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Ever heard of Tuvan throat singing? 🎶
In 'Music of Earth and Space', Prof of Music Milton Mermikides * explores the deep connection between music and the cosmos, where all existence vibrates in frequencies... 🌍🌌
Watch now 👉 gres.hm/music-earth-space
*also of University of Surrey
This weekend, we're celebrating #InternationalWomensDay! ✨
#Economic history is often told as a story about men. Dr Victoria Bateman uncovers the forgotten stories of female producers, bankers & economic revolutionaries who helped shape the fortunes of nations
Watch 👉 https://gres.hm/economy
Really enjoyed Prof@chrislintott.bsky.social's outing on the Harry Hill Show podcast!🎙️✨
Alongside comedian Phil Wang, they explored the Big Bang as part of the show’s Theme of the Week 🌌
📖 Read more: gres.hm/hh
▶️ Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SZY...
#astronomy 🎧🔭
Read about abstract artist Tony Kit Kirk, who made art inspired by our recent #maths lecture 'The Shape of Shells' by Prof @alaingoriely.bsky.social*
👉 gres.hm/shells-art ❤️
* also of @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social Mathematics
I'm on the Harry Hill podscarf/show this week, with the marvellous Phil Wang, talking about Gravity. Marvellously silly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SZY...
I cannot recommend more strongly what should be an amazing @greshamcollege.bsky.social lecture this evening from m’colleague @miltonline.bsky.social : Music and Space. 6pm GMT. Online via www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/mus...
Unauthorised Deepfakes & Digital Replicas: Time for Reform?
🎟️ https://gres.hm/deepfakes-replicas
#Deepfakes spread disinformation, demeaning content, & displace creative workers. Dr Hayleigh Bosher on what legal reform could look like in the #UK, and wider solutions.
#AI #GenerativeAI #EduSky
In-person tickets now open: A Living Planet 🌍
https://gres.hm/living-planet
How much life is on #Earth - and what is it doing? Prof Helen Czerski* explores global biomass, from microbes to wild & domesticated animals, and why #biodiversity is vital for ecosystems and civilisation
*also of UCL
This week at #GreshamCollege:
Work, Out of Reach – Prof Daniel Susskind 👉 https://gres.hm/out-reach
Music of Earth & Space – Prof Milton Mermikides 👉 https://gres.hm/music-earth-space
That’s Not Funny: The Ethics of Satire – Prof Judith Hawley 👉 https://gres.hm/ethics-satire
🎥 Watch live online!
Philip listens to Gresham College lectures while rowing – they’ve helped add at least thirty minutes to his daily workout! 💪🎧
If Gresham College has made a difference to you, please consider supporting our work. Help us keep our lectures free and open to all:
👉 gres.hm/donate-today
#FreeEducation
🎟️ In-person tickets open: Guantánamo on the Euphrates? Syria in a Time of Opportunity
🔗https://gres.hm/guantanamo-syria
Prof Stafford Smith examines Syria’s current challenges, from Camp Roj & Al-Hol to the rise of HTS, & asks what opportunities exist, and how advocates can help after years of war
🎟️ Tickets open! The Universe’s 100th Birthday: Galactic Fireworks and Little Red Dots
https://gres.hm/universe-100
100 years after Hubble proved galaxies exist beyond the Milky Way, Prof @chrislintott.bsky.social explores what new space telescopes are revealing...
@oxfordphysics.bsky.social
What links the Vietnam War to the war in Afghanistan? 🪖🇦🇫
In 'Pictures from Afghanistan: Are we making the same mistakes?', Prof of Law Clive Stafford Smith explores the legal lessons he's learned from visiting Afghanistan...
Watch here 👉 gres.hm/pictures-afghanistan
#HumanRights #Law
🐴 As we celebrate #LunarNewYear and welcome the Year of the Horse, we look at one of history’s most unusual horses…
Prof of IT Matt Jones tells Clever Hans' story in his lecture 'AI Will Be Your Overlord: Faster, Brighter, Better Than You?’
