Institute of Advanced Study : Watch or Listen to Previous Events

To extend the reach of IAS activities beyond those who are able to attend on the day, the IAS records many of its public lecture events, as well as other select workshops and seminars which have broad appeal. We are in the early stages of developing our collection of video recordings, however we do have a substantial record of audio recordings. We hope that over time this collection will grow and become a valuable resource for many different audiences. Copyright of these recordings remains with the individual speakers.

Audio Recordings from 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 can be found by following the links on the left. The current year 2017/18 can be found below.

Video footage of some lectures are also captured below. Recordings of Fellows' public lectures are available below by Fellowship years as well as on their specific profiles pages see:https://www.dur.ac.uk/ias/fellows/iasfellows/.

If you have any queries please contact enquiries.ias@durham.ac.uk.

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Date	Speaker or Event	Title	Theme/Series
17 October 2017	Professor Christian Ruby	New Filtration Materials for Passive Water Treatment: dephosphatisation and denitrification	Structure
24 October 2017	Professor Nicholas Aroney	Between Union and Devolution: the structure of the British parliament as a problem of process	Structure
06 November 2017	Dr Kathryn Yusoff	Geosocial Strata	Structure
07 November 2017	Professor William Thompson	Music, Health and Wellbeing	Structure
09 November 2017	Dr Andy Martin	More is Different	Structure
14 November 2017	Dr Tom Murray	An Australian Experiment: 100 years in search of meaning	Structure
20 November 2017	Professor Dennis Beach	Capitalism, Class Inequity and Education Justice in the Nordic countries: the myth of the Nordic model	Structure
28 November 2017	Professor Tiziana de Rogatis	Ritual Structures, Narratives and Female Identities	Structure
05 December 2017	Dr Jörg Kreienbrock	What is and to what end does one study Astronoetics? Explorations of Space after the Sputnik (Arendt, Blumenberg, Levinas)	Structure
22 January 2018	Dr Francesca Fulminante	All Roads Lead to Rome - But Where Did They Come From? Transport networks, interaction and the emergence of cities in ancient Italy	Structure
23 January 2018	Professor Sverre Raffnsøe	The Human Turn: philosophical anthropology in the Anthropocene	Structure
30 January 2018	Dr Pascal Nicklas	The Same With a Difference: adaptation between transformation and persistence of structure	Structure
01 February 2018	Professor Boris Malomed	Multidimensional Solitons	Structure
15 February 2018	Professor Tom Vogt	Why We Seek Structure at the Atomic Level	Structure
20 February 2018	Professor Vasilis Politis	Plato's Radical Enquiries	Structure
22 February 2018	Professor Robert Wood	Stable, Dynamic and Contextual Units of Personality: an integrated perspective	Structure
05 March 2018	Professor Nigel Rapport	On the 'freedom' and 'liberty' to distort the human figure: the art of Stanley Spencer as case-study	Structure

2017/18 'Structure' Fellows' Lectures

The Future of the University Public Lecture Series 2017/18

The University and the Role of Distance Learning - Tackling Sector Diversity

When picturing a University student, the first thing that comes to mind is an 18 year old, moving from full time secondary to full time higher education and often leaving home for the first time. But what about those students who don’t fit this picture; those studying part time, or remotely, or both? What about students whose age, caring responsibilities, health, or work commitments mean the “standard” HE experience just isn’t on the cards? These people form a sizeable yet endangered minority, particularly in England where the part time market has declined by 61% since 2009 . But their voices matter, and they’re getting louder. In a post-Brexit society where the skills gap is acknowledged as a critical issue for the economy and where jobs as we know them are being increasingly threatened by AI, learning while working suddenly feels like much more than a buzz-phrase. And to make it happen; recognising, celebrating and supporting diversity in our HE sector is more important than ever. In his remarks Peter will explore the technical, social and political factors behind the need for greater diversity in the sector - and the innovation required to support it in the years ahead.

Durham Castle Lecture: Prof. Peter Coveney - The Future of Scientific Research in UK Universities

Over the past fifteen years, we have witnessed a series of events which have collectively served to transform the environment in which scientific research is conducted in U.K. universities. The changes have included a 300 % increase in fees payable by home students and a steady increase in the very high fees payable by overseas students. Funding of research in U.K. universities has been changed beyond recognition by the introduction of the so-called "full economic cost model". The net result of this has been the halving of the number of grants funded and the top-slicing of up to 50% and beyond of those that are funded straight to the institution, not the grant holder. Overall, there is less research being performed. Is it of higher quality because the overheads are used to provide a first-rate environment in which to conduct the research?

