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#1 ...and a Partridge in a Pear Tree
*Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution*
Gresham Speaker Dr Sudhir Hazareesingh
Watch the Full Video on here: https://youtu.be/04LaVptc-Tg
#2 Turtle Doves
*Brexit: What Have We Learned So Far*
Gresham Speaker Professor Anand Menon
Watch the Full Video on here: https://youtu.be/g75OIszvopk
King's College London
Brexit: What Have We Learned So Far? Sir Peter Ricketts will be giving a lecture on 'Britain's Foreign Policy in a Fast-Changing World'.Register to watch via our website: https://www.gresham.ac....
#3 French Hens
*Gods of Prehistoric Britain*
Gresham Professor of Divinity Ronald Hutton University of Bristol
Watch the Full Video on here: https://youtu.be/QjC0lGr4h04
#4 Calling Birds
*The Irish Question and the Ulster Question Then and Now*
Emeritus Gresham Professor of Law Vernon Bogadnor CBE King's College London
Watch the Full Video on here: https://youtu.be/pJJgKfgPyOs
What was religion like in Roman Britain?
Paganism in Roman Britain
What pre-Roman deities persisted? Which new gods came with Romans?
This lecture looks at the evidence: inscriptions, statues and figurines, carvings and all the impediments of ritual, as well as the testimony of hundreds of burials.
It shows how the Romans developed the cults of native deities such as Sulis and Belatucadros, and imported their own official divinities such as Jupiter and Mercury and mystery religions such as that of Mithras.
Gresham Professor of Divinity Ronald Hutton University of Bristol
Watch here: https://youtu.be/eT9ijbQiB2w
( on website)
#5 Golden Rings
*War and Peace in Europe From Hi**er to Putin*
Professor Sir
Watch the Full Video on here: https://youtu.be/BPxXI52agwI
War and Peace in Europe from Hi**er to Putin How can we understand the war in Ukraine in the light of European history over the past century? Is Putin a '20th-century Hi**er' as some have called him? Wh...
#6 Geese a Laying
*The Politics of Fabric and Fashion in Africa 1960 -Today*
Gresham Speaker Dr Christine Checinska Victoria and Albert Museum
Watch the Full Video on here: https://youtu.be/-8X0X-cw53U
#7 Swans a Swimming
*Life in a Revolutionary Decade in Britain (1649 -1660)*
Gresham Speaker Dr Anna Keay The Landmark Trust
Watch the Full Video on here: https://youtu.be/YeaQuP-gb3o
University of Oxford Queen Mary University of London
Life in a Revolutionary Decade in Britain (1649-1660) What was life like in 1649-1660, Britain's only decade as a republic? This lecture explores the immense changes of the period through the personal experience...
#8 Maids are Milking
*Why did Europe’s Economies Diverge from Asia?*
Visiting Gresham Prof of History Martin Daunton UCL
Watch the Full Video on here: https://youtu.be/QQyMxLpaokU
Why Did Europe’s Economies Diverge from Asia? The levels of income in parts of China and India were similar to those in Europe in the middle ages, until the Mediterranean pulled ahead – followed by north...
What can we learn through the process?
The Israel-Palestine: Religion, Violence and Peacebuilding
Drawing on examples from the Israel-Palestine conflict, this lecture explores contrasting approaches, theories and practices for interpreting the relationship between religion and violence. It argues that understanding that religion can both incite violence and promote peace - is vital for building peace in the Middle East. It will explore the Myth of Redemptive Violence theory; the Mimetic Violence and Scapegoat theory; and the Myth of Religious Violence theory.
Professor Jolyon Mitchell Dir. The University of Edinburgh
Watch Now: https://youtu.be/r2uEZ9WImWU
( on website)
University of Cambridge University of Durham
The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Religion, Violence and Peacebuilding Drawing on examples from the Israel-Palestine conflict, this lecture explores contrasting approaches, theories and practices for interpreting the relationshi...
How have microbes formed structures on our planet?
