We marked a truly historic and joyous occasion with the visit of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla for the Royal Maundy Service at Durham Cathedral.

Wealth inequality has been linked to human sustainability for over 10,000 years. That’s according to a new study led by Professor Dan Lawrence from our Archaeology department.

Professor Michael Snape from our department of Theology and Religion explores the history, symbolism, and contemporary significance of the Royal Maundy Service, which King Charles III will continue ...

Two researchers from our top-rated Physics department have been awarded prestigious Quantum Technology Career Acceleration Fellowships by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Engineering and ...

The Waterside, our new Business School location, has been officially opened, with the keynote speaker Paul Polman calling on business leaders to adopt a ‘net positive’ mindset, focused on exploring ...

Professor of History Justin Willis explains the ongoing conflict in Sudan, and explores what could happen next. Over the past fortnight, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have regained control of almost ...

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) and Durham Law School at Durham University (United Kingdom) have entered into an Agreement on internship arrangements aimed at promoting ...

The connections between King Charles III and ourselves go back at least 30 years. On 6 July 1989, the then-Prince Charles was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Civil Law in a grand ceremony held in the ...

From 7–9 April 2025, Durham University’s Department of Mathematical Sciences welcomed about 100 educators, researchers, and technologists from around the world for the International Meeting of the ...

In Europe, the Renaissance period saw a new wave of beauty hacks, from arsenic baths (which bleach the skin to a near translucent white) to Belladonna drops (literal poison) used on the eyes to induce ...

The Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life is one of three winners of the 2025 Leverhulme Research Centre competition, which awards research centres grants up to £10 million over ten years for ...