Gresham College Lectures
Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597, making us London's oldest higher education institution. This podcast offers our recorded lectures that are free to access from the Gresham College website, or our YouTube channel.
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The Risks of Technology in Business
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Sickle Cell Disease: A Cultural History
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The End of the Universe
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Populism, Aristotle and Hope
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AIDS: A Cultural History
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Do We Need the Police?
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The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani
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How the World Agreed on Net Zero
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AI in Business
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Life Without Chords? – Atonal Music
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Christopher Wren’s Medical Discoveries: the ‘Architect of Human Anatomy’
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The Mathematical Life of Florence Nightingale
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A Microbial Future
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Diseases of the Heart Structure, Muscle and Valves
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Cybersecurity for Humans
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Dementia: A Cultural History
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Women, Islam and Prophecy
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A History of Barts, Britain's Oldest Hospital
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The Future of Tall Buildings
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Finding Lost Gods in Wales
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Architects and Engineers: Making Infrastructure Beautiful
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British Coronations: A History
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Reclaiming Women in the Hebrew Bible
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Do We Need Criminal law?
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The Trillionth Tonne of Carbon and Why It Matters For Climate Change
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What Is the Role of Nuclear Power in a Net Zero System?
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Gene Editing: A New Legal Frontier
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Endings in the Novel, from Austen and Dickens to Edward St Aubyn and Rachel Cusk
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Women Leaders in Early Christianity
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Famous Chords
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Picturesque Engineering: Telford's Highland Roads and Bridges
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Who Benefited from the British Empire?
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The End of Life on Earth
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Portraits of Native Americans from Pocahontas to Sitting Bull
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Lungs, Gut, and Skin: Biological Interfaces with the Outside World
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How Microbes Manipulate Life
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Defeating Digital Viruses: Lessons From the Pandemic
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Sleep and Mental Health
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The Medieval Agricultural Revolution: New Evidence
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Landscapes of Roman Britain
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Does the Adversarial System Serve Us Well?
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The Carbon Cycle Behind Net Zero
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Viking Pagan Gods in Britain
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The Mathematical Life of Sir Christopher Wren
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Portraits of Queen Elizabeth II: The Artists’ Challenges
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Historical Fiction from Sir Walter Scott to Georgette Heyer and Hilary Mantel
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Big Data in Business
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Rhythm Disturbances of the Heart
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Stonehenge: A History
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Christopher Wren’s Cosmos
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