Come along next week to the last events in the IAS Major project 'Interest in Cattle': a workshop in Cosin's Hall, and a public event in Redhills (Miners' Hall). More info at atwww.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/advanced-study/research-/current-projects/

Come along to The Hub at Mount Oswald tonight at 6pm for the last of this term's IAS lectures. Dr Chisoni Mumba takes us through a 2025 “Paint & Sip” rural project where children’s art sparked dialogue about Rabies. All welcome, refreshments afterwards. @durhamanthropology.bsky.social

📅Join us for our next lecture on 24 Feb at 6pm in The Hub, Mount Oswald. Chisoni Mumba takes us through a 2025 “Paint & Sip” rural project where children’s art sparked dialogue about Rabies, built trust, and drove a vaccination campaign. A case for creativity in public health.

📅Romance isn’t just Western or medieval. Come along to Trevelyan College on 16 Feb at 5.30pm to hear Dr Cameron Cross (Michigan) talk about how love-centered storytelling spread across Afro-Eurasia, shaping how cultures navigated difference in the Global Middle Ages. All welcome.

📢Fellowship alert! We are recruiting 6 ECR Addison Wheeler Fellowships starting 01 Oct 2026 (for 36 months). Any discipline, any nationality. Details at www.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/advanced-study/fellowships-funding/addison-wheeler-fellowship/ and durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Come along to our next IAS lecture on 5 Feb, 6pm in the Saltwell Building. Ben Raffield (Uppsala) rethinks Viking Age warfare, revealing complex warrior identities and a more human, realistic picture of conflict in the early medieval North @arcdurham.bsky.social @davidpetts1.bsky.social

Keep up to date with IAS events including seminars and lectures from our Fellows. Find out more at: www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...

We welcomed our new cohort of Fellows to the IAS today and are excited for a term of collaboration and research over the next 11 weeks. Our Term Card of events is now live—see what’s on at mailchi.mp/durham/ias-e... or www.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/advanced-study/about-us/events/

Our Epiphany Term card of events is available from w/c 5 Jan, but if you can't wait that long, see www.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/advanced-study/about-us/events/ for forthcoming seminars and lectures.

📢Deadline alert! Expressions of interest for the IAS Major Project Call for 2027/28 are due midday 15 Jan. Find out what you need to submit at www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...

As we bid farewell to this term's Fellows on Friday, we look forward to the cohort arriving on 12 Jan: Louise Bethlehem, Cameron Cross, Carmen Gonzalez, Chisoni Mumba, Ben Raffield and Varna Venugopal. See www.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/advanced-study/about-us/staff/2025-26-fellows/

📢Publication alert! Neuroscience (V590) IAS Director Alex Easton & 2024 IAS Fellow Avishek Parui call for a fresh perspective on everyday memory in real-world contexts. A timely reminder that understanding memory means looking beyond the lab and into daily life.

📢Publication alert! Another paper published by 2025 IAS Fellow, Prof Raouf Boucekkine (et al) 'Endogenous Growth, Spatial Dynamics and Convergence’ in Annals of Economics and Statistics, 159, pp. 79-106.

📢Publication alert! New publication from recent 2025 IAS Fellows Prof Raouf Boucekkine and Dr Ulrika Sahlin 'The mortality-fertility relationship from the economic demography perspective' in Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 48.

Open now - the IAS 2027/28 Major Projects call! Seeking bold, ambitious, interdisciplinary proposals from DU researchers with potential to grow into large research initiatives. EOI by 15 Jan 26. Learn more & get in touch with the IAS team to explore your ideas. www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...

CfP - From legal frameworks to economic systems to cultural narratives - what fuels climate apartheid? This conference gathers thinkers & practitioners to confront these questions head-on. Don’t miss this conversation. Deadline - 19 Dec. www.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/advanced-study

New publications by Louise Barrett (Lethbridge) & Durham's Rob Barton:'Beyond the sea squirt’s brain: cognition as inseparable from sensory-motor action', Behavioral and Brain Sciences; 'Embodied cognitive evolution and the limits of convergence' in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.

From BBC documentaries to the House of Lords — Baroness Alexandra Freeman’s journey is one you won’t want to miss. Join us 14 Nov, 1pm in Collingwood College as she shares how to make research matter in politics, media & beyond. Register now 👉 forms.office.com/e/Rsp4JYMRaE

Places still available at Monday's IAS seminar 'Surfacing knowledge from doctoral research' by Prof Catherine Montgomery and Dr Craig Stewart. 1-2pm, Cosin's Hall, Seminar Room. Registration essential at forms.office.com/e/X7uTWJTVMr. Sign up now. @durhameducation.bsky.social

'Undamned: indigenous leadership in river restoration in North America', a talk by Prof Beth Rose Middleton Manning (University of California, Davis) on 10 Nov, 5.30pm at Trevelyan College. No need to book, just come along. #IASFellows @durhamanthropology.bsky.social

Join IAS Fellow, artist and researcher, Georgia Kotretsos for a thought-provoking talk tonight at 6pm in Stephenson College exploring how artistic research rooted in place and participation can reshape the ways we see and know the world. Come along to Platform 3.

Join Baroness Alexandra Freeman for 'Communicating Science and Evidence' - a talk on lessons from her BBC documentary work, research, and role as a crossbench peer, exploring how we can better share our work/research. 14 Nov 1pm Collingwood College Sign up forms.office.com/e/Rsp4JYMRaE

Come along to our #IAS Fellows' lecture series starting with 'Resilience Through Arts Engagements' given by Prof Jane Davidson (Melbourne) at 6pm, 28 Oct in Hatfield College Chapel. No need to book. @kwnieberle.bsky.social @durhameaston.bsky.social

Our IAS Fellows' lecture series starts on 28 Oct with a talk by Prof Jane Davidson (Melbourne), 'Resilience Through Arts Engagements' in Hatfield College Chapel, 6pm. Open to all. Find out more about Jane at dur.ac.uk/research/ins... @kwnieberle.bsky.social

A great start to our seminar series yesterday. Please look at what we have coming up this week and next, including our next Fellows' seminar by Prof Jane Davidson on 20 Oct at 1pm on our Term Card at www.iasdurham.org/ias-term-card/

Check out our Term Card of events for this Michaelmas Term: from seminars and lectures to a weekly writing group. See: mailchi.mp/durham/ias-e...

IAS Durham is excited to partner with the Charles Wallace India Trust for an IAS fellowship (10 weeks: 12/1/26-20/3/26), as part of the IAS project Confronting Climate Apartheid. Deadline - 5.00pm UK time, 15 October 2025. durham.ac.uk/research/ins... submit applications to ias.manager@durham.ac.uk

Our current cohort of IAS Fellows are now arriving into Durham, and we have an exciting term ahead. Find out who is with us at durham.ac.uk/ias and what they are doing across the term.

Congrats to IAS Associate Fellows, Dr Alice Finden & Dr Kavi Abraham who have won a BISA Early Career Excellence in Teaching International Studies Prize. Read www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/latest-news/2025/07/national-teaching-excellence-award-for-two-early-career-academics/

National teaching excellence award for two early career academics - Durham University

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IAS Fellow Dr Noa Vaisman is collaborating this term with colleagues from @durhamanthropology.bsky.social‬, ‪@durhamhistory.bsky.social‬ & Sociology. She'll be taking part in a workshop next Tuesday in the IAS, & giving a lecture in Anthropology on Wednesday. See dur.ac.uk/research/ins... for info