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Free, public lectures across the Arts & Sciences https://t.co/1tJXfzKbgN
London
Joined September 2009
We're thrilled to announce the appointment of @chrislintott - of @OxfordPhysics, @NewCollegeOx, @the_zooniverse & @BBCStargazing - as the 39th Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College: #astronomy #space #astrophysics 1/4. @magdalenealumni @AAS_Publishing
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What do we know about COVID-19 so far? Join Gresham Professor of Physic (and Chief Medical Officer for England) Chris Whitty online on Thursday 30th April, 6pm: #LockdownLearning #GreshamLectures #LearnAtHome
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Looking for answers to how we can improve our politics? @RoryStewartUK will be giving a Gresham lecture (free, hybrid) on Populism, Aristotle and Hope on Thursday 8 June: sign up to watch online (in person tickets all gone)
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We are delighted to announce our new Geometry Professor from September 2020, Professor Sarah Hart. Gresham Prof of Geometry is thought to be the oldest Maths professorship in Britain. @BirkbeckUoL @mathshistory @BalliolOxford @OfficialUoM @CLSGgirls .
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NEWS:*Congrats* @_lesliethomas QC @gardencourtlaw new Professor of Law @GreshamCollege. Top-rated UK #humanrights #constitutionallaw #barrister. Taught @kingstonuni @uniwestminister @Openuniversity. Will deliver free public #GreshamLectures.Read more here:
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Populism, Aristotle and Hope. Join @RoryStewartUK at 6pm, live online: Can we re-energise the political center through hope, reality & truth; ensuring a better future for democratic #politics & the global order?. #politicalphilosophy @campbellclaret
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Missing being out and about in London during this lockdown? Well we have you covered! Click our link for a wonderful playlist of our London-themed lectures from an array of our fantastic professors: #londonlockdown #GreshamLectures #LockdownLearning
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With deep appreciation, we bade a warm farewell to @sarahlovesmaths on Tues, in her role as the 33rd Gresham Prof. of Geometry. We’ve loved her explorations of the magic of everyday #maths: puzzles, paradoxes, patterns & proofs. Revisit all her lectures:
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Migration. Empire. Slavery. ⛓️Five renowned professors present a range of talks as part of #BlackHistoryMonth 2019, exploring a range of issues that still resonate today. | Find out more: @DavidOlusoga .@OlivetteOtele.@MirandaKaufmann
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🔔NEW: The 2022-3 @GreshamCollege programme is out now! From the sciences to the arts, humanities, business - and more - we have 120 lectures and 5 New Professors: Ronald Hutton, Myles Allen, Victoria Baines, Raghavendra Rau and Robin May.
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TODAY 6PM ⛓️TICKET REQUIRED 'Slavery, Memory and Reparations' by @OlivetteOtele | Join us @museumoflondon or watch live on YouTube: #BlackHistoryMonth
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Jacques Francis, Mary Fillis & Edward Swarthye, Their stories illuminate key issues: – how did they come to England? What were their lives like? Most importantly: were they free? ⛓️Watch 'Black Tudors' by @MirandaKaufmann here: #BlackHistoryMonth
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Delighted to announce the appointment of distinguished mathematician @AlainGoriely as the new Gresham Professor of Geometry!. Prof Goriely is renowned for his contributions to dynamical systems, mathematical biology & mechanics. Read more: @OxUniMaths
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SHOUT OUT: To Maths teachers, educators and communicators. It is the 12 May! Looking for resources to celebrate #WomenInMaths today? Take a look at the first female Professor of Geometry @sarahlovesmaths #GreshamLectures here:
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What does it mean to be #BlackBritish? How has the history and memory of enslavement shaped #identities #citizenship in #Europe? Watch Professor @OlivetteOtele’s #GreshamLecture here:
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COVID-19 has changed lives around the world in ways that were unimaginable just weeks ago. What do we really know so far? Gresham Professor and @CMO_England Chris Whitty explains - watch now! . #Covid19UK #coronavirusuk
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And even the best and brightest women were likely to be dismissed or condescended to: http://t.co/3wL4r44EM2.
