Q&A: Do Microbes have Immune Systems? - Robin May Gresham College 2024-10-14 | Q&A: Do Microbes have Immune Systems? - Robin May
S02 Ep.10 - Modern Concepts of ADHD, Peter Hill Gresham College 2024-05-10 | Are there any overlaps between ADHD and Autism? Does your childhood determine whether you more susceptible to ADHD later in life? Can you have an Attention Deficit and not Hyperactivity? These and many more questions were put to Peter for episode 10 of our new series!This podcast followed her lecture ‘Modern Concepts of ADHD’ which was given on 11th March 2024.You can find information about her lecture here:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/adhdSupport the Show. (gresham.ac.uk/get-involved/support-us/make-donation/one-donation)
Shirley Bassey is always just herself #gresham #shorts #shirleybassey Gresham College 2024-05-10 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Dominic Broomfield-McHugh at Barnard's Inn Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/basseyThe Black Welsh singer started out recording cover versions of American songbook classics but rose to international fame after her performance of the title song of Goldfinger. Movie songs, successful albums and popular television specials followed, but so too did personal tragedy and a highly critical (and gendered) reputation of her professional behaviour in the media.The word ‘diva’ has been applied both admiringly and misogynistically to her life and work, typifying her experience as a Black British woman.
Sustainable Energy in Refugee Camps - Dr Sarah Rosenberg-Jansen Gresham College 2024-05-09 | Most of the world’s 102 million forcibly displaced people – refugees – lack access to reliable, affordable, sustainable energy. Attempts to provide such energy in refugee camps have been marred by governance challenges, and a lack of technical expertise within humanitarian organisations.But new research discussed in this lecture on the lived experience of refugees is helping cast a light on ways to address it. However, developing inclusive approaches and supporting refugee-led action on energy is no easy task. This lecture was recorded by Dr Sarah Rosenberg-Jansen on 10th April 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonSarah is a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, where she is a member of the Refugee Studies Centre and Linacre College. She is the Co-Founder of the Global Platform for Action for Sustainable Energy in Displacement Situations (GPA).The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/refugee-energyGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
Evolution is making our drugs USELESS #gresham #shorts #evolution #biology Gresham College 2024-05-09 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Robin May at Barnard's Inn Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/human-led-evolutionWe often think of evolution as ‘something that happened’ in the past. But of course, evolution is a constant, powerful process and one that is often unleashed by human behaviours.Often this is deliberate, we’ll look at how artificial selection has shaped our crops, livestock and domestic pets, and we’ll find out how modern science is uncovering the genetic changes that lie beneath. But sometimes human behaviours unleash powerful and altogether less welcome evolutionary forces…join us as we uncover them together!
What went wrong in Latin America? - Martin Daunton Gresham College 2024-05-07 | Enjoying our lectures? Please take a minute to answer 4 questions to tell us what you think!https://app.sli.do/event/1JonWUnuRtwjjMgcBM7LDQ/live/pollsIn the Great Depression, producers of food and raw materials complained that they received low prices and paid high prices for industrial imports. Latin America adopted ‘import substituting industrialisation’ to encourage production behind tariff barriers. This approach continued after the war as more countries gained independence.Did this policy result in inefficient industries and state regulation without delivering improved welfare? By the 1980s, the policy was in retreat with a turn to market liberalisation and export-led growth.This lecture was recorded by Martin Daunton on 9th April 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonMartin is Visiting Professor of Economic History.He is a British academic and historian and he is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at the University of Cambridge.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/import-substitutionGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
Twentieth-Century Divas: Shirley Bassey - Dominic Broomfield-McHugh Gresham College 2024-05-03 | Enjoying our lectures? Please take a minute to answer 4 questions to tell us what you think!https://app.sli.do/event/1JonWUnuRtwjjMgcBM7LDQ/live/pollsThe Black Welsh singer started out recording cover versions of American songbook classics but rose to international fame after her performance of the title song of Goldfinger. Movie songs, successful albums and popular television specials followed, but so too did personal tragedy and a highly critical (and gendered) reputation of her professional behaviour in the media.The word ‘diva’ has been applied both admiringly and misogynistically to her life and work, typifying her experience as a Black British woman.This lecture was recorded by Dominic Broomfield-McHugh on 21st March 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonDominic is Visiting Professor of Film and Theatre Music.He is also Professor of Music at the University of Sheffield.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/basseyGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