Microbial Megastructures
Invisible microbes have created some of the largest structures on the planet. Mycorrhizal fungi form extraordinary subterranean networks that associate symbiotically with plant roots.
Most land plants, including many human crops, need mycorrhizae for optimal growth, but recent research has shown they also play important roles in forest-wide communication and may even turn some trees into carnivores. More dramatically, microbial communities have created global landmarks ranging from the White Cliffs of Dover to the Great Barrier reef.
Professor of Physic Robin May Food Standards Agency
Watch on now: https://youtu.be/Im-WoqVEpJ8
( on website)
University of Oxford University of Birmingham
Microbial Megastructures Invisible microbes have created some of the largest structures on the planet. Mycorrhizal fungi form extraordinary subterranean networks that associate symbi...
How can we tackle disinformation and misinformation?
How to Fight Fake News
Fake news, influence operations, disinformation, misinformation and conspiracy theories are different flavours of falsehoods that have one thing in common: they put citizens in the front line of countering threats to democracies, national security, and community safety.
This talk will explore governments’ and platforms’ efforts to counter falsehood, and what citizens can do to defend themselves, their loved ones, and ultimately their nations from influence operations.
Professor of IT Dr Vic Baines BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Watch here: https://youtu.be/mYW_0QU89v0
( on website)
#9 Ladies Dancing
*Who Owns the Internet?*
Gresham Professor of IT Dr Vic Baines BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Watch the Full Video on here: https://youtu.be/tJS_IEU-7oU
The 2022 Alfred Wiener Holocaust Memorial Lecture
Lives in Limbo: Jewish Refugees in Portugal, 1940-1945
This lecture highlights the experiences of Jewish refugees fleeing from antisemitic persecution and from World War II to Portugal. It describes how they were treated, how they attempted to escape Europe, and how they struggled in a “no-man’s land” between a painful past and an unknown future. Listening to their voices may help us to understand Jewish heartbreak and perseverance in the 1940s and encourage us to listen compassionately to refugees’ stories today.
Professor Marion Kaplan New. York University
Watch Now https://youtu.be/uO3kQEl-mNk ( on website)
The Wiener Holocaust Library Holocaust Memorial Day
Lives in Limbo: Jewish Refugees in Portugal, 1940–1945 The Alfred Wiener Holocaust Memorial LectureThis lecture highlights the experiences of Jewish refugees fleeing from antisemitic persecution and from World Wa...
#10 Lords a Leaping
*Do We Need Juries?*
Gresham Professor of Leslie Thomas Court Chambers
Watch the Full Video on https://youtu.be/5q4zmrBu5gg
NEW BOOK: “If we are to meet the challenges that an ever-changing world is throwing at us, then the task of accepting that uncertainty is about exploring the possible, rather than the impossible must be taken on board by all. It is our reliance on the past and accepted models and lack of accepting maverick, even challenging perspectives, which limits us and closes opportunity space. We need more creativity, more innovation and better embracing difference."
Read more in Dowshan Humzah (Board Member at
Gresham College) et al new book *Uncertainity Deconstructed* here: https://gres.hm/Springer
#11 Pipers Piping
*The Lost Cities and the Amazing Heritage of Kenya*
Robin Walker
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The Lost Cities and Amazing Heritage of Kenya The coast of Kenya has a series of impressive medieval ruins. Amongst the monuments are tombs, grand houses, mosques, and palaces. East African archaeologist...
How has air pollution changed from then to now?
London’s Air: The 70th Anniversary of the Great London Smog
On the 5th of December 1952 London experienced a major pollution episode, the Great Smog, resulting in thousands of deaths throughout the city.
On the 70th anniversary of this event, the lecturer will review how air pollution has changed in the intervening period, the evidence that it is still having profound effects on our health and the effectiveness of measures to ensure clean air and better public health.
Visiting Professor of Dr Ian Mudway Imperial College London
Watch here on https://youtu.be/5Y9EbpRVtwA
( on website)
Whose interests do they serve?