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On the fifth day of Christmas, Gresham College gave to me. One of our favourite lectures of 2023, Pilgrimages, Pandemics and the Past, by award-winning historian @holland_tom Enjoy!. Hosted jointly with @RoyalHistSoc.@theresthistory #history #religion
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'#China: #Art, War and Salvation, 1933-1949' by Prof. Craig Clunas is now available to watch on #YouTube and our website! #ChineseArt @CraigClunas LINK:
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NEW! Sir Jonathan Bate gave a fantastic final lecture as Gresham Prof. of Rhetoric on the original celebrity poet - Lord Byron. How was Byron both a Romantic and Anti-Romantic? #greshamlectures @byron_society @Wordsworthians @provbate
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@HistoryExtra @OlivetteOtele Congratulations indeed. @OlivetteOtele is the first black woman EVER to be awarded a chair of History in British universities. How long this has taken! May it be the first of many. Wonderful to see that 5.6k people have favourited her tweet !.
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Excited that we now have a larger venue for Black Tudors lecture and therefore more tickets are available on 17 Oct - book your free seat now! @ConwayHall . @MirandaKaufmann .
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#MellowFruitfulness Professor Jonathan Bate's lecture on the origin of Romanticism last night at the Museum of London #GreshamLectures is now available on youtube. It's also a great resource for @Keats_Shelley @KeatsHouse @Wordsworthians @WordsworthTrust @ColeridgeNT.
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Last Night, on the eve of #Leonardo500 Prof. Martin Kemp (@UniofOxford) examined the art, the science and the controversy surrounding Leonardo's Salvator Mundi, the world's most costly picture! 🎨 Watch it here:
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NEW! Edith Hall, our resident classicist, tells the story of the most influential speech of all time delivered by #Pericles - the Funeral Oration or #Epitaphios #greshamlectures @edithmayhall @kingsclassics
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Congratulations Gresham Emeritus Professor @bourke_joanna ! Awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to the Social Sciences. Revisit all of Prof Bourke's brilliant Gresham lectures via: @BirkbeckUoL
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Why is symmetry aesthetically pleasing? The Maths of Beauty and Symmetry #GreshamLecture Mon 22 Nov 2021, 1-2pm Prof of Geometry @SarahLovesMaths @BirkbeckUoL @mathsociety Sign Up (Watch later & past lectures on website) @e17RnR_books @scottishmaths
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The next lecture in our #BlackHistoryMonth series is happening on Monday 14th October with @OlivetteOtele discussing Slavery and Memory | Tickets have all been allocated but you can watch live here: More Info:
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DRUM ROLL: We are excited here @GreshamCollege because we have put the finishing touches to our new 2020-21 programme of free public lectures and it is now out! Get your *free*paper copy and start planning what you want to see. Sign up here:
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“. And if the death, was as a result of systemic failures. We might expect those systems that contributed to the death. To be changed.”. Watch ‘Does The State Really Care When It Kills You?’ By @_lesliethomas in full here: #greshamlectures #Law
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How has maths been used in the fight against Covid-19?.Maths vs. Covid-19 #GreshamLecture Thurs 27 May 2021, 6-7pm. Gresham Professor Julia Gog @FacultyMaths @Cambridge_Uni Sign Up (Watch later & past lectures on website) @LondMathSoc @cityoflondon.
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Free lecture tonight: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani. Live at 6pm via: With Professor @hollykrieger of @MECCambridge, in partnership with the London Mathematical Society. #maths #mathshistory. @Cambridge_Uni.@Mathematical_A.@euromathsoc
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NEW! Jonathan Bate, our prof. of Rhetoric, continues his series on Wordsworth and the Romantics with the story of the Cockney Romantics #greshamlectures @provbate #Keats #Wordsworth #Romantics @Wordsworthians
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New Professor of Law @_LeslieThomas QC cases incl Mark Duggan inquest & #Grenfell Public Inquiry. Will share his knowledge & expertise in 2020-21 lecture series called Death, The State, and Human Rights @GreshamCollege Find out more here:#GreshamLectures
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*Coming Up* Does bell ringing + patterns = Maths?. The Mathematics of Bell Ringing #GreshamLecture. Tues 5 Jan 2020. 1-2pm. Gresham Prof of Geometry @Sarahlovemaths @BirkbeckUoL. Sign Up Now . @e17RnR_books @mathshistory @ATMMathematics @UKMathsTrust
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NEW! At the end of her series on the Family Justice System, Jo Delahunty QC tackles the personal cost a legal aid lawyer must pay in dealing with horrific cases involving families #greshamlectures @JoDQC #law @YLALawyers @BarristerSecret
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🛥️TODAY 6PM 🛥️'Human Traffic: Race and Post-War Migration Policy' by @DavidOlusoga | Watch live here:#BlackHistoryMonth
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TODAY 6PM 🤒 Prof. Chris Whitty takes us through what is known about Covid-19 so far. ***This lecture will be live-streamed only***. Watch here:
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Ahead of his second Gresham lecture next week, catch up with Prof @chrislintott's first: . Island Universes: Discovering Galaxies Beyond the Milky Way. @OxfordPhysics @DogStarsPod @magdalenealumni @the_zooniverse @BBCStargazing. #astronomy #freelearning
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In case you missed it. Watch #GreshamLecture .*Number Theory: Queen of Mathematics* with Emeritus Professor of Geometry Robin Wilson here:
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of Milton Mermikides @miltonline - composer, academic and Assoc. Professor at the @UniOfSurrey, @SurreyDMM - as our new Gresham Professor of Music: #music #musician #musictheory #musichistory #modernmusic 1/4
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Congratulations to Gresham Professor Chris Whitty, @CMO_England knighted today in the New Year Honours List! .