Lead: A Toxic Legacy - Dr Ian Mudway Gresham College 2024-04-30 | Enjoying our lectures? Please take a minute to answer 4 questions to tell us what you think!https://app.sli.do/event/1JonWUnuRtwjjMgcBM7LDQ/live/pollsEvidence that childhood lead exposure caused stunted intelligence and behavioural problems motivated efforts to ban lead in petrol, with the world finally eradicating leaded fuel in 2021.This is a public health success story, but it took a long time to force industry to take action. The lead released from historic emissions persists within the environment and there is emerging evidence of continuing health effects.The legacy of lead remains and will be explored in this lecture.This lecture was recorded by Dr Ian Mudway on 25th March 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonIan is Visiting Professor of Environmental Health.He is a senior lecturer in the School of Public Health at Imperial, a member of the MRC Centre for Environment and Health; MRC & Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma and the NIHR-PHE Health Protection Research Units in Environmental Exposures and Health and Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/lead-healthGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
WHO is scanning your face while youre out and about? #gresham #shorts #data #technology Gresham College 2024-04-29 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Dr Victoria Baines at Barnard's Inn Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/data-protectionWe increasingly share with online services intimate details of our lives, such as mental health and reproductive data. Far from being a ‘tick box’ legal exercise, data protection is about fair and responsible use of our personal information.It gives us rights which we are entitled to exercise against mega corporations, governments, and anyone who processes our data.It’s time to get empowered. Because if we don’t use it, we might lose it.
What does ADHD look like in our brains? #gresham #shorts #neuroscience #adhd Gresham College 2024-04-26 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Peter Hill at Barnard's Inn Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/adhdAttention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a combination of hyperactivity, impulsiveness and inattention which significantly impacts those living with the condition. The medical approach to the ADHD pattern of behaviour has been very successful in childhood but the results have been somewhat less impressive in adulthood. This has led to a reappraisal of both causes and treatment in both age groups.Should the conventional, neurotypical world accommodate people with ADHD as different, rather than disabled?
Witches were NAKED all over the world #gresham #shorts #witch Gresham College 2024-04-25 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Ronald Hutton at Barnard's Inn Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/ritual-nudityThis lecture looks at the role played by nudity in European religion and magic from ancient times to the present, with some reference to a global context.It reveals the unexpected pattern and explains why it has been marginal to religion, except in initiation ceremonies, but very important in magical practices.
Artificial Selection: How Humans have Shaped Evolution - Robin May Gresham College 2024-04-24 | Enjoying our lectures? Please take a minute to answer 4 questions to tell us what you think!https://app.sli.do/event/1JonWUnuRtwjjMgcBM7LDQ/live/pollsWe often think of evolution as ‘something that happened’ in the past. But of course, evolution is a constant, powerful process and one that is often unleashed by human behaviours.Often this is deliberate, we’ll look at how artificial selection has shaped our crops, livestock and domestic pets, and we’ll find out how modern science is uncovering the genetic changes that lie beneath. But sometimes human behaviours unleash powerful and altogether less welcome evolutionary forces…join us as we uncover them together!This lecture was recorded by Robin May on 20th March 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonRobin is Gresham Professor of Physic.He is also Chief Scientific Adviser at the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Professor of Infectious Disease at the University of Birmingham.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/human-led-evolutionGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
What are the chances your PIN matches a toilet door code? #gresham #shorts #maths Gresham College 2024-04-23 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Sarah Hart at Barnard's Inn Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/maths-coincidenceWe regularly hear of amazing coincidences – people winning the lottery twice, or getting a phone call from a long-lost friend just when you were thinking about them. Is this telepathy? Is there a greater power at work when someone survives seven lightning strikes?There can be terrible consequences from the misunderstanding of coincidence.
