Special Collections

Time Machines: the past, the future, and how stories take us there

Palace Green Library, 27 May - 3 September 2017

How big is time? And what will the future be like?

The sheer enormity of time is a mind-bending concept - one which humans have always tried to measure and understand. Step through a portal and journey through time as we reveal how advances in science allowed authors to create stories that transport us to the distant past, parallel universes, and future worlds.

See H.G. Wells’s original manuscript for The Time Machine, unravel other stories which play with time, and find out how stories help us to make sense of time and our place within it.

(22 Mar 2017)

Sir William Luce Fellowship 2018

The Sir William Luce Fellowship is awarded annually to a scholar at post-doctoral level, diplomat, politician, or business executive, whose work relates to Iran, the Gulf states, South Arabia and Sudan. The 2018 Fellowship will hosted by Durham University during the Easter term (24 April-23 June). The Fund is looking for research proposals that examine historic aspects of Iran, the Gulf States, South Arabia and Sudan that throw light on contemporary events. The deadline for applications is Friday 8 September 2017. Full details of the Fellowship and the application process are available at https://www.dur.ac.uk/sgia/imeis/lucefund/.

(20 Jun 2017)