http://gresham.ac.uk
🔗 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
🔗 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
🔗 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
🔗 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
📸 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
📸 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
👉 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
👉 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
We talk about the climate crisis in terms of greenhouse gases. But what is the atmosphere, and how does it really work?
In 'An Ocean of Air', Prof Helen Czerski* reveals all about our atmosphere...
👉 gres.hm/ocean-air
* also of UCL
We talk about the climate crisis in terms of greenhouse gases. But what is the atmosphere, and how does it really work?
In 'An Ocean of Air', Prof Helen Czerski* reveals all about our atmosphere...
👉 gres.hm/ocean-air
* also of UCL
Professor Alain Goriely* explores how gravity shapes planets, from Earth’s squashed form to the limits of spherical worlds https://gres.hm/shape-gravity
*also of Oxford Mathematics
#astronomy #maths
Professor Alain Goriely* explores how gravity shapes planets, from Earth’s squashed form to the limits of spherical worlds https://gres.hm/shape-gravity
*also of Oxford Mathematics
#astronomy #maths
In 'Mithras: Master of Mystery', Gresham Professor of Divinity Ronald Hutton explores the most famous mystery religion of the Roman Empire...
👉 gres.hm/mithras
University of Bristol #AncientHistory #AncientRome #GreshamCollege
In 'Mithras: Master of Mystery', Gresham Professor of Divinity Ronald Hutton explores the most famous mystery religion of the Roman Empire...
👉 gres.hm/mithras
University of Bristol #AncientHistory #AncientRome #GreshamCollege
https://gres.hm/why-grieve
Prof Robin May* explores the biology of grief.. and whether we might find a 'cure' for this crip[pling emotion.
*also of the Institute of Microbiology and Infection
#evolution #biology
https://gres.hm/why-grieve
Prof Robin May* explores the biology of grief.. and whether we might find a 'cure' for this crip[pling emotion.
*also of the Institute of Microbiology and Infection
#evolution #biology
Revisit his terrific lectures here: gres.hm/allan-chapman
Revisit his terrific lectures here: gres.hm/allan-chapman
👉 https://gres.hm/ethics-satire
Satire once aimed to reform through ridicule - but today it’s under fire. Where’s the line between #FreeSpeech and hate speech? Prof Judith Hawley explores satire’s past and present.
👉 https://gres.hm/ethics-satire
Satire once aimed to reform through ridicule - but today it’s under fire. Where’s the line between #FreeSpeech and hate speech? Prof Judith Hawley explores satire’s past and present.
From Pythagoras to Holst, throat singing to seismic & celestial data, #music has echoed the cosmos. Prof Milton Mermikides* explores how all existence vibrates as sound.
👉 https://gres.hm/music-earth-space
*also of @uniofsurrey.bsky.social
From Pythagoras to Holst, throat singing to seismic & celestial data, #music has echoed the cosmos. Prof Milton Mermikides* explores how all existence vibrates as sound.
👉 https://gres.hm/music-earth-space
*also of @uniofsurrey.bsky.social
Enjoy Robert Burns’ The White Cockade (1790), performed by Timothy Reynolds (tenor) and Ulrich Wedemeier (guitar). 🎶
From Prof Christopher Jones’ lecture on the guitar: the first fully harmonic instrument accessible to the working-class.
👉 gres.hm/guitar-lowest
#Scotland
Enjoy Robert Burns’ The White Cockade (1790), performed by Timothy Reynolds (tenor) and Ulrich Wedemeier (guitar). 🎶
From Prof Christopher Jones’ lecture on the guitar: the first fully harmonic instrument accessible to the working-class.
👉 gres.hm/guitar-lowest
#Scotland
👉 https://gres.hm/out-reach
Prof Professor Daniel Susskind explores frictional tech unemployment: work exists, but people can’t access it—skills gaps, location, and identity mismatches.
*also of King's College London
👉 https://gres.hm/out-reach
Prof Professor Daniel Susskind explores frictional tech unemployment: work exists, but people can’t access it—skills gaps, location, and identity mismatches.