Do We Need Judges?
What is the role of the judiciary in England and Wales, how did it develop, and how does it compare with other countries?
This lecture will examine how judges are appointed, whose interests they serve, and who they are accountable to. It will examine the relationship between an independent judiciary and the rule of law, and what ideological assumptions underpin the judicial function in modern liberal democracies. Do our judges have the training, understanding and skills to perform their roles?
Gresham Professor of Law Leslie KC Garden Court Chambers
Watch on here: https://youtu.be/r7Kyv8CVh58
( on website)
How is it democratising the financial system?
Love, Trust and Crypto
The crypto movement began as a reaction to the concentration of economic power in the traditional financial system (and associated financial crises). It involved the creation of a new type of financial recording system, that did not depend on any one individual keeping records, did not allow falsification, and prevented fraud and double spending.
Crypto is underpinned by public-private key encryption, hashing and mining and allows a completely decentralised system to write enforceable contracts that cannot be altered once written. But how does the technology actually work? How would the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet have played out had crypto been around in the sixteenth century?
Gresham Professor of Business Raghavendra Rau Cambridge Judge Business School
Watch here on https://youtu.be/C3UujBPGiSk
( es on website)
#12 Drummers Drumming
*Should We Permit Voluntary Assisted Dying?*
Visiting Gresham Professor of Medical Law Imogen Goold University of Oxford
Watch Full Lecture on here: https://youtu.be/tMMGfiN5jwo
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*Tonight* Paganism in Roman Britain 6pm
Book Tix gres.hm/paganism-roman (watch online/in-person)
We look forward to welcoming you
Weds 7 Dec 2022
6-7pm
Venue
Gresham Professor of Divinity Ronald Hutton
Thanks in advance! See you soon
Paganism in Roman Britain What was religion like in Roman Britain? What pre-Roman deities persisted? Which new gods came with Romans? This lecture looks at the evidence: inscriptions, statues and figurines, carvings and all the impediments of ritual, as well as the testimony of hundreds of burials. It shows how the Romans de...
*Tonight* How to Fight Fake News#GreshamLecture 6pm
Book Tix gres.hm/fight-fake (watch online/in-person)
We look forward to welcoming you
Tues 6 Dec 2022
6-7pm
Venue Barnard’s Inn Hall
Gresham Professor of IT Dr Vic Baines BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Thanks in advance! See you soon
How To Fight Fake News Fake news, influence operations, disinformation, misinformation and conspiracy theories are different flavours of falsehoods that have one thing in common: they put citizens in the front line of countering threats to democracies, national security, and community safety. This talk will explore govern...
*Today* The Israel-Palestine: Religion, Violence and Peacebuilding 1pm
Book Tix gres.hm/israel-palestine (watch online/in-person)
We look forward to welcoming you
Tues 6 Dec 22
1-2pm
Venue Barnard’s Inn Hall
Prof Jolyon Mitchell Dir. University of Edinburgh
Thanks in advance! See you soon
The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Religion, Violence and Peacebuilding Drawing on examples from the Israel-Palestine conflict, this lecture explores contrasting approaches, theories and practices for interpreting the relationship between religion and violence. It argues that understanding that religion can both incite violence and promote peace - is vital for building....
*Tonight* London’s Air: The 70th Anniversary of the Great London Smog 6pm
Book Tix gres.hm/londons-air (watch online/in-person)
We look forward to welcoming you
Mon 5 Dec 2022
6-7pm
Venue Barnard’s Inn Hall
Visiting Professor of Dr Ian Mudway Imperial College London
Thanks in advance! See you soon
London’s Air: The 70th Anniversary of the Great London Smog On the 5th of December 1952 London experienced a major pollution episode, the Great Smog, resulting in thousands of deaths throughout the city. On the 70th anniversary of this event, the lecturer will review how air pollution has changed in the intervening period, the evidence that it is still havin...