Data Protection for Thrillseekers - Dr Victoria Baines Gresham College 2024-04-17 | Enjoying our lectures? Please take a minute to answer 4 questions to tell us what you think!https://app.sli.do/event/1JonWUnuRtwjjMgcBM7LDQ/live/pollsWe increasingly share with online services intimate details of our lives, such as mental health and reproductive data. Far from being a ‘tick box’ legal exercise, data protection is about fair and responsible use of our personal information.It gives us rights which we are entitled to exercise against mega corporations, governments, and anyone who processes our data.It’s time to get empowered. Because if we don’t use it, we might lose it.This lecture was recorded by Dr Victoria Baines on 19th March 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonVictoria is IT Livery Company Professor of Information Technology.She is a leading authority in the field of online trust, safety and cybersecurity. She frequently contributes to major broadcast media outlets on digital ethics, cybercrime and the misuse of emerging technologies, including Extended Reality and Artificial Intelligence. Her areas of research include electronic surveillance, cybercrime futures, and the politics of security.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/data-protectionGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
The Human Cost of Immigration Detention - Dr Greg Constantine Gresham College 2024-04-16 | Enjoying our lectures? Please take a minute to answer 4 questions to tell us what you think!https://app.sli.do/event/1JonWUnuRtwjjMgcBM7LDQ/live/pollsGovernments increasingly use detention as a central component of immigration and asylum policy. The lecture addresses several important questions.What does immigration detention look like? How is it a reflection of those societies that tolerate its use and the policies that support and endorse its expansion? What place does it have in the journeys of those migrating across borders today?Using photography and testimony, this lecture visually translates several immigration detention systems and shares first-hand stories.This lecture was recorded by Dr Greg Constantine on 18th March 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonGreg Constantine, PhD is an American/Canadian documentary photographer. He has dedicated his career to long-term, independent projects about underreported or neglected global stories. His work explores the intersection of human rights, inequality, injustice, identity, belonging and the power of the state.7doors.orgThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/immigration-detentionGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
The story behind the Poor Law #gresham #shorts #law Gresham College 2024-04-16 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Professor Leslie Thomas at Barnard's Inn Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/wealth-lawToday, the UK is a deeply unequal society.This lecture critically evaluates the relationship between English law and capitalism and explores how legal changes over the past 30 years, such as deregulating the housing market and weakening trade unions, have widened wealth inequality.The lecture examines the role of lawyers in addressing these issues.
Democracy: Ancient Models, Modern Challenges - Melissa Lane Gresham College 2024-04-12 | Enjoying our lectures? Please take a minute to answer 4 questions to tell us what you think!https://app.sli.do/event/1JonWUnuRtwjjMgcBM7LDQ/live/pollsDemokratia is the power (kratos) of the people (demos). But what kind of power, and who constitutes the people? Although ancient democracy is often stylized as “direct democracy” and so positioned as very different from modern “representative democracy,” in fact, issues of accountability are central to both.Ancient Greek models of holding leaders to account are still relevant. Furthermore, the ancient Greek use of election for some offices and lottery selection for others also offers instructive possibilities for modern challenges.This lecture was recorded by Melissa Lane on 14th March 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonMelissa is Gresham Professor of Rhetoric.Melissa is an author, lecturer and broadcaster who has received major awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship and Lucy Shoe Meritt Residency in Classical Studies at the American Academy of Rome.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/democracy-ancientGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
The genetics of Autism are JUST LIKE the genetics of height #gresham #shorts #autism #mentalhealth Gresham College 2024-04-12 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Professor Francesca Happé CBE at Barnard's Inn Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/new-autismOur understanding of autism has changed over the last forty years.Historically, autism was diagnosed based on narrow criteria. Today, while still defined by social and communication difficulties, rigid interests and repetitive behaviours, the autism spectrum is far wider, and the historical under-diagnosis of women and girls is being addressed.‘Autisms’ are more often discussed as neurodivergence rather than a single ‘disorder’ to be treated.This lecture explores how our understanding of autism has changed, and directions for future research.
What we hear when we LISTEN to the Universe #gresham #shorts #astronomy Gresham College 2024-04-11 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Chris Lintott at Conway Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/radio-skyThere have been two major revolutions in how we look at the sky - the shift beyond the optical to other wavelengths, particularly the radio, and the increasing attention paid to how objects change over time.We start with the discovery of pulsars by Jocelyn Bell Burnell, explore how a microwave oven bamboozled astronomers, and discuss the latest research on Fast Radio Bursts, mysterious events detected in galaxies billions of light-years away.
