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Gresham College’s free hybrid public lectures (running since 1597) are delivered by world-leading professors in the arts and sciences, including Professors Chris Whitty (Medicine), Sarah Hart (Maths) Leslie Thomas QC (Law) and Edith Hall (Classics).

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For teachers and students they are a resource for developing subject knowledge and skills, careers advice, EPQ projects and UCAS statements. We have a searchable back catalogue of 2,500+ free digital lectures on our website ordered by school subject at https://www.gresham.ac.uk/schools.

We offer free block School and College bookings for in-person lectures; email [email protected] if you want to book, or to order free paper programmes for your school.

2022 LECTURES:

ASTRONOMY
A series on the History of the Universe called Cosmic Revolutions by Astronomy Professor Katherine Blundell, and The Frontiers of Knowledge by Visiting Professor Roberto Trotta. 

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BUSINESS / ECONOMICS
In The Principles of Finance, Business Professor Alex Edmans gives a primer on everything from how to save to risk management. A series by Visiting Professor Martin Daunton  looks at Three Crises in Capitalism. See also Natural Capital series under Geography. 

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ENGLISH & MEDIA
The Powers of the Novel by Visiting Professor John Mullan looks at Plot, Coincidences and  Villains. The  series on How Not To be Human: Exploring Humanity Through Science Fiction gives a History of Science/ Philosophy perspective on Science Fiction by Visiting Professor Jim Endersby. In our Media, Trust and Society series, Philip Howard will talk about fighting disinformation on Covid-19. 

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GEOGRAPHY
Professor Jacqueline McGlade’s series Natural Capital and the Wellbeing Economy looks at how our economy needs to change to guarantee a sustainable future for the planet. There is also a varied series on Natural World: Exploration, Extinction and Adaptation.

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HISTORY
Among the highlights are: The Hidden History of How Protestantism Went Global, by Professor Alec Ryrie and a series on Stuart Britain. 

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IT
Professor Richard Harvey’s Six Tech Inventions That Changed the World talks about IT breakthroughs everyone should know about, like GPS, Compression and Error Control Coding. 

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LAW / POLITICS / CITIZENSHIP
Race, Colonialism and Power in the Legal System by Professor Leslie Thomas QC, looks at the Immigration Act 1971, the Brixton Riots, Judicial racism and more; The Misrule of Law by Visiting Professor Thomas Grant QC looks at the misuse of law, for example under segregation in the US. Visiting Professor Imogen Goold discusses Medical Law, including lectures on freezing eggs and fertility treatment. We have Professor Anand Menon on Brexit. Finally, the Media, Trust and Society series and the lecture, Does Philanthropy Do the Public Good? may be of interest to Citizenship teachers; along with a series on Religion and Society in the 21st Century (see Religion section). 

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MATHEMATICS
Gresham Professor Sarah Hart’s series Geometry: The Mathematics of Art discusses beauty, perspective and more;  while Hugh Hunt will give a one-off talk on The Maths of Gyroscopes and Boomerangs.

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MEDICINE
Chief Medical Officer for England Professor Chris Whitty looks at Infections and their Routes of Transmission which includes a must-watch video for cooks and caterers on Food and Drink-Borne Diseases. We also have a new series of lectures on Neuroscience: The Brain and the Mind, and a fascinating series on Medical Law which includes a lecture on Children and Consent to Medical Treatment.

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MUSIC
Professor Marina Frolova-Walker will give a series of lecture-recitals on Music Under Stalin. Visiting Professor Jeremy Summerly will give a series of lectures on Music and Emotion. 

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RELIGION
Three lecturers will explore some current issues in major world religions in Religion and Society in the 21st Century; one of which asks ‘What is a Religion’; while our Divinity Professor will look at the work of Protestant missionaries in The Hidden History of How Protestantism Went Global. 

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WATCH NOW

Recent highlights in our archive are a career-relevant series on Business Skills by Alex Edmans, which includes lectures on your CV, time management; a lecture by Jo Delahunty QC on How I Became A Barrister; several by Sir Geoffrey Nice QC including on Human Rights Abuses in China, a series on Major Debates in Public Health by Chris Whitty which includes a lecture on Vaccination; two series by Sir Jonathan Bate on Classic Shakespeare and Wordsworth and the Romantics; a series on England’s Reformations by Alec Ryrie; we also have a strong series on the applications of Mathematics for example, in the film industry, the maths of climate change, by Chris Budd. We also have some brilliant lectures on Evil Women by historian Joanna Bourke and lectures on Great Thinkers by classicist Edith Hall, and a lecture on Shakespeare, Race and Performance by Farah Karim-Cooper. 

With best wishes,

 

Simon Thurley

Simon Thurley
Provost of Gresham College
Barnard's Inn Hall
Holborn
London
EC1N 2HH

Telephone: 0207 831 0575
www.gresham.ac.uk

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