2016/17 'Scale' Fellows' Lectures

The Scale of Things Lecture Series - 2016/17

Professor Andres Lepik

Professor Mark Pagel FRS

Professor Stuart Elden FBA

Dr Christine Sutton

Professor William Sax

Dr Karen Johnson

Professor Jussi Parikka

2015/16 'Evidence' Fellows' Lectures

Evidence on Trial Lecture Series - 2015/16

Professor Nancy Cartwright FBA

Professor Michael Rowan Robinson

Professor Dame Julia Higgins DBE FRS FRSC FREng

Dr Sarah Harris

Professor Robin Osborne FBA

Professor Michael Tite

Professor Matthew Engelke

Dr Helen Chatterjee

2014/15 'Emergence' Fellows' Lectures

Thinking About Emergence Lecture Series - 2014/15

Professor Colin Blakemore

Professor Ruth Mace

Professor David Papineau

Professor Mark Usher

Dr Nick Lane

2013/14 IAS 'Light' Fellows' Lectures

Professor Norman Kleiman

Dr Ulisses Barres de Almeida

Professor Brad Tebo

Professor Peter Adey

Other Lectures and Events

Institute of Advanced Study

'India's idea of Asia: uniting diversity' by Ambassador Nirupama Rao

'India's idea of Asia: uniting diversity' - the annual King Hussein Memorial Lecture in Cultural Dialogue 2014 given by Ambassador Nirupama Rao.

Annual King Hussein Memorial Lecture 2017

'Beyond Bombs and Bandaids: the prospects for peace' - the annual King Hussein Memorial Lecture in Cultural Dialogue 2017 given by Harriet Lamb (International Alert).

“Lies, Damned Lies and …”: Is There Such a Thing as Reliable Evidence? Annual IAS London Event 2016

King Hussein Memorial Lecture 2016

‘Finding Common Ground: Negotiating Across Cultures on Peace and Security Issues’ - the annual King Hussein Memorial Lecture in Cultural Dialogue 2016 given by Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC FASSA FAIIA.

Oliver Stone visit to Durham University March 2016

The Institute of Advanced Study hosted an event with University staff, students and members of the public, in which Oliver Stone discussed Alexander with Dr Petrovic and fellow Classics scholars, Dr Andrej Petrovic and Dr Ed Richardson, and explored his more recent films – including the soon-to-be-released Snowden – with Dr Gleider Hernández from the Law School.

Interview with Oliver Stone

Short interview clip of Oliver Stone with Professor Veronica Strang.

On the Tipping Point - Annual IAS London Event 2015

On the Tipping Point: The Annual IAS London Event at ICAEW, London on 4 June 2015.

Understanding and Communicating Pain: An interdisciplinary approach

Speakers from a variety of disciplinary perspectives speaking at the Calman Learning Centre, Durham University on 7 May 2014 on behalf of the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) and the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing and the Durham Forum for Health.

Facing Out: The New Humanities

Facing Out: The New Humanities is part of the first national Festival of the Humanities: Being Human. Durham activities engage the public in two major research projects, which are based on new encounters and collaborations – between medieval and modern science, between ancient authors and later readers. These encounters produce new research questions and results in areas of fundamental public interest: the nature of the universe, human health, and the experience of literature and art. Projects are linked through a shared methodology of interdisciplinary collaboration, and through interactive engagement with the public.

IAS London Event at ICAEW June 2014

The annual IAs London event hosted at the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) on 24 June 2014 entitled: Lights In The Sky: the search for meaning. Speakers included: Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Dr Serafina Cuomo, Professor Bob Layton and Professor David Wilkinson.

Religion in the public sphere: a modern dilemma? The King Hussein Memorial Lecture

The King Hussein Memorial Lecture 2014 by Baroness Maeve Sherlock. Part of a series on inter-cultural dialogue. The lecture was given on 1 May 2014 at the Calman Learning Centre, Durham University.

Homeric Epic and the Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorders

Watch this lecture with Dr Jonathan Shay discussing the Homeric Epic and the Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorders on 18th June 2013

King Hussein Memorial Lecture

King Hussein Memorial Lecture, given by Professor Marc Stears (Oxford), May 2012

The Public Intellectual in Classical Athens and Today at The Royal Society in London

This panel event organised by Durham University took place on 28th June 2012 and examined the influence of ancient Athens on democracy today. The all-female panel featured TV presenter and historian Bettany Hughes, Guardian chief arts and culture writer Charlotte Higgins and ancient drama and democracy expert Professor Edith Hall

IAS and the theme of Time 2012/13

Time a conversation with Dr Stefano Cracolicci

Time a conversation with Dr Simon Prosser

Time a conversation with Prof Robert Levine

Time a conversation with Prof Peter Erdi

Durham University IAS - In conversation with Dr Greti Dinkova-Bruun

Dr Greti Dinkova-Bruun discusses Time, the 2012-13 theme for the Institute of Advanced Study at Durham University.

Durham University IAS - In conversation with Dr Luxia Wang

Dr Luxia Wang discusses Time, the 2012-13 theme for the Institute of Advanced Study at Durham University

Homeric Epic and the Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorders

Watch this lecture with Dr Jonathan Shay discussing the Homeric Epic and the Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorders on 18th June 2013

Timed Out: Evolving To Extinction

This event, chaired by Prof Veronica Strang, brought together a panel of leading thinkers to discuss the intellectual, practical and ethical issues raised by humankind's effects on evolutionary time.