New Hope in Cancer: A Panel Discussion - Dr Richard Sidebottom, Sanjay Popat and James Larkin Gresham College 2024-04-10 | Enjoying our lectures? Please take a minute to answer 4 questions to tell us what you think!https://app.sli.do/event/1JonWUnuRtwjjMgcBM7LDQ/live/pollsIn partnership with Novartis Treatments and research in cancer are moving very fast, giving new hope to many.This event will bring together speakers in the series to delve further into new treatments and research in cancer, including immunotherapy, genomics and AI imaging. This lecture was recorded by Parker Moss, Dr Richard Sidebottom, Sanjay Popat and James Larken on 12th March 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonParker is a member of the Secretary of State for Health's technology advisory board. He is currently Chief Commercial & Partnerships Officer at Genomics England.Richard works clinically as part of the breast imaging team at Cheltenham and holds a research radiology post at The Royal Marsden Hospital as part of the AI imaging hub team.Professor Sanjay Popat is a Consultant Thoracic Medical Oncologist at the Royal Marsden Hospital and Professor of Thoracic Oncology at the Institute of Cancer Research.James is a Medical Oncologist specialising in the treatment of melanoma and cancers of the kidney.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/cancer-hopeGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
You simply CANNOT predict when an earthquake is going to happen #gresham #shorts #earthquake Gresham College 2024-04-09 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Sir Chris Whitty at Barnard's Inn Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/earthquakes-volcanoesMajor geophysical events such as earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes can occur with little or no warning and have catastrophic effects.This lecture will consider the health impacts of these natural disasters and how best to minimise them.Trauma often dominates the first days after the initial event but predicting the medium-term effects such as infectious diseases can head off predictable secondary health disasters over the medium and long term.
Modern Concepts of ADHD - Peter Hill Gresham College 2024-04-08 | Check out Peter discussing this lecture and your unanswered questions on our brand new podcast "Any Further Questions?' available on Apple and Spotify******Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a combination of hyperactivity, impulsiveness and inattention which significantly impacts those living with the condition. The medical approach to the ADHD pattern of behaviour has been very successful in childhood but the results have been somewhat less impressive in adulthood. This has led to a reappraisal of both causes and treatment in both age groups.Should the conventional, neurotypical world accommodate people with ADHD as different, rather than disabled?This lecture was recorded by Peter Hill on 11th March 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonPeter is a Professor and Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry who now works in private medical practice, having previously held senior academic and clinical posts at St George’s, University of London, and at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/adhdGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
The Legend of the Basilisk #gresham #shorts #dragons #harrypotter #basilisk Gresham College 2024-04-05 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Ronald Hutton at Barnard's Inn Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/dragonsWhy have people believed in dragons, and what were they actually? Is there a difference between Western and Eastern dragons, in a global perspective, and if so, why?Has the Western attitude to dragons changed in the modern era? Did Christianity give rise to a different idea of what a dragon should be? These are the questions that this lecture sets out to answer.
Ancient Greek Ideas of Equality under the Law - Melissa Lane Gresham College 2024-04-04 | The Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen has posed the question, ‘equality of what?’ The value of equality depends on what standard is chosen. As ancient Greek thinkers recognized, equality can be deployed to exclude as well as to liberate, and its relationship to law and freedom needs to be interrogated.If equal social freedom is a product of isonomia—the equal application of laws to all—those laws need to be free of systematic bias and command public respect. This lecture was recorded by Melissa Lane on 7th March 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonMelissa is Gresham Professor of Rhetoric.Melissa is an author, lecturer and broadcaster who has received major awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship and Lucy Shoe Meritt Residency in Classical Studies at the American Academy of Rome.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/greek-equalityGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
What do we mean by cybersex? #gresham #shorts #technology Gresham College 2024-04-04 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Victoria Baines at Barnard's Inn Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/internet-sexThe relationship between intimacy and technology is dynamic and transformative. Adult entertainment providers were early adopters of the Internet and directly influenced its development. Meanwhile, digital communication has changed our consumption of pornography, how we date, and how we seek pleasure.There is increasing concern that Internet-mediated sex is having a negative impact on humans. What’s the evidence for that? And what does the future hold?
