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Introducing our new Frank Jackson Foundation Professor of the Environment @helenczerski.bsky.social and her first lecture series: Notes from a Large Planet!

Find out more and register to watch live online: gres.hm/large-planet

In-person tickets open one month before each event.

@ucl.ac.uk

07.08.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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"Only mind has sight and hearing; all things else are deaf and blind." – Epicharmus.

πŸ‘‰ gres.hm/deceived-brain

Prof @alaingoriely.bsky.social reveals how optical illusions can be modelled mathematically, shedding light on how we process information...

@oxfordmathematics.bsky.social

07.08.2025 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"We were better under Saddam Hussein" – what an Iraqi judge told Sir Howard Morrison KC the last time he visited Iraq.

πŸ‘‰ gres.hm/grays-inn-25

Catch up on our annual Gray's Inn Reading, which examines the pros and cons of democracy in today's world...

#law #iraqwar

05.08.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Our 2025–26 lecture programme is here!

From #AI to ancient #politics, #music, human emotions, #photography, and modern #China - this year’s lectures explore society, science, belief, & the universe. Join us live, online or in person - always free!

πŸ“… πŸ‘‰https://gres.hm/whats-on

23.07.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Professor Robin May to join UKHSA as Chief Scientific Officer UKHSA has appointed Professor Robin May as Interim Chief Scientific Officer.

Congratulations Prof May!

πŸ‘‰Gresham College Professor of Physic, @robinmay9.bsky.social, to join UKHSA as Chief Scientific Officer www.gov.uk/government/n...

22.07.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What does the #universe sound like?

Profs @chrislintott.bsky.social & @miltonline.bsky.social closed our Festival of Musical Ideas with an exploration of #music & the #cosmos. πŸ”­βœ¨ How can we hear the stars?

gres.hm/music-spheres

@oxfordphysics.bsky.social | @uniofsurrey.bsky.social

21.07.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’‘ Can equations groove? Can geometry sing?

At the Gresham Festival of Musical Ideas, Professors Sarah Hart and @miltonline.bsky.social uncovered how when maths meets music, magic happens πŸ”’πŸŽ΅ ⭐

More via: gres.hm/maths-music-...

#maths #geometry #music #greshamcollege

20.07.2025 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Operatic Showstopper: β€˜You’ll Never Walk Alone’ - Dominic Broomfield-McHugh
YouTube video by Gresham College The Operatic Showstopper: β€˜You’ll Never Walk Alone’ - Dominic Broomfield-McHugh

Watch my latest @greshamcollege.bsky.social lecture now: You’ll Never Walk Alone: The Operatic Showstopper. Especially enjoyable was my inability to cope with the football bit as @chrislintott.bsky.social kindly pointed out 🀭

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiBd...

19.07.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prof Melissa S Lane* at our Festival of Musical Ideas, exploring the what & why of #AncientGreek music, how it was was essential to education, virtue, and citizenship & its deep connection to philosophy, society, & the self

Watch moreπŸ‘‰ gres.hm/virtues-music

*also of @princetonpolitics.bsky.social

19.07.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🎢 Catch up! The Gresham Festival of Musical Ideas!

πŸ‘‰https://gres.hm/evolution-music

Profs @miltonline.bsky.social & @robinmay9.bsky.social kicked off with a look at the Evolution of #Music. How has music evolved across time and species? Why is music universal? How is it wired into human #biology?

19.07.2025 07:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How do viruses use our own bodies against us?

Catch up with our lecture series on #immunity: gres.hm/what-is-immu... by Prof @robinmay9.bsky.social

#virology #immunology #biology #medicine

14.07.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From film to football stadiums... what makes β€˜You’ll Never Walk Alone’ such an enduring anthem?🎢⚽

Catch up on @profdombm.bsky.social* exploring this powerful showstopper from #Carousel & ft.Β live performances by Rebecca Evans πŸ‘‰ gres.hm/operatic-sho...

*@sheffielduni.bsky.social #YNWA #liverpoolfc

12.07.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We need to stop fossil fuels from causing #globalwarming – but who'll pick up the bill?

Myles Allen presents a simple solution: make CO2 disposal a licensing condition of the sale and use of fossil fuels...

Watch: gres.hm/carbon-takeb...

@oxfordnetzero.bsky.social | @oxfordphysics.bsky.social

10.07.2025 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Still Inspired? Your Gift Can Go Twice as Far...

If Gresham College has enriched your year, please consider giving back. Thanks to a generous donor, all donations made in 2025 will be matched.

gres.hm/donate-today

#SupportGreshamCollege

09.07.2025 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Do Computers Get Sick?

Profs @robinmay9.bsky.social and @cyberbaines.bsky.social ask whether there are similarities between human #immunity & #computer immunity? Can we use discoveries in one to help protect the other?

Watch more: gres.hm/computer-virus

@imibirmingham.bsky.social

08.07.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great to be able to talk about the impact of climate change on infections at today's 'Leave No One Behind' schools' conference with @mulberrytrust.bsky.social @greshamcollege.bsky.social and @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Yet another reason (as if we needed one) to get to #netzero ASAP.