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How can we create insect-friendly habitats? Averting the Insect Apocalypse #GreshamLecture Wed 4 May 22, 6-7pm Gresham Speaker Professor @DaveGoulson @SussexUni Sign Up (Watch later & past lectures on website) #Biology #bumblebees
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Gresham Prof. Chris Whitty ( @CMO_England ) explains 'Force of Transmission' and how #SocialDistancing is one the key methods to defeating #COVIDー19 . 🦠Watch the full lecture here:
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Tonight free Gresham lecture on the sensational @periodicvideos with the brilliant Martyn Poliakoff @MuseumofLondon
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This lunchtime: The Mathematical Life of Florence Nightingale. watch via: Professor @sarahlovesmaths of @BirkbeckUoL uncovers #Nightingale's role as a pioneer of data science and medical statistics. #math #maths #onlinelearning @mathshistory
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Caught Gresham Professor Myles Allen on @channel4 ‘s The Great Climate Fight?. Get to grips with #netzero via Prof Allen's #Gresham lectures: #climatefight @OxfordNetZero
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A History of #Barts, Britain's Oldest Hospital. Tonight 6pm. Watch online via: Prof Charles Knight OBE @mdstbarts explores 900 years of @BartsHospital via its people, buildings & the events that defined this iconic medical institution. #history #medicine
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Hidden in the heart of London is Gresham College, giving lectures for over 500 years; you can watch them online: #LockdownLondon.
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Our 2023-24 programme is out now! Over 100 free lectures across the arts & sciences; live online and in-person. Check it out: @cityoflondon @Londonist @TimeOutLondon @visitlondon @ianvisits @thecityofldn 1/3
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We are thrilled to welcome the esteemed lawyer @CliveSSmith as the 40th Gresham Professor of Law. With decades of experience & deep commitment to defending #humanrights, we look forward to his inaugural lecture in September!. Read more: @Reprieve #law
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Its #InternationalCatDay, learn about their mathematical balancing skills with this free lecture,
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*Congratulations* to Dr @cyberbaines Fellow @bcs @bournemouthuni on becoming the first female @WCITLivery Professor of IT @GreshamCollege .Read more about her work here: #IT
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How have math concepts been used as plot devices in fiction? Mathematical Structure in Fiction #GreshamLecture Tues 9 Mar 21, 1-2pm. Gresham Prof of Geometry @sarahlovesmaths @BirbeckUoL @e17RnR_books @mathshistory | Sign Up Now (lectures on website).
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NEW: The @GreshamCollege programme is now out. From the sciences to the arts, humanities, business and more we have 130 lectures to indulge your love for learning. Be #InTheKnow order your new programme here:
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Congratulations to Gresham Professors Myles Allen and Chris Whitty @CMO_England, elected as Fellows of the Royal Society @royalsociety !.
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NEWS: *Congrats* Prof Myles Allen @StJohnOx @OxfordPhysics @OxfordNetZero new Frank Jackson Foundation Prof of the Environment @GreshamCollege Find out about his #Netzero lecture series in Autumn 2022 here: @oxmartinschool @oxfordgeography @ecioxford
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2 years ago, @mggtTaylor, Prof Ian Wright and Prof Richard Parkinson lectured on #Rosetta from #Egypt to #Comet
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The lecture tonight, on Holocaust Distortion in Poland, by Professor @jgrabows of @uOttawa tells his own story of being prosecuted for what he and his team wrote about the history of the #Holocaust in Poland in their book Night Without End (2018). A thread.
