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Truly a supportive and connected Dept, please think about applying. Reach out if you’ve Any questions :-) #DurhamUni #AcademicSky
November 30, 2024 at 8:17 AM
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Our next medal goes to Emeritus Professor Ian Smail, of @durhamuni, who has been awarded the Herschel Medal.

The prize is awarded for investigations of outstanding merit in observational astrophysics.
Professor Ian Smail on a starry background alongside the Herschel Medal.
January 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
thatprofmaz.substack.com
Updated starter pack with extra sp @markrubin.bsky.social 😎 #durhamuni

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January 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
arcdurham.bsky.social
NEW: Staff blog by our Head of Department,
@proftommoore.bsky.social who led the Melsonby Hoard excavation! 👇

www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

#DurhamUni #DUresearch #ArchaeologyResearch
Professor Tom Moore - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
March 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
thatprofmaz.substack.com
#DurhamUni friends and colleagues where are you?
martinoneill.bsky.social Martin O'Neill @martinoneill.bsky.social · Nov 19
Just followed my colleagues on the University of York @bsky.app starter pack, with thanks to @nedpotter.bsky.social for creating it!

PS -- follow York Philosophy @uoyphilosophy.bsky.social, Politics @uoypolitics.bsky.social, and School of PPE @uoyppe.bsky.social here!

go.bsky.app/24quNDW
November 19, 2024 at 3:47 PM
arcdurham.bsky.social
Congratulations to Dr Riley Snyder, awarded Best Article of the Year by 'Studies in Late Antiquity'!

Titled: 'Beyond Urban Planning: Challenges of Resource Management in the Construction of Late Antique Capital Cities'

Learn more: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

#archaeology #research #DurhamUni
Riley Snyder Best Article of the Year - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
August 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
healthequitynorth.bsky.social
Next week, Suzanne White of @leigh-day.bsky.social & @louiseckenny.bsky.social will be delivering a workshop at the #WomanOfTheNorth Summit at @DurhamUni discussing women’s health & rights.

To sign up to the Summit and book your workshop place
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/woman-of-the...
May 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
arcdurham.bsky.social
We're delighted to announce that our Professor Sarah Semple has been made a Fellow of The British Academy 👏 Congratulations Sarah on her well-deserved achievement!

Learn more about this honour in the article below!
www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

@britishacademy.bsky.social #DurhamUni #DUresearch
Profile photo of Professor Sarah Semple on a sunny day. In the background are grassy fields and green hills.
July 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
arcdurham.bsky.social
Check out this student blog from our recent graduate, Faye McLean, who helped to excavate the Melsonby Hoard when she was a a student with us!

www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

#DurhamUni #DUresearch #ArchaeologyStudent
Faye McLean - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
March 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
arc-durhamuni.bsky.social
Last week, some of our colleagues attended Supercomputing25 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA! 🚀 They had an amazing time connecting with brilliant minds, exchanging knowledge across every corner of HPC and tech 🔬💡
#SC25 #supercomputing #HPC #durhamuni
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
mhoyle.bsky.social
Brilliant day teaching Archaeological illustration today! 40 eager students came along. Why not join us next month?

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#ArchaeologicalIllustration #DurhamUni #Archaeology #Lifelonglearning
February 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
thatprofmaz.substack.com
Our new paper is #OpenAccess

Development of a novel methodology for ascertaining scientific opinion and extent of agreement. #AcademicSky #DurhamUni

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Development of a novel methodology for ascertaining scientific opinion and extent of agreement
We take up the challenge of developing an international network with capacity to survey the world’s scientists on an ongoing basis, providing rich datasets regarding the opinions of scientists and sci...
journals.plos.org
December 7, 2024 at 10:28 AM
markrubin.bsky.social
Very nice!

Boosting to #DurhamUni
December 11, 2023 at 3:03 PM
thatprofmaz.substack.com
Whoops? forgot to add myself! #DurhamUni #AcademicSky #AcademicCats
thatprofmaz.substack.com Prof Maz Hardey @thatprofmaz.substack.com · Nov 20
Ok, here we go, please, colleagues, friends, and everyone help me add people here - the #DurhamUniversity @durham-university.bsky.social #StarterPack go.bsky.app/9X2eS3t
November 21, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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It's not too late to join online courses at #IMEMS #DurhamUni - imagine what you could discover #palaeography
manuelmunoz.bsky.social Dr Manuel Muñoz García @manuelmunoz.bsky.social · Oct 7
We’re back!

Applications are now ✨open✨ for our 2 online courses at IMEMS (Durham Uni): #latinpalaeography and #englishearlymodernpalaeography.