“Can we teach AI to recognise objects never seen before by giving it a load of observations?” Find out more in the *Machine Learning and the 4th Industrial Revolution* with Dr Loubna Bouarfa Founder and CEO OKRATech.ai
Watch the full length lecture here: gres.hm/machine-learning
“...It is easy to fall into the trap of assuming that all African fashions are always deliberate acts of creative agency.” Find out more in the *The Politics of Fabric and Fashion in Africa 1960 -Today* with Dr Christine Checinska
Watch the full length lecture here: gres.hm/africa-fashion
The 2022 Alfred Wiener Holocaust Memorial Lecture
Lives in Limbo: Jewish Refugees in Portugal, 1940-1945
This lecture highlights the experiences of Jewish refugees fleeing from antisemitic persecution and from World War II to Portugal. It describes how they were treated, how they attempted to escape Europe, and how they struggled in a “no-man’s land” between a painful past and an unknown future. Listening to their voices may help us to understand Jewish heartbreak and perseverance in the 1940s and encourage us to listen compassionately to refugees’ stories today.
Professor Marion Kaplan New York University
Watch Now: https://youtu.be/uO3kQEl-mNk
(past lectures on website) The Wiener Holocaust Library Holocaust Memorial Day
Lives in Limbo: Jewish Refugees in Portugal, 1940–1945 The Alfred Wiener Holocaust Memorial LectureThis lecture highlights the experiences of Jewish refugees fleeing from antisemitic persecution and from World Wa...
What was religion like in Roman Britain?
Paganism in Roman Britain
What pre-Roman deities persisted? Which new gods came with Romans?
This lecture looks at the evidence: inscriptions, statues and figurines, carvings and all the impediments of ritual, as well as the testimony of hundreds of burials. It shows how the Romans developed the cults of native deities such as Sulis and Belatucadros, and imported their own official divinities such as Jupiter and Mercury and mystery religions such as that of Mithras.
Weds 7 Dec 2022
6-7pm
Gresham Professor of Divinity Ronald Hutton
Sign Up gres.hm/paganism-roman (Watch later & past lectures on website)
*Tonight* Do We Need Judges? 6pm
Book Tix gres.hm/judges (watch online/in-person)
We look forward to welcoming you
Thurs 1 Dec 2022
6-7pm
Venue Barnard’s Inn Hall
Gresham Professor of Law KC
Thanks in advance! See you soon
Do We Need Judges? What is the role of the judiciary in England and Wales, how did it develop, and how does it compare with other countries? This lecture will examine how judges are appointed, whose interests they serve, and who they are accountable to. It will examine the relationship between an independent judiciary...
Is it time to rethink it now Catholics are the majority in Northern Ireland?
The Question & the Question Then and Now
Britain before 1914 was convulsed by the Irish Question. Since the Act of Union of 1800, Ireland had been governed without the consent of the vast majority of Irish Catholics, who comprised around 3/4 of the population. Home Rule was the suggested solution. But there was a second question, the Ulster Question arising from the presence of a large Protestant minority in the north east of Ireland, who rejected rule from Dublin.
This lecture asks whether better answers are available today.
Emeritus Gresham Professor of Law Vernon Bogadnor CBE
Watch Now https://youtu.be/pJJgKfgPyOs (past lectures on website)
How will human & decision-making impact our lives?
Machine Learning and the 4th Industrial Revolution
AI technology is already changing the face of the world as we know it.
This lecture looks at the reasons why AI is hailed as an unprecedented revolution using practical examples from healthcare and business.
Humans and machines will coexist and make joint decisions, but what does this mean for humanity? Learn what this gigantic shift, a 4th industrial revolution, entails and how you can harness the benefits and avoid the traps.
Gresham Speaker Loubna Bouarfa Founder & CEO OKRA.ai
Watch Now https://youtu.be/7SyUsDd5GOo ( on website)
Machine Learning and the 4th Industrial Revolution AI technology is already changing the face of the world as we know it.This lecture looks at the reasons why AI is hailed as an unprecedented revolution using...
Are we asking the wrong questions in regard to ?
