Gresham College

Gresham College has provided free public lectures since 1597.

Visit our website to browse over 3,000 past lectures by leading academics and experts - plus upcoming events, all broadcast live online and to an in-person audience: www.gresham.ac.uk Gresham College was founded in 1597 and has been providing free lectures within the City of London for over 400 years.

08/08/2026

What is copyright, in the age of AI? ©️💻

This year at Gresham College, our Professor of Business Daniel Susskind explores the relationship between AI, creativity and copyright.

His lectures show how new technologies challenge the traditional view that creativity is a uniquely human activity, and traces the historical origins of copyright, setting out how earlier technologies like the Internet have forced intellectual property law to change and adapt.

Find out more: gres.hm/ai-copyright

King's College London
University of Oxford
Stanford University

07/08/2026

What is Zeus' law, often mentioned in the hit film The Odyssey?

Professor Melissa Lane explains 'xenia' - the sacred bond between hosts and guests in ancient Greece. Violating this custom, protected by Zeus and closely tied to Themis, may even have helped spark the Trojan War.

* Also of Princeton University | Princeton Politics Department

07/08/2026

🎆📢 In-person tickets begin to open from today, with our Annual Provost's Lecture:

Why Do We Need Empathy? by Professor Jane Shaw

Tickets for all lectures open one month before each event; browse our programme to find out all the details: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on

06/08/2026

Why does music exist? 🎶🤔

Does it exist out of necessity, or did it come about as a happy accident of nature?

This year at Gresham College, our Professor of Music Milton Mermikides will explore the most persistent and puzzling questions about music, revealing what we know, exposing persistent myths, and discovering surprising truths.

In searching for answers, we uncover even more questions, along with a renewed sense of curiosity and awe at this endlessly mercurial and beautiful human endeavour.

Find out more: gres.hm/music-mysteries

University of Surrey Department of Music and Media
Royal College of Music
Guildhall School of Music & Drama

05/08/2026

"I like watching Professor Ronald Hutton talking about pagan matters, because I'm a pagan!" 💡✨

Listen to Richard's story about how Gresham College lectures have helped him on his lifelong learning journey... 📚

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04/08/2026

Look away if you're squeamish! 😱

In his last Gresham Lecture as Professor of Physic, Robin May asked, should we manipulate people’s emotions? Is it even possible?

Examples from nature prove it very might well be... but how can we navigate the ethical minefield that this will uncover, and what will it mean for our understanding of who we really are?

Watch more: gres.hm/peoples-emotions

University of Birmingham

01/08/2026

Today is ! 🏳️‍🌈✨

Did you know, even as early as the 60s, Brighton was called 'the gayest place in Europe'?

Professor Matt Cook's lecture 'Locating Q***r History' reveals the q***r history that exists beyond London, uncovering how the urban lives of LGBT+ people in England have changed dramatically over the last seventy years.

Watch: gres.hm/q***r-history

Faculty of History,

***rHistory

31/07/2026

What is the real story of our planet? 🌍

This year at Gresham College, our Professor of the Environment Helen Czerski will explore all the connections that Earth contains.

Complex flows of atoms and energy weave in and out of each other to form the world that we see. This series of lectures will take a holistic view of our planet from six different perspectives, each focusing on one component of Earth's system.

Find out more: https://gres.hm/threads-world

UCL Mechanical Engineering | UCL

30/07/2026

Today is Emily Brontë's birthday! 🎉

"...My fingers closed on the fingers of a little, ice-cold hand! The intense horror of nightmare came over me..." 💀📖 ✨

Professor John Mullan delves into the famous scene in Wuthering Heights, when Cathy's ghost appears at the window, begging, "Let me in!"

In his lecture 'Fiction and the Supernatural', he explores the Victorian invention of the Gothic novel.

Watch: gres.hm/supernatural-fiction

UCL

29/07/2026

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