Feasting in Fujairah: Medieval Arab Cooking
As part of his research project on ‘Medieval Arab Cooking: Identity and Culinary Heritage’, Daniel Newman, Professor of Arabic Studies…
Culture at Durham
Eaten by a gaze: Witches in South Asian folklore
PhD scholar Annie Zaidi discusses the long history of heart-eating witches in medieval texts from the Indian sub-continent, and how…
Arabic culinary tradition at COP28
Daniel Newman, Professor of Arabic Studies in our School of Modern Languages and Cultures, was recently invited to COP28 in…
Shakespeare’s First Folio celebrations
Professor Jonathan Long, Professor in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures and Co-Director, Centre for Visual Arts and Culture…
Staff review of “Liquid Geometry” by Javier Riera
The interplay between light, geometry and physical space is beautifully explored in the technologically immersive works of artist Javier Riera.…
Sacral at St Mary’s College, Durham University Lumiere 2023
Sited for Lumiere on the terrace of St. Mary’s College, Sacral is a fragment of a cathedral evoked in light.…
What was it like to go to the theatre in Shakespeare’s time?
Professor Natalie Mears from our Department of History recently spoke to Jake Murray, Director of Elysium Theatre Company, about the…