The Atmospheric Physics Behind Net Zero
Before net zero, climate policy was all about contraction and convergence of emissions between rich and poor to achieve, in the words of the Rio Convention, “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere” at a safe level. But scientists struggled to establish what that “safe” level was, making little progress in over a quarter of a century. And it was not because we were incompetent: for fundamental reasons in physics and probability theory, we were asking the wrong question.
Professor of Environment Myles Allen St John's College, Oxford
Watch Now https://youtu.be/Auq5PLKTA3M (past lectures on website)
How can we oppose falsehoods?
How to Fight Fake News
Fake news, influence operations, disinformation, misinformation and conspiracy theories are different flavours of falsehoods that have one thing in common: they put citizens in the front line of countering threats to democracies, national security, and community safety.
This talk will explore governments’ and platforms’ efforts to counter falsehood, and what citizens can do to defend themselves, their loved ones, and ultimately their nations from influence operations.
Tues 6 Dec 2022
6-7pm
Professor of IT Dr Vic Baines
Sign Up gres.hm/fight-fake (Watch later & past lectures on website)
“The old adultery plot is as they say irresistible.” Find out more in the *Adultery in the Novel, from Flaubert to Sally Rooney* with Visiting Professor of English Literature John Mullan
Watch the full length lecture here: gres.hm/adultery-novel
Is there a way forward?
The Israel-Palestine: Religion, Violence and Peacebuilding
Drawing on examples from the Israel-Palestine conflict, this lecture explores contrasting approaches, theories and practices for interpreting the relationship between religion and violence. It argues that understanding that religion can both incite violence and promote peace - is vital for building peace in the Middle East. It will explore the Myth of Redemptive Violence theory; the Mimetic Violence and Scapegoat theory; and the Myth of Religious Violence theory.
Tues 6 Dec 2022
6-7pm
Professor Jolyon Mitchell The University of Edinburgh
Sign Up gres.hm/israel-palestine (Watch later & past lectures on website) University of Cambridge Durham University
The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Religion, Violence and Peacebuilding Drawing on examples from the Israel-Palestine conflict, this lecture explores contrasting approaches, theories and practices for interpreting the relationship between religion and violence. It argues that understanding that religion can both incite violence and promote peace - is vital for building....
*Tonight* Microbial Megastructures 6pm
Book Tix gres.hm/microbial-megastructures (watch online/in-person)
We look forward to welcoming you
Tues 29 Nov 2022
6-7pm
Venue Barnard’s Inn Hall
Professor of Physic Robin May Food Standards Agency
Thanks in advance! See you soon University of Birmingham
Microbial Megastructures *Please note that due to industrial action this lecture was rescheduled to the new date of 29 November 2022.
The College was established out of the Will of Sir Thomas Gresham, one of the most influential and important men across the Tudor and Elizabethan periods. Sir Thomas made himself indispensible as the financial agent for four successive monarchs from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I. As well as founding the Royal Exchange, Sir Thomas left proceeds in his Will for the foundation of the College in his name.
Gresham College was established in 1597 in Sir Thomas' former mansion on Bishopsgate. It was there that the seven original Gresham Professors lived and lectured, including the likes of Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke. After over 150 years at Bishopsgate – a period that saw the establishment of the Royal Society within the College – we moved to new premises on the corner of Gresham Street and Basinghall Street. In 1991 the College moved to Barnard's Inn Hall, a 14 th Century hall located close to Chancery Lane.
Today the College continues our four-century-old tradition of providing free public lectures within London. We uphold our founding principle in maintaining the highest possible academic standards for all of our appointed Gresham Professors, Visiting Professors and visiting speakers. All of the College's 130 and more lectures and events each year are free and open to all. Booking is not generally required, but for a few lectures which do require it are all clearly marked.
The College has been recording its lectures since the 1980s and there are now over 1,900 lectures freely available online in text, audio or video formats. The provision of this free online archive of lectures aligns with our founding principles of accessible free education for all.
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