The SCR Conversations provide an opportunity to learn about, and discuss, the work of invited speakers, prior to a formal dinner. The speakers, many of whom are members of the SCR, will include university staff, working in the humanities, the social sciences, and the sciences, but also people making a distinctive contribution to the cultural, social, and political life of Durham City and the North-East. In these informal, small-scale sessions, a brief interview with the speaker opens out into a wider conversation with all present, which can continue, for those attending the formal, over drinks and dinner. The SCR Conversations, which are open to all members of the SCR, MCR, and JCR interested in the work of the speakers, take place on Tuesdays, two or three times each term,  from 6.15 to 7.00pm, in the SCR – or, if more space is required, in the Williams Library.

Questions about the SCR Conversations can be directed to the SCR Academic Officer (currently Colin Crowder).

Easter 2024 Speakers

This term, the SCR Conversations will feature one speaker:

Tuesday 6th May, 6.15-7.00pm, SCR
Revd Dr Timothy Mallard
Revd Dr Timothy Mallard retired last year following a long and distinguished career as a US Army Chaplain, in which his most recent appointments were as Command Chaplain, US Army Europe and Africa (2018-21), and as Professor and Director of Ethical Development at The United States Army War College (2021-24). Since last October, Timothy has been a Visiting Research Fellow at St Chad’s College, continuing his work with the University’s International Centre for Moral Injury, to which he has contributed as a member of the Steering Group since the Centre was created in 2022. In this SCR Conversation, he will be speaking about his career as a US Army Chaplain, the concept of ‘moral injury’, and his new book, scheduled to be published later this year, Moral and Spiritual Injury in War