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Dunston Hill, Whickham. The evolution of a country house and estate over three centuries (2024)
Journal Article
Pears, R. (2024). Dunston Hill, Whickham. The evolution of a country house and estate over three centuries. Archaeologia Aeliana, 6(3), 307-342

The Dunston Hill estate was created by the Carr (later Carr-Ellison) family, whose mercantile connections stretched from British America to the Baltic. Income from trade, agriculture, coal mining and banking
enabled the family to build and later ext... Read More about Dunston Hill, Whickham. The evolution of a country house and estate over three centuries.

Connected fragments: an early Hong Kong archaeological collection (2024)
Journal Article
Fraser, T. C., Sung, A. P. Y., & Chiesa, B. (online). Connected fragments: an early Hong Kong archaeological collection. Journal of the History of Collections, Article fhae025. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhc/fhae025

During a refurbishment project at the University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong in 2018, a large collection of uncatalogued artefacts was discovered. Between February and September 2021 an internal project team conducted a prel... Read More about Connected fragments: an early Hong Kong archaeological collection.

Metamaterials genome: progress towards a community toolbox for ai metamaterials discovery (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Earnshaw, J., Syrotiuk, N., Duncan, O., Kaczmarczyk, L., Scarpa, F., & Szyniszewski, S. (2024, April). Metamaterials genome: progress towards a community toolbox for ai metamaterials discovery. Presented at 2024 UK Association for Computational Mechanics Conference, Durham, UK

Understanding the limits of the design space is a key aspect in optimising complex hierarchical structures and is vital for exploring and designing novel Metamaterials. Simultaneously, abundant data (mostly text, images, and location) aggregated by m... Read More about Metamaterials genome: progress towards a community toolbox for ai metamaterials discovery.

Dead and dying bodies (2024)
Book Chapter
Westerhof, D. (2024). Dead and dying bodies. In D. Davies (Ed.), Cultural history of death in the middle ages (25-40). (1). Bloomsbury

Protecting Dispersed Collections: A Framework for Managing the at-Risk Heritage Assets of Catholic Religious Institutes (2023)
Report
Bush, J. (2023). Protecting Dispersed Collections: A Framework for Managing the at-Risk Heritage Assets of Catholic Religious Institutes. RLUK

The aim of this project was to gather information on the archive management practices for all religious institutes of England and Wales and to propose viable solutions for their long-term preservation, ensuring their continuity beyond the lifespan of... Read More about Protecting Dispersed Collections: A Framework for Managing the at-Risk Heritage Assets of Catholic Religious Institutes.

‘Temples of Knowledge: The Classical Architecture of Public Libraries and Mechanics Institutes’ (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pears, R. (2023, July). ‘Temples of Knowledge: The Classical Architecture of Public Libraries and Mechanics Institutes’. Paper presented at Classical Presences in North-East England, St Chad's College, Durham University

Wealthy Britons of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries embraced the classical world through their education in public schools and universities, and Grand Tours of classical monuments in Europe. They lived, ruled and played in classical-style coun... Read More about ‘Temples of Knowledge: The Classical Architecture of Public Libraries and Mechanics Institutes’.

A fresh perspective: the impact of interns on research and culture (2023)
Book Chapter
Baguley, N., & Endersby-Marsh, H. (2023). A fresh perspective: the impact of interns on research and culture. In A. Priestner (Ed.), User Experience in Libraries: Yearbook 2023 (150-156). UXLibs

In 2019 we applied for and were appointed to new library intern posts at Durham University, partially as a result of two of our colleagues attending UXLibsV and hearing Claire Browne’s presentation ‘Internships and Ethnography: Students Researching S... Read More about A fresh perspective: the impact of interns on research and culture.