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PGR journeys with the Institute of Advanced Study

PGR journeys with the Institute of Advanced Study

September 29, 2023
PGR journeys with Durham’s Institute of Advanced Study Chimwemwe Phiri I am a PhD student in medical anthropology and visual...
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Arts and Culture Funding

Arts and Culture Funding

September 29, 2023
Arts and Culture Funding This year, the IAS is offering to support a small number of film showings. We aim...
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Screening and Reflecting on the film on the Rohingya communities: ‘The Ice Cream Sellers’

Screening and Reflecting on the film on the Rohingya communities: ‘The Ice Cream Sellers’

September 29, 2023
 Professor Nayanika Mookherjee (Anthropology, Co-Director, IAS) In 2021, the United Nations declared it was the International Year of Peace and...
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Meet the two new interim IAS Co-Directors

Meet the two new interim IAS Co-Directors

Sep 29, 2023

Meet the two new Interim IAS Co-Directors Dr Rille Raaper, IAS Co-Director, Social Sciences and Health Dr Rille Raaper BA, MA, Ph.D., PgCAP, FHEA joins the IAS as a Co-Director (Social Sciences and Health) for the academic year 2023/2024. She graduated with a Bachelor...

In Absence of Others

In Absence of Others

Sep 29, 2023

In Absence of Others Dr Karolina Nieberle (IAS Associate Fellow, Department of Psychology) Dr Janey Zheng (IAS Asociate Fellow IAS, Department of Marketing and Management) Remote work during the Covid-19 pandemic was life-changing for millions of people, and the...

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Reflections on running an interdisciplinary project

Reflections on running an interdisciplinary project

Sep 29, 2023

An eye-opening journey into the digital world of youth Professor Mariann Hardey (Marketing and Management) Dr Rille Rapper (Education) We are writing to share our experiences of running an IAS project entitled “Risk to Youth and Studenthood in Digital Spaces”. This...

Walkshops for Interdisciplinary Research

Walkshops for Interdisciplinary Research

Sep 29, 2023

Walkshops for Interdisciplinary Research Dr Margarita Staykova (Physics) and Dr Kim Jamie (Sociology) Our Opportunities in Pollution project focused on the multi-species story of pollution in Northeast England – how human and non-human stakeholders live with, and...

Updates from the Fellows: Autumn 2023

Updates from the Fellows: Autumn 2023

Sep 29, 2023

We’re pleased to share the following news from the IAS alumni community Professor Simon James (Associate Fellow) The Durham-led ‘Shy bairns get nowt’ project will see Classics, Education, English and Psychology professors combine their expertise to support the...

Where are they now? On Fellowship, Fieldwork, and Pleasure

Where are they now? On Fellowship, Fieldwork, and Pleasure

Sep 29, 2023

Where are they now? On Fellowship, Fieldwork, and Pleasure Dr David Kneas (University of South Carolina) The late anthropologist David Graeber, though known for his activism and writings on global capitalism, also had a lot to say about pleasure. In one essay on the...

Where are they now? Tea and authenticity

Where are they now? Tea and authenticity

Sep 29, 2023

Where are they now? Tea and authenticity Professor Katrin Tiidenberg In January 2023, to the slight bewilderment of my friends and family – because ‘who goes to Northern England in January?’ - I stepped off a plane in Newcastle. The friendly driver the IAS had...

Welcome from the Director

Welcome from the Director

Sep 29, 2023

Welcome from the Director A very warm welcome to the new edition of our Transformations newsletter. We begin now to look forward to our 2023/24 intake of Fellows and projects, and there’s so much to look forward to this year. Not only do we have our usual cohort of...

Spotlight on the Director of the Institute of Advanced Study

Spotlight on the Director of the Institute of Advanced Study

Sep 29, 2023

Spotlight on the Director of the Institute of Advanced Study Having previously been a co-director within the IAS, a PI on a major project, a Christopherson Knott Fellow, and over ten years ago having led IAS activities in the ‘Futures’ theme, I have been involved with...

Issue 9 of the IAS newsletter, Transformations, is out now

Issue 9 of the IAS newsletter, Transformations, is out now

Apr 27, 2023

Our latest edition of the IAS Newsletter, Transformations, is out now. Issue 9 features updates from recent and past IAS Fellows, forthcoming projects, research developments, events and much more. Keep up to update each term, and subscribe now.

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