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Luke Sunderland will perform at the Durham and Newcastle Fringe Festivals

Luke Sunderland's new comedy show, Bloody Marvellous, is a comic tour of the Middle Ages
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Two of our PhD students have received prestigious awards

Two of our PhD students have received prestigious awards: Benedetta Panisson has been selected to participate in the Italian Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale and Stephanie Bernard has been awarded the 2025 Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Medal for the best essay by an emerging scholar writing on a theme of Spanish art history
Durham Film Festival

Joss Morfitt presents paper at BFI Research Showcase event

BFI-partnered PhD candidate Joss Morfitt presents paper at BFI Research Showcase event
Joss Morfitt and colleagues at BFI Research Showcase event

Faculty of Arts and Humanities Earns Prestigious Athena Swan Silver Award

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities has been awarded a highly regarded Athena Swan Silver Award, becoming only the second faculty of its kind in the UK to receive this distinction. This milestone acknowledges the significant progress made in advancing gender equality across all departments and highlights a firm commitment to continued improvement through to 2030.
Group picture with Executive Dean Janet Stewart and Deputy Executive Dean (People and Workplace Culture) Alexandra Harrington.

Durham languages students work with local Year 10 pupils on Spanish tourism challenge

The Spanish Apprentice Tourism Challenge was delivered as part of the 2025 Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages.
a group of pupils outside the Spanish Gallery in Bishop Auckland

Ed Welch wins the Society for French Studies R. Gapper Book Prize

MLAC's Ed Welch has won the 2024 R. Gapper Book Prize for his book, Making Space in Post-War France: The Dreams, Realities and Aftermath of State Planning.
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Jan Clarke speaks on BBC Radio 4's In Our Time

MLAC's Jan Clarke was a guest on BBC Radio 4's In Our Time discussing French playwright Molière
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Laura Chuhan Campbell has been awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship

Laura Chuhan Campbell has been awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for her project entitled 'In the Beginning: Re-creating the Creation Story in Medieval French Translations' for academic year 2025/26.
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Dario Lolli receives a Leverhulme International Fellowship

Dario Lolli has received a Leverhulme International Fellowship for 'Licensing Cultures across the Japanese Creative Industries' for academic year 2025/26
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Appel à contributions: L'écriture de création en français : évaluation et inclusion

Cette journée d’étude propose d’évaluer la place que tient l’écriture de création dans les cursus de français en French Studies et dans les centres d’apprentissage des langues étrangères (FLE), et de réfléchir à la question de l’évaluation et de l’inclusivité au sein même de ces pratiques.  
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Exploring food culture through the RELISH project

RELISH (Reframing European gastronomy Legacy through Innovation, Sustainability and Heritage) is an international project led by Durham that explores how we engage with food culture in a globalised world.
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IMEMS receives major donation to address 21st century challenges through the prism of the past

Researchers at the University’s Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS) have been awarded a significant philanthropic investment aimed at advancing research to address critical global challenges.
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Boat trip in the Rainforest - Peruvian Amazon

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