*also of King's College London
In 'Music of Light and Colour', Prof of Music Milton Mermikides reveals how musicians and composers have long explored the deep links between sound and vision...
👉 gres.hm/music-light-colour
#Synesthesia #MusicTheory #MusicHistory #GreshamCollege
In 'Music of Light and Colour', Prof of Music Milton Mermikides reveals how musicians and composers have long explored the deep links between sound and vision...
👉 gres.hm/music-light-colour
#Synesthesia #MusicTheory #MusicHistory #GreshamCollege
https://gres.hm/ground
Prof. Helen Czerski* explores land, rocks, and soil—what the ground beneath us is doing across short and deep timescales, and how we should think about its future.
* also of UCL
#environment #airpollution #climate
https://gres.hm/ground
Prof. Helen Czerski* explores land, rocks, and soil—what the ground beneath us is doing across short and deep timescales, and how we should think about its future.
* also of UCL
#environment #airpollution #climate
🎨 Constable’s Cornfield at 200 Years Old – Prof Malcolm Andrews 👉 Tue 20 Jan, 6pm
🖤 Why Do We Grieve? – Prof Robin May 👉 Wed 21 Jan 2026, 6pm
🌬️ An Ocean of Air – Prof Helen Czerski 👉 Thu 22 Jan 2026, 6pm
🎥 Watch live online! www.gresham.ac.uk
🎨 Constable’s Cornfield at 200 Years Old – Prof Malcolm Andrews 👉 Tue 20 Jan, 6pm
🖤 Why Do We Grieve? – Prof Robin May 👉 Wed 21 Jan 2026, 6pm
🌬️ An Ocean of Air – Prof Helen Czerski 👉 Thu 22 Jan 2026, 6pm
🎥 Watch live online! www.gresham.ac.uk
https://gres.hm/climate-insurance
Why did insurance vanish for coastal homes while energy bills surged? Prof Raghavendra Rau explains how climate extremes & geopolitics create correlated risks; and what fixes might work
Cambridge Judge Business School
https://gres.hm/climate-insurance
Why did insurance vanish for coastal homes while energy bills surged? Prof Raghavendra Rau explains how climate extremes & geopolitics create correlated risks; and what fixes might work
Cambridge Judge Business School
https://gres.hm/price-pixels
From rare earth mining to data centres and e-waste, Prof Ian Mudway* explores the hidden environmental and health costs of convenience...
*also of School of Public Health
https://gres.hm/price-pixels
From rare earth mining to data centres and e-waste, Prof Ian Mudway* explores the hidden environmental and health costs of convenience...
*also of School of Public Health
👉 https://gres.hm/economics-ai
Prof Daniel Susskind* traces the history of AI, work and #economics from a 1956 Dartmouth conference to today’s technological upheavals and #ChatGPT
*also of King's College London
#EduSky
👉 https://gres.hm/economics-ai
Prof Daniel Susskind* traces the history of AI, work and #economics from a 1956 Dartmouth conference to today’s technological upheavals and #ChatGPT
*also of King's College London
#EduSky
Sir Peter Thornton KC* reveals how, by planning now, we can protect independence, ease future decisions, and gain peace of mind for ourselves and our loved ones...
👉 gres.hm/later-years
* also of King's College London Bedford Square Publishers
Sir Peter Thornton KC* reveals how, by planning now, we can protect independence, ease future decisions, and gain peace of mind for ourselves and our loved ones...
👉 gres.hm/later-years
* also of King's College London Bedford Square Publishers
Dr Sophie Oosterwijk explores Bosch’s ‘surreal’ imagery of sin, death and the afterlife, revealing how his terrifying visions were rooted in late medieval religious belief...
👉 gres.hm/hieronymus-bosch
Dr Sophie Oosterwijk explores Bosch’s ‘surreal’ imagery of sin, death and the afterlife, revealing how his terrifying visions were rooted in late medieval religious belief...
👉 gres.hm/hieronymus-bosch