07.07.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mulberry Academy is joined by 3 Gresham Profs today, Carolyn Roberts, Ian Mudway & Robin May at their Leave No One Behind conference @KingsCollegeLon

Students are exploring global challenges through the lens of the UN SDGs - learning, debating & driving change. 🌍 #SDGs #Changemakers

07.07.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ We have three new Professors!

πŸ‘‹ Welcome:
🌍 Helen Czerski of @ucl.ac.uk as Prof of the #Environment
πŸ’» Matt Jones of @swanseauni.bsky.social as Prof of #IT
πŸ“Š Daniel Susskind of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social / @ox.ac.uk as our new Prof of #Business

πŸ”— Read more: gres.hm/new-profs25

01.07.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Free Public Lectures. World-Leading Speakers. Since 1597.

Every year, we bring lectures from renowned academics to the public – free of charge.

Sign up to our mailing list to be the first to hear about our 2025/26 programme: gres.hm/newsletter

#GreshamCollege

28.06.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Want to know more about the history of modern Iran?

Our lecture series, History of Modern Iran, explored the 1906 Constitutional Revolution, the 1979 Revolution and the 2022-23 protests, tracing the roots of Iran’s current sociopolitical landscape...

πŸ”— gres.hm/modern-iran

27.06.2025 07:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We've come to the end of this academic programme and we'd love to know... what was your favourite lecture this year? πŸŽ“

πŸ’¬ Share your thoughts here or via: https://gres.hm/survey

We really appreciate your feedback! πŸ™Œ

25.06.2025 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“… Tonight at 7pm:
The 2025 Sir Thomas Gresham Lecture - The Future of Health with Professor Sir Chris Whitty

Health has transformed dramatically over the past 150 years - From public health breakthroughs to AI in medicine, what’s next?

πŸŽ₯ Watch live: gres.hm/thomas-gresh...

23.06.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy #Pridemonth!

Enjoy this performance by West End actor Luke Bayer of 'Over the Rainbow', made famous by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz (1939).

From the lecture 'The LGBT+ Showstopper β€˜I Am What I Am’' by @profdombm.bsky.social

Watch more via: gres.hm/lgbt

#pride #lgbt

22.06.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today 12.45pm - 6pm: The Gresham Festival of Musical Ideas

πŸ“ Holborn, London – drop in anytime!

Prof @miltonline.bsky.social, with five other Profs, explores intersection of #music with #biology, #astronomy, #maths & more..

⚠️ No livestream available – lectures on website/YouTube soon!

20.06.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This #WorldRefugeeDay, we revisit Dr Greg Constantinelecture, 'The Human Cost of Immigration Detention'.

Watch: gres.hm/detention

This lecture, sponsored by @isrfoundation.bsky.social, asked what does #immigration detention look like? How is it a reflection of the societies tolerating its use?

20.06.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Earlier this week we hosted Raghavendra Rau’s final lecture as Professor of #Business at Gresham College. His brilliant series on #tech, ideas and human behaviour in #finance offered clarity, insight and practical knowledge. Thank you Professor! πŸ™

Read more: gres.hm/rr25

19.06.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Galileo’s Journey to the Underworld: The Case for Interdisciplinary Thinking | Gresham College In 1588, the young Galileo delivered some lectures that were impressive enough to secure him a mathematics professorship at the University of Pisa. His subject? The geometry of Dante’s Inferno. In our Annual Provost's Lecture, Professor Sarah Hart looks at some of Galileo’s deductions, and how the questions raised may have influenced his later mathematical research.

Today at 6pm: Galileo’s Journey to the Underworld!

Our Annual Provost's lecture | Watch live: gres.hm/galileos-jou...

Prof Sarah Hart on Galileo’s mathematical insights into Dante's Inferno πŸ”₯ How does this and other examples highlight a need for #interdisciplinary thinking?

18.06.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Deceived Brain: Coding and Illusion | Gresham College We perceive the world through the processing of information given by our senses. Sometimes, this processing is faulty, leading to illusions: shapes or sounds that we perceive differently from their physical reality. These illusions have delighted children and scientists alike for centuries. This lecture reveals how simple geometric illusions can be modelled mathematically, based on our understanding of how visual signals are coded and decoded by the brain, leading to a better understanding of how we process information.

Today 6pm: The Deceived Brain: Coding and Illusion

Watch free via: gres.hm/deceived-brain

Prof @alaingoriely.bsky.social* reveals how simple, optical & aural, geometric illusions can be modelled mathematically, shedding light on how we process information

*also of @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social

17.06.2025 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Outsmart the System: How Psychology Hacks Your Money Decisions Ever feel like the financial world works against you? This lecture discusses "behavioural finance" – how our brains get tricked by money matters.Β We explore how to use these insights to your advantage...

Today at 6pm: Outsmart the System: How Psychology Hacks Your Money Decisions

Watch live via: gres.hm/psychology-m...

Ever feel like the financial world works against you? In his last lecture as Gresham Professor of Business, Raghavendra Rau discusses #behaviouralfinance...

16.06.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Was it moral for hackers to leak data from Ashley Madison?

Watch more via: gres.hm/stealing-data

#IT has given us new means to obtain protected data. To many, #hackers are heroes not criminals...

Gresham Prof @cyberbaines.bsky.social asks, should they be protected or prosecuted?

13.06.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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