Ritual Nudity in History and Religion - Ronald Hutton Gresham College 2024-04-03 | This lecture looks at the role played by nudity in European religion and magic from ancient times to the present, with some reference to a global context.It reveals the unexpected pattern and explains why it has been marginal to religion, except in initiation ceremonies, but very important in magical practices.This lecture was recorded by Ronald Hutton on 6th March 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonRonald is Gresham Professor of Divinity.He is also Professor of History at the University of Bristol.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/ritual-nudityGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
Evolution spawns more Evolution #gresham #shorts #science #evolution Gresham College 2024-04-02 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Robin May at Barnard's Inn Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/human-evolutionThe species we recognise as our own - anatomically modern humans - has existed for only 300,000 years, a blink of an eye in evolutionary terms. And yet during that time our species has been shaped by strong evolutionary forces, often unwittingly as an indirect result of human activities.In this lecture, we’ll find out how disease outbreaks, the rise of civilisation and even the invention of agriculture have left their traces in our DNA.
Is dyslexia a disorder or difference? #gresham #shorts #dyslexia #mentalhealth Gresham College 2024-03-28 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Maggie Snowling CBE at Barnard's Inn Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/dyslexia-languageDifficulties with reading and writing have wide-ranging effects beyond academic achievement, including on career opportunities and personal well-being. However, the concept of dyslexia continues to be debated: is the term useful? How does it relate to spoken language?This lecture describes what is known of the causes and consequences of reading difficulties and how they relate to other common conditions that affect learning. It will look at the importance of early intervention and how best to support children with dyslexia.
Climate Tipping Points in Oceans, Ice, Forests - Myles Allen Gresham College 2024-03-27 | The impacts of climate change that probably worry people the most are irreversible changes that affect the entire world, such as a collapse of the west Antarctic ice sheet, shutdown of the global thermohaline circulation, loss of the Amazon biome, or a melting of Arctic permafrost.Sudden, unpredictable and irreversible changes can happen in response to a gradual warming. What is known about these risks at 1.5°C, 2°C and higher levels of warming?This lecture was recorded by Myles Allen on 5th March 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonMyles is the Frank Jackson Foundation Professor of the Environment.He has contributed extensively to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), including as Coordinating Lead Author for the 2018 IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C. He has published extensively on how human and natural influences on climate contribute to observed climate change and extreme weather risk, and the implications for adaptation and mitigation policy.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/tipping-pointsGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
The Mathematics of Coincidence - Sarah Hart Gresham College 2024-03-25 | We regularly hear of amazing coincidences – people winning the lottery twice, or getting a phone call from a long-lost friend just when you were thinking about them. Is this telepathy? Is there a greater power at work when someone survives seven lightning strikes?There can be terrible consequences from the misunderstanding of coincidence.This lecture was recorded by Sarah Hart on 5th March 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonSarah is Gresham Professor of Geometry.She is also Professor Emerita of Mathematics at Birkbeck, University of London.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/maths-coincidenceGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
Wealth Inequality: English Laws Unintended Legacy? - Leslie Thomas KC Gresham College 2024-03-22 | Today, the UK is a deeply unequal society.This lecture critically evaluates the relationship between English law and capitalism and explores how legal changes over the past 30 years, such as deregulating the housing market and weakening trade unions, have widened wealth inequality.The lecture examines the role of lawyers in addressing these issues.This lecture was recorded by Leslie Thomas KC on 29th February 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonLeslie is Gresham Professor of Law.Before joining Gresham College, he served as a joint Head of Chambers at Garden Court Chambers and continues to be an active Bencher to the Inner Temple, where he is Master of equality, diversity, and inclusivity (EDI).The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/wealth-lawGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
The 30 birds for 30 pennies problem #gresham #shorts #maths #puzzle #paradox Gresham College 2024-03-22 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Sarah Hart at Barnard's Inn Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/maths-puzzlesMany puzzles have a long history, such as water pouring puzzles, where you need to measure (for example) one pint of water equipped only with an eight-pint and a five-pint jug. The mathematics behind the solution has many useful applications.Meanwhile, paradoxes such as: “some men shave themselves; those that do not shave themselves are shaved by the barber: who shaves the barber?” lead us to deep questions about set theory.We will discuss several examples and the related mathematics.
