Upcoming Events
Tuesday 28th January – Chinese New Year Formal
18.45 – Drinks Reception, Lakeside Room
19.15 – Dinner, Ann Dobson Hall
Sign up now closed.
Wednesday 29th January – SCR Buffet Lunch
13.00 – SCR Buffet Lunch, Lakeside Room
Sign up now closed.
Wednesday 29th January – MCR Postgraduate Research Seminar
19.00 – Seminar, Lakeside Room
The MCR Committee are hosting their first research seminar of the term with speakers from the Department of Mathematical Sciences and Department of Psychology, followed by a drinks reception.
- Speaker – Indie Prescott
Topic – ‘Cognitive Biases and how they Distort our Perception of the Third World’ - Speaker – Sam Penn
Topic – ‘Making Hard Decisions: A Mathematical Approach to Security Threats’
An optional donation of £2 is suggested for non VM MCR Members to assist in covering costs of the event.
To register you interest please contact [email protected]
Save the Date!
Thursday 6th February – Wording Sharing Event
Evening with author Rachel Lynch
18.30 – Talk, Ustinov Room.
19.30 – Drinks Reception, Reception Foyer
20.00 – Dinner, Lakeside Room
Talk – Free to All
Dinner – £25 per person (Drinks Reception, Three courses with Coffee, Tea & Mints)
Table Wine – £5 per half bottle and £10 per bottle
To RSVP to the event please email [email protected] by Wednesday 29th January with any specific dietary requirements and wine orders.
Monday 10th February – Van Mildert SCR Book Club
20.00 – Prowse Room
Foody Crime Novel.
Group members to vote for the title from
- The inspector Gamache books set in Canada by Louise Penny
- The Montalbano books by the late Andrea Camilleri set in Sicily
- Donna Leon’s Commissario Brunetti novels set in Venice
- Bruno Chief of Police series by Martin Walker set in the Perigord region of France.
Please email Kathryn on [email protected] by Friday 7th February with your vote.
Kathryn will choose an appropriate title from the chosen author and provide refreshments.
Wednesday 19th February – SCR Dinner and Talk
Speaker Gary Bankhead: Underwater Arhaeologist, from Dive into Durham
18.30 – Drinks Reception, SCR Foyer
19.00 – Talk, Lakeside Room
20.00 – Dinner, Lakeside Room
Title – “Dive into Durham – Treasures in the Wear’
Speaker – Gary Bankhead
Underwater Archaeologist & Honorary Research Associate, Department of Archaeology, Durham University
Gary will be talking about his conservation work, finds from the River Wear and his involvement in the Durham River Wear Assemblage Project with Durham University.
More information on the project – http://www.diveintodurham.uk/
Ticket Price – £28 per peron
Table Wine – £5 per half bottle and £10 per bottle
To RSVP to the SCR dinner please email [email protected] by Friday 7th February with any specific dietary requirements and wine orders.
Saturday 22nd February – Opera by the Lake with Sir Thomas Allen
18.30 – Drinks Reception
19.30 – Performance, Ann Dobson Hall.
Van Mildert College are delighted to confirm that Opera by the Lake 2020 will be taking place in College on Saturday 22nd February. It promises to be a wonderful occasion and follows the similar and hugely successful performance which took place as part of College’s 50th Anniversary celebrations in 2015 during the alumni reunion weekend.
Once again, Sir Thomas Allen, Durham University’s Chancellor and renowned international baritone, will be joining us along with a number of Durham alumni soloists; Sarah Baillie, Eleanor Penfold, Bridget Tomlinson and, our College Arts Fellow, Matthew Morgan. The programme will include works by Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Bizet, Rogers and Hammerstein and much more.
Entry by donation to Van Mildert College Trust, recommended donation £20.
For more information or to book email [email protected], please note tickets will also be available on the door.
SCR Involvement Opportunity
There is also an opportunity for SCR members to sing in the opera chorus. Rehearsals will take place throughout the term as detailed below, While we hope that you will join us for as many of the rehearsals as you can, if you do not live locally the essential ‘must attend’ rehearsals are those on the evening of Friday 21st February and afternoon of Saturday 22nd February before the evening performance. Music will be provided and expression of interest to sing should be sent to [email protected] as soon as possible.