Watch 👉 gres.hm/ai-better
#YearOfTheHorse
🎟️ Free tickets open: Born Supremacy – AI as a Pale Shadow of Real Humanity
🔗 https://gres.hm/ai-humanity
Prof of #IT Matt Jones* explores what we lose when #AI replaces human agency and creativity — and how human diversity could shape better AI futures for all.
*also of @swanseauni.bsky.social
www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/de...
Saw this lecture at @greshamcollege.bsky.social and totally recommend it. Informative, not morbid and witty.
This week at #GreshamCollege:
🌍 The Price of Pixels – Prof Ian Mudway 👉 https://gres.hm/price-pixels
🌡️ Climate Risk and Insurance – Prof Raghavendra Rau 👉 https://gres.hm/climate-insurance
🌱 The Ground We Stand On – Prof Helen Czerski 👉 https://gres.hm/ground
🎥 Watch live online!
For those unfamiliar with the celestial object currently visible in UK skies, here's a primer. (Short version: This is the Sun. It is massive. And hot.) www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/to...
🪐🌍 Are planets like Earth rare, or have we just not found them yet?
As we approach the discovery of our 10,000th exoplanet, Prof Chris Lintott * explores whether Earth is truly unusual...
👉 gres.hm/alien-earths
* also of Department of Physics at the University of Oxford
Do VPNs really beef up your computer’s security – or is it all just clever marketing?
Last week, Presenter Greg Foot was joined by our former Prof of #IT, (and now VP of Tech & Society) @cyberbaines.bsky.social to separate fact from fiction...
🎧 👉https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c24g41632jyo ❤️
Oh no! 😄lol. Safe to say we think things have improved somewhat! Hope to see you here in Holborn sometime soon for the c21 Gresham experience! 🎓
In his lecture on the Gothic Novel and the supernatural in fiction, Prof John Mullan delves into the famous Wuthering Heights scene where Cathy is at the window... 👻🪟
Watch full lecture 👉 gres.hm/supernatural-fiction
*also of UCL
#wutheringheights2026 #gothicliterature
🏛️ Tickets open! The Death of Athenian Democracy?
🔗 https://gres.hm/death-athenian-democracy
When did Athenian democracy really end - 338 or 322 BCE? Prof Melissa Lane* explores this and how Athens governed under subsequent Macedonian rule...
* also Princeton University Department of Politics
🎟️ In-person tickets now open: Bridget: Goddess and Saint
🔗 https://gres.hm/goddess-bridget
Gresham Professor of Divinity, Ronald Hutton* explores the tangled history of Bridget, asking whether goddess and saint were ever the same, and what evidence lies behind the myths
*also ofHistory at Bristol
On this week 🎟️
📸 Lee Miller: Indelible Images
Tue 10 Feb, 6pm
🕊️ Peacebuilding through the Visual Arts
Wed 11 Feb, 6pm
Join us online: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on?see-all
Will You Be AI’s Pet? 🐾
👉 https://ow.ly/vcs950Y9Thy
Gresham Professor of IT Matt Jones* explores whether #AI is “domesticating” humans - considering the benefits and hidden costs of our evolving relationship with technology
*also of @swanseauni.bsky.social
Considering leaving a gift in your Will?
A legacy gift to Gresham College helps ensure free, world-class learning remains open to all – now and for generations to come... 🎓✨
Find out more: gres.hm/give-legacy
#LeaveALegacy #GreshamCollege #GiftInYourWill #SupportLearning #FreeEducation
What makes an image impossible to forget?
Antony Penrose explores the photographs his mother Lee Miller took as a witness to WWII and the Holocaust, and why their stark power continues to confront us decades later.
Watch live 👉 gres.hm/lee-miller
#WorldWar2 #Photography #Photojournalism
In-person tickets open: Why Do We Hate?
Why did hatred evolve? Is it love’s evil twin - and can we ever treat it? Prof. Robin May explores one of humanity’s most destructive emotions: https://gres.hm/why-hate
Institute of Microbiology and Infection
#evolution #biology
