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Screening and Reflecting on the film on the Rohingya communities: ‘The Ice Cream Sellers’
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Neither ‘smoking gun’ nor ‘alibi’: Imbrications in Durham’s ‘Black’ history
Sep 29, 2023
Neither ‘smoking gun’ nor ‘alibi’: Imbrications in Durham’s ‘Black’ history Dr Liam Liburd (History), Dr Sol Gamsu (Sociology), Professor Nayanika Mookherjee (Anthropology) The Development Project Absence/presence of Durham’s Black History: An exploration of...
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...
An exciting term ahead for visiting IAS Fellows and Projects – Michaelmas Term 2023
Sep 29, 2023
An exciting term ahead for visiting IAS Fellows and Projects - Michaelmas Term 2023 The IAS welcomes its Michaelmas 2023 Fellows to Durham to work with colleagues until the end of this term. We are pleased to welcome: Professor Denise McCoskey, Miami University...
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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