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How much did Roman Poet Ovid influence Shakespeare? .Join us @museumoflondon or live on YouTube (Link in Bio) at 6PM on Tuesday 23rd January for this free lecture by @provbate ❤️ .TRAILER: / LIVESTREAM: .#ShakespearesLovers #Ovid
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Africans have been in England for more than 2000 yrs. Why do we rarely see or hear about them? *Blacks Britannica: Diversity in Medieval and Early Modern England* with #DrOnyekaNubia @UniofNottingham.Register to watch on Wed 6 Oct 6pm here: #ComingUp #BHM
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*Coming Up* What is meant by ‘love’ between human and nonhuman animals? . Loving Animals: Historical Reflections on Bestilaity, Zoophilia and Post-Human Love #GreshamLecture. Mon 9 Nov 2020. 6-7pm. Gresham Professor of Rhetoric @Bourke_Joanna. Sign Up Now
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NEW! Joshua Rozenberg concludes his fantastic three-part series on justice online - he finally asks 'Are we there yet?' #greshamlectures #justiceonline #onlinecourts @JoshuaRozenberg @HMCTSgovuk @online_courts
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How do we create coins? The #Maths of Coins and Currencies #GreshamLecture Tues 11 Oct 22, 1pm Prof of Geometry @SarahLovesMaths @BirkbeckUoL @mathshistory Sign Up (Watch later/past lectures on website) @e17RnR_books @scottishmaths @plusmathsorg #MONEY
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Upcoming #mathshistory lecture: The Mathematical Life of Florence Nightingale. Professor @sarahlovesmaths of @BirkbeckUoL uncovers #Nightingale's role as a pioneer of data science and medical statistics. #math #maths #onlinelearning @mathshistory
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What is ‘the Helen of Geometry’? The Beauty of Geometrical Curves #GreshamLecture Mon 14 Mar 22 1pm Gresham Prof of Geometry @SarahLovesMaths.@BirkbeckUoL Sign Up (Watch later & past lectures on website) .@mathshistory @e17RnR_books @BalliolOxford #Maths
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NEW! 😇😈Moral Figures: Jesus vs. Hitler. Join us @MuseumofLondon 9th May, 6PM for 'Jesus, Hitler and The Abolition of God' by Prof. Alec Ryrie or watch live here: @durham_uni @holland_tom .#GreshamLectures #philosophy
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Ring in the #NewYear with…. The Mathematics of Bell Ringing #GreshamLecture. Tuesday 5 Jan 2021. 1-2pm. Gresham Prof of Geometry @Sarahlovemaths @BirkbeckUoL. Sign Up Now . @e17RnR_books @mathshistory @ATMMathematics @UKMathsTrust.
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Witchcraft, wizardry and the West. Prof Ronald Hutton looks at learned ceremonial #magic in Europe throughout history, and its roots in #ancientEgypt. Watch more: @UoBrisHistory @BristolUni #history #magic #witches
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In 2020-21 Professor @_LeslieThomas QC will be giving a series of lectures called Death, The State, and Human Rights. See the 6 #GreshamLectures dates and times below. Find out more here:
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NEWS: @GreshamCollege is delighted to announce Jo Delahunty QC @JoDQC appt to: *Emeritus Gresham Professor of #law #College #Councilmember #CollegeFellowship. Watch @JoDQC in her new role, 25 Jun, 6pm in #GreshamLecture 'Family Court in Lockdown' info here
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NEW! Prof. of #Music Tom Service began his series on asking why listening matters? What does it mean to listen to music? @tomservice @BBCRadio3
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#ChristmasisComing 📣. @ #6. Our #YouTube Favourite 2021…. Learn how the ancient Greeks and Romans invented the modern library. *Ancient Greek and Roman Libraries* #GreshamLecture with @EdithMayHall @KingsCollegeLon @classicsforall . Watch here:
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Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from @GreshamCollege. #TakeCare #StaySafe and see you in the #NewYear2023
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Last night, we bade a fond farewell to @_lesliethomas KC as he gave his final lecture as 39th Gresham Professor of Law. We're grateful for his invaluable insights & hope to welcome him back soon! Watch all his lectures via: . @gardencourtlaw @GoldsmithsLaw
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NEW! Roger Kneebone, our Visiting Prof. of #Medical #Education, was in conversation with magician @DrHoustoun about the similarities between magic and a medical consultation - #greshamlecture @BreatheAHR @ArtWorkersGuild @MagicCircleHQ @ProfKneebone
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TODAY 6PM. 'The Cockney Romantics: John Keats and his Friends' by Prof. Jonathan Bate | Join us @museumoflondon or live on YouTube here: #GreshamLectures #romanticism
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“Aristotle believed that the material world around us that we can perceive through our senses is real…” Professor @edithmayhall. Learn more about one of the world's greatest philosophers. Watch *Aristotle* on #YouTube @KingsCollegeLon @classicsforall
