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Gresham College was founded in 1597 and has been providing free lectures in the City of London for over 400 years.This four-century-old tradition continues today with three or more lectures a week available to watch on YouTube and our website.Gresham College is able to continue to offer free public lectures thanks to the generosity of our supporters. 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: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/support/Links:Support us: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/get-involved/support-us/make-donation/donate-todayFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollegeTwitter: https://twitter.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/greshamcollege/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greshamcollegeWebsite: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/

  1. 56m ago

    Privateer and Mathematician: The Voyages of Edward Wright

    THE 2019 BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS / GRESHAM COLLEGE ANNUAL LECTUREUploaded 10-06-26The event will focus upon mathematical expeditions, outlining how the use of mathematics has been instrumental to the success of historical voyages of exploration. The main speaker, Professor Ana Simões, will discuss A Global History of the Eclipse of 29 May 1919 (6pm). This will be preceded by shorter presentations by Dr Stephen Johnson on Privateer and Mathematician: the Voyages of Edward Wright (4pm) and by Dr Rebekah Higgitt on Mathematical Practice and 18th-Century British Voyages of Scientific Exploration (4:45pm).A lecture by Dr Stephen Johnston, University of Oxford 23 OctoberThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/privateer-and-mathematicianGresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 2,000 lectures free to access or download from the website.Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/greshamcollege Support the show (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/get-involved/support-us/make-donation/one-donation) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Privateer and Mathematician: The Voyages of Edward Wright

  2. 1h ago

    Shapes of Free Fall

    The shapes of the orbits of many planets and comets orbiting their mother-ship stars are well known to be circles or ellipses (an idea that was explained by Isaac Newton). But we now understand that, depending on the history and the energy of the orbiting system, other geometric shapes are possible and indeed frequently observed. Uploaded 10-06-26This talk will explore how simple changes to the circumstances can make dramatic differences to the shapes of the orbits, all of which belong to a special family of shapes known as the conic sections.A lecture by Katherine Blundell 29 JanuaryThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/shapes-of-freefallGresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 2,000 lectures free to access or download from the website.Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/greshamcollege Support the show (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/get-involved/support-us/make-donation/one-donation) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Shapes of Free Fall

  3. 2h ago

    A is for Autism - Dame Stephanie Shirley

    Half a million people in the UK are on the autistic spectrum, all finding it hard to make sense of the world around them. The disorder impacts both the highly intelligent and the profoundly learning disabled (including Dame Stephanie Shirley's late son).Uploaded 30-08-11The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the on the Gresham College website:http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/a-is-for-autismGresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website.http://www.gresham.ac.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    A is for Autism - Dame Stephanie Shirley

  4. 2h ago

    Twenty-first Century Threats: Malaria - Professor Frank Cox DSc

    In 1955, the World Health Organization announced an ambitious plan to eradicate malaria from the face of the earth. Now, nearly sixty years later, malaria still afflicts some 250 million people of whom over a million, mostly children, die each year. What went wrong?Uploaded 17-05-12In this lecture, Professor Frank Cox of Gresham College and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine will attempt to answer this question against a background of the history of malaria until 1955, what happened between 1955 and 1978 when the eradication plan was abandoned and finally where this leaves us today and concludes with the sobering possibility that malaria may never be eradicated.he transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/twenty-first-century-threats-malariaGresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website.http://www.gresham.ac.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Twenty-first Century Threats: Malaria - Professor Frank Cox DSc

  5. 3h ago

    A History of Hair

    The 2014 scandal over Rachel Dolezal's lying about being of African-American heritage reignited debates about the politics of hair. It has been followed by numerous books with titles such as Don't Touch My Hair. Uploaded 10-06-26This lecture explores how hair has been seen as symbolic of empowerment, deviance, and identity. It looks at the role of big business in promoting grooming products (including scalp-damaging chemicals); the hair grooming regulations of the military; and the political significance of facial hair.A lecture by Joanna Bourke, Gresham Professor of Rhetoric 31 OctoberThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/history-of-hairGresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 2,000 lectures free to access or download from the website.Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/greshamcollege Support the show (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/get-involved/support-us/make-donation/one-donation) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    A History of Hair

  6. 4h ago

    Formal and Informal Empire in the 19th Century - Professor Richard Evans

    From the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the 1880s, British industrial might and British command of the oceans underpinned the 'imperialism of free trade', in which economic interests of various kinds were paramount. In the industrial era, the major non-European empires, notably the Chinese, Japanese and Mughal states, failed to keep pace with this expansion of European influence, and the lecture discusses the reasons for this failure. New European empires emerged following the collapse of the old, and gradually European states found themselves intentionally or otherwise involved in converting economic and trading interests into imperial administration. Existing centres of European settlement and economic penetration, from Canada and South Africa to India and Algeria, generated a further impetus towards imperial expansion, driven by settlers' interests in trade, labour exploitation or security.Uploaded 03-11-11The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/formal-and-informal-empire-in-the-nineteenth-centuryGresham 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: https://gresham.ac.uk/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Formal and Informal Empire in the 19th Century - Professor Richard Evans

  7. 5h ago

    The Future of EU and Global Markets - Dr Robert Barnes

    After the largest financial crisis in the history of the capital markets, what changes do we need to promote liquidity recovery? As authorities world-wide seek a safe framwork within which we can behave as entrepreneurs, what insights can Equities offer Over-The-Counter markets and vice-versa? Investors and Exchanges empowered with choice of on-and-off-orderbook mechanisms, dark and light, will innovate electronic trading to diversify by geography and asset class. Come and learn the bold ideas shaping the new landscape.Uploaded 13-12-11The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-future-of-the-eu-and-global-marketsGresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website.http://www.gresham.ac.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Future of EU and Global Markets - Dr Robert Barnes

  8. 6h ago

    The Universities: Under Regulation - Baroness Ruth Deech

    All universities are anxious to raise funds and some have come under criticism for accepting funds from despotic regimes which are seeking credibility and influence. What are the limits of fundraising? British universities have also acquired a reputation for hosting extremist speakers and for failing to control racial and religious hatred on campus, in the name of academic freedom and freedom of speech. What are the ambits of freedom of speech? Why is campus life threatening to some students, and what should universities do about it? Student complaints are on the increase. The Coexistence Trust has come into being to build networks of trust between Muslim and Jewish students on campus and to fight antisemitism and Islamophobia. How can students be encouraged to take up peaceful dialogue and not fight international battles at home?Uploaded 24-04-12The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-universities-under-regulationGresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website.http://www.gresham.ac.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Universities: Under Regulation - Baroness Ruth Deech
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Gresham College was founded in 1597 and has been providing free lectures in the City of London for over 400 years.This four-century-old tradition continues today with three or more lectures a week available to watch on YouTube and our website.Gresham College is able to continue to offer free public lectures thanks to the generosity of our supporters. 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: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/support/Links:Support us: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/get-involved/support-us/make-donation/donate-todayFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollegeTwitter: https://twitter.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/greshamcollege/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greshamcollegeWebsite: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/

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