Changes in the Concept of Autism - Francesca Happé CBE Gresham College 2024-03-21 | Check out Francesca discussing this lecture and your unanswered questions on our brand new podcast "Any Further Questions?' available on Apple and Spotify******Our understanding of autism has changed over the last forty years. Historically, autism was diagnosed based on narrow criteria. Today, while still defined by social and communication difficulties, rigid interests and repetitive behaviours, the autism spectrum is far wider, and the historical under-diagnosis of women and girls is being addressed.‘Autisms’ are more often discussed as neurodivergence rather than a single ‘disorder’ to be treated. This lecture explores how our understanding of autism has changed, and directions for future research.This lecture was recorded by Francesca Happé CBE FBA on 28th February 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonFrancesca is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/new-autismGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
The REAL meaning behind Squid Game #gresham #shorts #squidgame Gresham College 2024-03-20 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Martin Daunton at Barnard's Inn Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/export-growthWhy have economies in east Asia been more successful in escaping from under-development and achieving high levels of growth?Japan’s experience of avoiding colonisation and creating a modern economy offered a model to other countries, some of whom had themselves been colonised by Japan – above all, South Korea.How did Japan and Korea create a successful model of export-led growth with a close connection between the state and business that was criticised by the IMF as ‘crony capitalism’?
How satirical cartoons can mock power #gresham #shorts #cartoon #satire Gresham College 2024-03-19 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Martin Rowson at Barnard's Inn Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/satirical-cartoons-historyHow do cartoons and visual satire operate?This lecture will look at when humans first created art and at the dawn of satire.Examining the work of Swift, Hogarth, Gillray, David Low and Ronald Searle, this lecture by celebrated cartoonist Martin Rowson will also examine the role cartoons play in giving offence. Covering the Danish Cartoons scandal and the Charlie Hebdo massacre, this talk will also look at Martin Rowson's own cartoon output over the past 40 years.
We should be ready to be surprised by the Universe #gresham #shorts #astronomy Gresham College 2024-03-18 | Taken from a Gresham lecture by Chris Lintott at Barnard's Inn Hall, Londongresham.ac.uk/watch-now/oumuamuaIn 2017, the Solar System was visited by an object named 'Oumuamua, which came from another star. The unusual properties of this first interstellar visitor led some to suggest it may be an alien spacecraft - but the truth is that its oddness is already teaching us lessons about how solar systems form.This lecture also considers the prospects of discovering more unusual objects in the Solar System, and what we might do about asteroids that threaten the Earth.
Option Pricing Theory Explained - Raghavendra Rau Gresham College 2024-03-18 | We often change our minds after we decide to do something. In finance and business though, if you think you might like to change your mind you will have to pay your counterparty so that your right to change your mind is agreed in advance.But how much is the right to change your mind worth? Option pricing is the art of determining the value of this right.This lecture was recorded by Raghavendra Rau on 26th February 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonRaghu is the Mercers School Memorial Professor of BusinessHe is also the Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Professor of Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/option-pricingGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
The Annual Sir Thomas Gresham Lecture 2024 Gresham College 2024-03-14 | This is a live-stream of the lecture. An edited version of the lecture will be uploaded in due course.Have a Question? No Registration Requiredhttps://app.sli.do/event/d2PVhQjhPRMsf6CVADUVUpA lecture by Professor Bernardine Evaristo Bernardine is a Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University, London.Bernardine is an award winning author. Her novel Girl, Woman, Other jointly won the Booker Prize in 2019 alongside Margaret Atwood's The Testaments, making her the first Black woman to win the Booker.Bernadine is also President of the Royal Society of Literature, the second woman and the first black person to hold the role since it was founded in 1820.Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