Join us for 2 weeks of manuscript fun!

Visit www.imemsdurhamlearn.com for more information!

The courses will run November 25 to December 6.
The Durham Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies Learning Centre
The Online Learning Centre for the Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Durham University.
www.imemsdurhamlearn.com
November 18, 2024 at 9:50 AM
mhoyle.bsky.social
The second drop-in workshop teaching Archaeological illustration today! Over 20 eager students came along. Why not join us next month?

lnkd.in/enfxkFvY
#ArchaeologicalIllustration #DurhamUni #Archaeology #Lifelonglearning
March 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
coolcabbage.bsky.social
In fact a chance has come up for UK students to start this PhD *now - ASAP - before April 2025*!

Send me a CV ASAP!

#plantscijobs #phd #DurhamUni
coolcabbage.bsky.social Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Nov 28
Am writing a PhD project studying the genes that control drought during flowering in a key UK crop (oilseed rape) - using molecular biology, mutants, lab and field experiments, hyperspectral imaging - all the way from lab to field. Contact me to find out more!
December 2, 2024 at 1:49 PM
arcdurham.bsky.social
🌍 We are delighted to share that globally we are ranked 6th in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 - thank you to everyone contributing to this Department! 🌍

#DurhamUni #DUresearch #DUinspire
#QSWUR #QS #ArcDurham #ArchaeologyDepartment
Infographic made from a photo of an excavation, with a QS World University Rankings by Subject badge for Archaeology ranked 6th place, the Durham University Archaeology Department logo, the QS world university rankings logo, and white text reading "We are delighted to share that we have been ranked 6th in the world!"
March 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
arcdurham.bsky.social
Exploring the MSc Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology Program🔬⚖️

Our graduate Cyrus Edgecombe provides insight into this amazing programme with so many opportunities to learn about this incredibly important aspect of #archaeology!

Find out more: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

#DurhamUni
March 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
arcdurham.bsky.social
🎓 Studied with us in #Archaeology? 🎓

Your voice matters.
Have your say in the Global Alumni Survey 2025.

💡 Check your inbox for your personalised link
⏳ Closes Monday 30 June at 11:59pm (BST)!

#DUAlumniSurvey25 #DurhamAlumni #HaveYourSay #MakeYourMark #Archaeology #DurhamUni
June 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
arc-durhamuni.bsky.social
👻Happy Halloween from Advanced Research Computing 👻

From high-performance computing clusters to pumpkin clusters in the patch!
We hope your day is full of treats 🎃🍭
#HPC #DURHAMUNI #DURHAM #RESEARCH
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October 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
thatprofmaz.substack.com
In a brilliant talk this morning with Advanced Research Computing about the June modelling framework for agent-based modelling in epidemiological and geographical contexts. Here's the #RoyalSociety paper via @drodurham.bsky.social durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/12447... #DurhamUni
Image of screenshot of the paper for Royal Society Open Science
November 20, 2024 at 9:43 AM
antrelclaottawa.bsky.social
Stranger Things fan? Dive into the Upside Down! A new book from Durham University explores the hit series' surprising religious themes. buff.ly/y7FOO4M #ReligiousStudies #Theology #DurhamUni
Exploring the Upside Down: New book examines religious themes in hit Netflix show Stranger Things - Durham University
A new book co-edited by Dr Adam Powell, of our Department of Theology and Religion, takes an unexpected look at one of Netflix’s most popular series. ‘Religion and Theology in Stranger Things’…
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June 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
arcdurham.bsky.social
Dr Louise Loe presents @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social Max Mill Lane project at #CIfA2025, exploring how a highly polluted environment impacts health & mortality of infants in Roman Britain. Featuring work by our #DurhamUni commercial archaeology isotope team, Prof Janet Montgomery and Dr Jo Moore
Dr Louise Loe giving a conference presentation in a seminar room with dim purple lighting. The presentation slide is about a 'Large Roman nucleated settlement/'small town', with 'Very deep stratigraphy with extensive archaeological remains, rich in artefacts and environmental samples'.
May 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
timmorton2.bsky.social
Watched SPOTY for the 1st time in years & in the "those we lost" segment I saw Peter Dixon had died. He was the gentle giant tutor who let me into #CollingwoodCollege in #DurhamUni in 1976. He became a carer for his wife for twenty years. A real man. #RestInPower
www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...
Peter Dixon, flanker who was at the heart of the Lions’ only series victory against the All Blacks...
His direct, fearless style of back-row play brought him 22 caps for England and two John Player Cups with Gosforth
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 20, 2023 at 12:24 PM