We host a wide range of events throughout the year for all of our alumni and friends - you can access most of them online wherever you are! We look forward to welcoming you back to the Durham community and sharing the chance to catch up with old friends and to make new connections.
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Find out how to make your profile work for you, hear about the New Rules of Networking - and the number 1 way to advance your career in 2021, as well as learning 2 little known ways to boost your job search results. Event details
Speaker, Professor Maurice Whitehead is currently Director of Heritage Collections at the Venerable English College, Rome, and Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Catholic Studies, Durham University.
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Author Dr Dan Jackson will be presenting highlights from his book “The Northumbrians” - North East England & its people - A new history. Dr Jackson will shine a light on key aspects of North Eastern heritage and its greatest asset - its people. A chance to reacquaint yourself with this history of where you studied and uncover hidden depths.Event details
International Women’s Day on 8 March each year is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. This year at Durham we are hosting a day of events on women’s work in the time of Covid-19 including Durham colleagues and external speakers.Event details
Join us for a special event with the Vice-Chancellor and the University Secretary to celebrate the incredible life of Mary Thoits, whose Honorary Degree will be conferred posthumously with friends, family, and alumni in an online ceremony in her memory.
Join us for on a journey through the culinary and cultural history of Easter in the European Middle Ages in this talk by Professor Giles Gasper.Event details
Join us on Zoom to celebrate the opening of our state-of-the-art new building with the Departments’ wider community of students, donors, alumni, and industry partners.Event details
Join us for a truly fascinating talk 'Antarctica: The Global Impact of a Changing Environment' with Professor Dame Jane Francis, Director of British Antarctic Survey. Event details