just turn up on the day. Normal admission charges apply. There is no additional charge to participate in this event.
Contact botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Saturday 28 September 2013
Traditional Crafts Weekend
Silversmith Les Howe and his wife Vivienne, an artist and card designer, will be demonstrating their skills in the Garden. Les takes much of his inspiration from the history of Durham, in particular St Cuthbert and the Lindisfarne Gospels.
Contact botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tuesday 15 July 2014
IAS Conference 2014
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.
Subscribe to this events listingLindisfarne Gospels
1st July - 30th September 2013
The Lindisfarne Gospels Durham exhibition will be on display at Durham University's Palace Green Library, which has been completely redesigned and refurbished for this event.