Epiphany term
Epiphany term is the second academic term at Durham University, falling between Michaelmas term and Easter term, as in the Christian Feast of the Epiphany, held in January.
The term runs from January until March, equivalent to the Spring term at many British universities, Hilary term at Dublin and Oxford, and Lent term at Cambridge, Canterbury Christ Church, Lancaster, Liverpool, LSE and Swansea.
Historically, the name has been in use at Durham since the university's opening in 1833, and was also used at Newcastle University until 2004. It was also used at Durham's overseas affiliated colleges: Codrington College, Barbados, and Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone, and is used by Sierra Leone Law School.
In the United States, the name was in use in the late 19th century at Hobart College, NY, and at Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church, PA, and for a period after 1913 at.
The name remains in use at the General Theological Seminary, NY.