The Annual Provosts Lecture Gresham College 2024-03-14 | This is a live-stream of the lecture. An edited version of the lecture will be uploaded in due course.Have a Question? No Registration Requiredhttps://app.sli.do/event/su1aPWFZQKHoxZtKf2WGvUA lecture by Professor Martin ElliottAn annual lecture given by the current Provost of Gresham College.Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
The Grays Inn Reading 2024 Gresham College 2024-03-14 | This is a live-stream of the lecture. An edited version of the lecture will be uploaded in due course.Have a Question? No Registration Requiredhttps://app.sli.do/event/9U7QuGrdwVrboBo9YkMMyvA lecture by Lord Falconer PC, KC This is an annual lecture given by Gresham College with Gray's Inn on a topical legal interest.Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
The Colour Spectrum of Scales and Modes - Milton Mermikides Gresham College 2024-03-14 | A musical scale – a hierarchical collection of pitches spread over multiple octaves – is a fundamental building block in the creation of melodies and harmonies in a wide range of musical practices. But where do these scales come from? Are they invented or discovered?This lecture looks at the history, theory and artistry of scale construction in a wide range of styles, and how each scale can, through ‘rotation’, form a colourfully expressive palette of modal colours.This lecture was recorded by Milton Mermikides on 22nd February 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, LondonMilton is Gresham Professor of MusicHe is Associate Professor in Music at the University of Surrey, Professor of Guitar at the Royal College of Music and Deputy Director of the International Guitar Research Centre.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/scales-modesGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
The Bloomsbury Group: A Queer History Gresham College 2024-03-14 | This is a live-stream of the lecture. An edited version of the lecture will be uploaded in due course.Have a Question? No Registration Requiredhttps://app.sli.do/event/7CmtR6Sr5M922C4uZPv8McA lecture by Nino Strachey This lecture will explore the world of the second Bloomsbury generation, delving into the intricacies of being young and queer in the 1920s, and how their open way of living and loving is still relevant to our present day. Lesser known than their predecessors, they continued the celebration of freedom of expression and creativity.The lecture will introduce artists and intellectuals such as Eddy Sackville-West, Stephen Tomlin and Julia Strachey, who led an unapologetic life by pushing gender boundaries and social conventions, as well as exploring gender fluidity and pansexuality.Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
Platos Cave: Thinking about Climate Change Gresham College 2024-03-14 | This is a live-stream of the lecture. An edited version of the lecture will be uploaded in due course.Have a Question? No Registration Requiredhttps://app.sli.do/event/cb1WLZ6ewTHuLZhC46W37JA lecture by Professor Melissa Lane In The Republic, Plato explores the predicament of the Cave: a passive citizen body, a conniving and self-interested set of sophistic opinion-formers and demagogic political leaders, a systematically misleading and damaging order of political structures and common beliefs and appetites.Does this have lessons for tackling climate change? In clinging to our current way of life and its fossil-fuel infrastructure, are we trapping ourselves in a modern version of Plato’s Cave—and if so, how might we escape?Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
Are Financial Markets Efficient? Gresham College 2024-03-14 | This is a live-stream of the lecture. An edited version of the lecture will be uploaded in due course.Have a Question? No Registration Requiredhttps://app.sli.do/event/6Tziwu3L6ikp1mJUnYeDpqA lecture by Professor Raghavendra Rau One of the crucial ideas in finance is that markets are efficient – that they fully reflect all available information. If so, what about market bubbles?Over the last year, people have been willing to pay exorbitant amounts for extremely odd assets such as Non-Fungible Tokens, meme stocks etc. Why do they do this?This lecture will explore some investors’ systematic behavioural biases, and how these can be used to predict returns.Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
Witch-Hunting in European and World History Gresham College 2024-03-14 | This is a live-stream of the lecture. An edited version of the lecture will be uploaded in due course.Have a Question? No Registration Requiredhttps://app.sli.do/event/t8V7ZAmskFgtRb5mJRVcbMA lecture by Professor Ronald Hutton This lecture confronts the worldwide phenomenon of the persecution of suspected witches, now a serious, contemporary problem condemned by the UN in 2021.It will show what has been unusual about Europe in this global pattern, and why the notorious early modern witch hunts there commenced and ended.Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
