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Durham IAS in the New Year
Written by Veronica Strang Welcome to the second issue of the Institute of Advanced Study’s newsletter, Transformations. As the New Year of 2021 unfolds, we have all become accustomed to virtual life. Along with many departments and institutes at other Universities,...
Updates from the Fellowship: Epiphany 2021
We're pleased to share the following news from the IAS alumni community. Professor Stewart Clegg (2010/11 Fellow) Has become emeritus Professor at the University of Technology Sydney. He currently holds a visiting Appointment at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculty of...
IAS Director Nicholas Saul publishes new book with Brill
Mar 1, 2021
Darwin’s idea has...
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Where are they now? Professor John Dupré
Mar 1, 2021
Written by Nicholas Saul Professor John Dupré of Exeter University had a powerful impact on the intellectual life of...
The Meta Question
Mar 1, 2021
Written by Veronica Strang One of the key challenges in interdisciplinary research is to define an overarching ‘meta...
Meet the team: New Co-Director Alexander Easton
Mar 1, 2021
As one door closes, another door opens. With Professor Chris Greenwell’s move to pastures new, the IAS has moved to...
Mediation for the Twenty First Century: connecting the local and the global
Mar 1, 2021
Written by Catherine Turner In a world where globalisation and nationalism glare suspiciously at each other across a...
IAS Artist in Residence
Sep 10, 2020
While the majority of our 2020/21IAS Fellowship is virtual, we are delighted to confirm that artist Sarah Danays joins us in Durham for her Fellowship from October to March.
Material Imagination
Sep 5, 2020
Project lead, Margarita Staykova, reflects on the exciting potential of living materials, and how the very processes of life – emergence, adaptation, resilience and death – can be used to develop new materials.
The Lambton Worm and First Australians: Tom Murray at the IAS
Aug 2, 2020
In this piece, 2017 Structure Fellow Tom Murray considers how his Fellowship study of the Lambton Worm ties in with his interest in narratives of ‘otherness’ and his recent film ‘The Skin of Others’.
Updates from the Fellowship: Michaelmas 2020
Jul 15, 2020
We’re pleased to share the following news from the IAS alumni community.
Meet the team: Dr Ronan O’Donnell
Jul 13, 2020
We’re thrilled to welcome Dr Ronan O’Donnell to the IAS team as our new administrator.
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