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How does fiction make itself seem like fact? . Visiting Gresham Professor of English Literature John Mullan #GreshamLecture begins where novels begin: with Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. Register to watch on Wed 28 Oct, 6pm here: . @UCL @Kings_College
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Thread: Prof Chris Whitty on Rhythm Disturbances of the Heart. This lecture will consider the normal heartbeat, the causes of the heart going too fast or slowly and how it is treated when it does. #Health #Arrhythmia 1/6
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Time to Think 🎈The #GreshamLectures 2019-2020 Programme is here and we can't wait for you to see it! Order your physical copy here: or view the lectures online:
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*Coming Up* Who is responsible for our health, wealth & welfare? The State or Individual?. #GreshamLecture What Do We Owe Society?. Tues 10 Nov 2020. 6-7pm. Visiting Gresham Prof of Economic History Martin Daunton FBA. Sign Up Now . @EconUCL @Camhistory
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#ChristmasCountDown #12DaysOfChristmas. #3 French Hens.*Gods of Prehistoric Britain* . Gresham Professor of Divinity Ronald Hutton @BristolUni. Watch the Full Video on #YouTube here: .@REonline_Tweets #paganism #Religion
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'#China: New Nation, New Art, 1911-1932' by Prof Clunas is now available to watch on our website & YouTube! @CraigClunas LINK:
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Learn about the life & listen to *Russian Piano Masterpieces of Musorgsky* with @frolovawalker @CamUniMusic Fellow @BritishAcademy_ Gresham Professor of Music & international pianist @PeterHDonohoe CBE #GreshamLecture on Thur 24 Sept, 6pm. Register here:
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Portraits of Queen Elizabeth II: The Artists' Challenges. Catch up with this #Greshamlecture where @philipmould examines some of the 412 official portraits of Queen Elizabeth II. Watch online: . #arthistory #royal #queenelizabethII
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Catch up: A History of Barts, Britain's Oldest Hospital . Watch: . Prof Charles Knight @mdstbarts explores 900 years of @BartsHospital via its people, buildings & the events that defined this iconic medical institution. #history #medicine @BartsTheLonAlum
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*Congratulations* to Gresham's @mercerscholars Memorial Professor of Business @aedmans @LBS on being awarded the ‘MBA Professor of the Year’ by @PoetsAndQuants Read more here: #businessschool
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Check out the #trailer for @edithmayhall lecture 'Homer's Iliad via the Movie Troy' Join us at Barnard's Inn Hall or watch live on YouTube & Facebook at 1PM on Thursday 23rd November LIVESTREAM: #Iliad
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What makes a film ‘classic’? In his series of 3 #GreshamLectures Professor @IanChris @birkbeckUoL @britishacademy looks at the idea of a #film canon, who constructs it, and at what's missing from the Western canon. Watch the #YouTube playlist here:
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Tonight at 6pm:.Island Universes: Discovering Galaxies Beyond the Milky Way. Watch live online: Prof @chrislintott's 1st Gresham lecture covers how #astronomers established our #galaxy's place in the #universe. @OxfordPhysics @DogStarsPod @magdalenealumni
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Done bingeing Netflix? Gresham College has 2500+ lectures available to watch online: #StaySafeStayHome #UKLockdown.
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TODAY 6PM ⚖️ ‘100 Years of Women in Law’ by @JoDQC .Join us at Barnard’s Inn Hall or watch live on Youtube here:
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How can we understand current conflict in its #Historical and geopolitical context? War and Peace in Europe from Hitler to Putin #GreshamLecture Tues 27 Sept 22, 6pm with Professor Sir @RichardEvans36 Sign Up Here: (Watch later & past lectures on website)
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In-person tickets open! Iran’s Constitutional Revolution of 1906. Book: Join Prof @aa51_ansari of @StAndrewsIIS to explore the legacy of events that provided #Iran with a constitution & parliament. @BIPS_Britac @univofstandrews.#iranhistory #iranpolitics
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In person tickets now available: Women of the Harlem Renaissance. Prof @kmdossett of @UniversityLeeds looks at the women at the forefront of this early C20th movement - playwrights, poets, novelists & artists . #blackwomen #blackhistory #blackart #bhm
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#OnThisDay 1979, Margaret Thatcher is elected prime minister of Britain. Learn more about #Thatcherism with Prof. Vernon Bogdanor here:
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