A Mathematician’s View of Proof Gresham College 2024-03-14 | This is a live-stream of the lecture. An edited version of the lecture will be uploaded in due course.Have a Question? No Registration Requiredhttps://app.sli.do/event/dPVQbHMXtVQchpmV2mCdKwA lecture by Sarah Hart The idea of proof is fundamental to mathematics. We could argue that science consists of testable theories, and therefore that it is about what can be disproved, not what can be proved. In law, the test is “beyond reasonable doubt”.Famous conjectures in mathematics have been tested by computers for trillions of numbers – but we still call them conjectures.In this lecture we’ll talk about what mathematicians mean by proof, and I’ll show you some of my favourites.Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
Experts in Politics: Lessons from Socrates and Aristotle Gresham College 2024-03-14 | This is a live-stream of the lecture. An edited version of the lecture will be uploaded in due course.Have a Question? No Registration Requiredhttps://app.sli.do/event/7DtrfbE5MRGqL4PsPJL8moA lecture by Professor Melissa Lane Socrates sought to test the expertise of everyone around him: the bombastic know-it-alls, the bashful youths, the confident generals, those (including the enslaved) with unsuspected mathematical competence, the workaday artisans. Aristotle later explored the ways in which expert claims can be made credible to popular judgement.This lecture considers the role of experts in contributing to public debate in a democracy, bringing Aristotle's work on rhetoric to bear on norms for expert communication and public debate.Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
First light: Revealing the Early Universe Gresham College 2024-03-14 | This is a live-stream of the lecture. An edited version of the lecture will be uploaded in due course.Have a Question? No Registration Requiredhttps://app.sli.do/event/9UHpm5FESC2KPM6nBcGJcjA lecture by Professor Chris Lintott The final lecture in the series returns to the theme of how insight is derived from observations, considering the cosmic microwave background.This oldest light in the Universe, emitted just 400,000 years after the Big Bang, contains the seeds of the structures we see around us, and tells us about conditions at the Universe's beginning.It will also consider how measurements of the Universe's expansion, made using the CMB, are leading to unexpected results, creating tension in modern cosmology.Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
Race, Disability & Education: Laws Uphill Battle Gresham College 2024-03-14 | This is a live-stream of the lecture. An edited version of the lecture will be uploaded in due course.Have a Question? No Registration Requiredhttps://app.sli.do/event/76qcfbUTow8QQqcguYbWu1A lecture by Professor Leslie Thomas KC This lecture traces the history of race and disability law in the English education system. It examines the impact of discriminatory policies on Black, children of colour, and disabled children, and how narratives around race and disability have changed.The lecture questions why inequality persists and explores possible solutions.Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
Logarithms: Mobile Phones, Modelling & Statistics? - Oliver Johnson Gresham College 2024-03-14 | This is a live-stream of the lecture. An edited version of the lecture will be uploaded in due course.Have a Question? No Registration Requiredhttps://app.sli.do/event/2K3ekZKBwMaBESKvAF83wiA lecture by Professor Oliver Johnson Logarithms were perhaps once thought of as just an old-fashioned way to do sums on slide rules. But they underpin much of modern life, from modelling the COVID pandemic to Claude Shannon’s mathematical theory of information (which makes mobile phones a reality) and making sense of Cristiano Ronaldo’s crazy Instagram follower numbers.This lecture will explore the basics and history of logarithms, and then show how they are a natural way to represent many models and datasets.Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
A Just and Inclusive Net Zero: Who should get there first? - Myles Allen Gresham College 2024-03-14 | This is a live-stream of the lecture. An edited version of the lecture will be uploaded in due course.Have a Question? No Registration Requiredhttps://app.sli.do/event/xbDv7uxewL7mr6aacaLRUSA lecture by Professor Myles Allen Eventually, net zero needs to include everyone: for emissions to continue in half the world while the other half mops them up is both unsustainable and unfair. But this does not mean every country should reach net zero at the same time.Historical emitters like the UK should aim or net zero before the world as a whole, but a “staggered net zero” also carries risks for developing countries, lest they are left stranded in the race to a sustainable future.Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/supportWebsite: gresham.ac.ukTwitter: twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
