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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 3d

🎟️ In-person tickets now open: Do Not Resuscitate Forms – Who’d Have One?

👉 gres.hm/dnr-forms

Join consultant and chair of Wales’ DNACPR policy, @profmarktaubert.bsky.social*, to explore DNACPR policy, end-of-life planning, scandals & tackling misinformation

*@cardiffuni.bsky.social

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 3d

This week at Gresham:
How Does Mathematics Last? Heritage and Heritage-making in Mathematics

The Annual BSHM Lecture with Prof Caroline Ehrhardt
Follow live: gres.hm/heritage-maths

How is mathematical knowledge recorded and preserved across generations?

#mathshistory

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 5d

In-person tickets open!

China’s Economic Prospects on the Cusp

gres.hm/china-economics

Economist @george17.bsky.social asks, in a sea of macroeconomic imbalances & headwinds, does China's government have the political capacity to address deep-seated economic problems?

Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 8d

📢 We’re delighted to announce that Professor Jane Shaw has been appointed the new Provost of Gresham College, starting this Dec!

Prof Shaw is a distinguished historian, author, & outgoing Principal of @hmcoxford.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk

Read more: gres.hm/jane-shaw-25🎓

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 9d

🎟️ Free in-person tickets now open!
👉 gres.hm/music-animals

Do animals make music? From whale songs and birdsong to horse rhythms echoing the blues, @miltonline.bsky.social asks if music is uniquely human - or shared with our animal cousins.

📍 Held at LSO St Luke's
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 9d

📅 This week at Gresham College:

🎟 Hitler, Jesus & How to Win a Culture War
Prof. Alec Ryrie

😱 Why Do We Fear?
Prof. Robin May

📸 Evoking Empathy through Animal Portraiture
Photographer Tim Flach

All lectures are free & open to all - join us online! 👉 www.gresham.ac.uk/wh...

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 16d

On this week:

Shakespeare’s Musical Fairies with Prof Dominic Broomfield-McHugh

AI Will Be Your Overlord: Faster, Brighter, Better Than You? with Prof Matt Jones

How It Ends: What We Know about the Fate of the Universe with Prof Chris Lintott

Watch live! 👉www.gresham.ac.uk/wh...

Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 17d

🎟 In-person tickets now open: Whither War; Whither the Law of War
👉 gres.hm/whither-war

Prof Sir Geoffrey Nice KC asks how we might rethink #war itself. He explores whether courts, laws & informal processes can deliver justice, & whether they can prevent future conflict...

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 22d

Free tickets: From Tyranny to Athenian Democracy
👉gres.hm/tyranny-demo...

Prof Melissa Lane* traces Athenian democracy to 508 BCE, when a popular uprising toppled a tyrant & Cleisthenes’ reforms reshaped politics, identity & society

*also of @princeton.bsky.social / @princetonpolitics.bsky.social

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 23d

What does it mean to be Chinese?

In this lunchtime lecture, Prof Steve Tsang (@soasuni.bsky.social) examines and contrasts the very different political realities of Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

🎟 Free, in-person tickets now available: gres.hm/china-lessons

#China

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 23d

On this week:

The Shape of Hands: Symmetry, Chirality and Handedness with Prof Alain Goriely
👉 gres.hm/shape-hands

The Great God Pan: Lord of the Wild with Prof Ronald Hutton
👉 https://gres.hm/god-pan

Lessons from Guantánamo Bay with Prof Clive Stafford Smith JD
👉 https://gres.hm/gitmo

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 24d

🎟 Free tickets: War’s Toxic Legacy
👉 gres.hm/toxic-war

War leaves toxic scars - metals, chemicals, asbestos - harming civilians long after combat. Prof Ian Mudway* calls for action on health, remediation & justice

*also of @ImperialSPH @ImperialMed and @CentreEnvHealth

Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 26d

✨ Gresham College was founded in 1597 thanks to Sir Thomas Gresham’s Will. Over 400 years later, his gift still funds free lectures for all. You can help secure our future too.

💛Find out more: gres.hm/gift-will

#RememberACharityWeek @RememberACharity

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 28d

Did you know that, If your life has been touched by our work, you can support our vital work through leaving a gift to #GreshamCollege in your Will?

Find out more here: gres.hm/gift-will

@remembercharity #RememberACharityWeek

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 29d

📢 Free tickets! Prof Caroline Ehrhardt asks: How does mathematics last?

Discover how maths heritage is shaped by people, libraries & politics with particular reference to 19th-century France in our Annual BSHM Gresham Lecture

🎟 gres.hm/heritage-maths

#Maths @mathshistory

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · Sep 8

Coming up this week:

Tues 9 Sep: Automation Anxiety by Prof Daniel Susskind
👉gres.hm/automation-a...

Thurs 11 Sep: Earth – Our Planetary Life Support System by Prof @helenczerski.bsky.social
👉gres.hm/life-support

#freelearning

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · Sep 5

Right, EVENT PLUGGING TIME. FIRSTLY, FREE tickets for the first of my @greshamcollege.bsky.social lectures are now available. Come here about the end of the Universe - central London or online on Sep 24th. (Will sell out, I think, so do book) www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/how...

How It Ends: What We Know about the Fate of the Universe

How will it all end? Predicting the far future of our Universe depends on understanding its present. This lecture starts with what seems to be a paradox in modern cosmology: that we have a model that ...

www.gresham.ac.uk

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · Sep 5

🎓 Volunteer with Gresham College!

We’re looking for friendly faces to support our evening lectures by welcoming attendees, checking them in, and helping manage hall capacity. Find out more and sign up: www.gresham.ac.uk/vo...

#Volunteer #GreshamCollege #Events #Community

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · Sep 2

📸 Evoking Empathy through Animal Portraiture

Book free tickets 👉 gres.hm/animal-portr...

Acclaimed photographer Tim Flach shows how photography can foster empathy with animals, spark emotional responses, and inspire conservation – blending art, science and social awareness...

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · Sep 1

😱 Why Do We Fear?

Free tickets now open 👉 gres.hm/why-fear

Fear keeps us alive, but can also trap us in phobias or push us toward thrill-seeking. Prof @robinmay9.bsky.social asks, can understanding its biology help us overcome it?

*also of @imibirmingham.bsky.social

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · Aug 30

🎟 Free tickets: Hitler, Jesus & How to Win a Culture War

👉 gres.hm/hitler-jesus

Emeritus Professor of Divinity Alec Ryrie on how #WWII shaped our idea of evil - and why that moral compass may be breaking down...

@durham-university.bsky.social #History #Ethics #Philosophy

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Independent Social Research Foundation @isrfoundation.bsky.social · Aug 20

From oil to cod – ISRF event explores what yesterday’s empires reveal about today’s wars

Universal Impact's Adam Smith on a recent ISRF-sponsored series of lectures on #decolonisation at @greshamcollege.bsky.social, which shed new light on contemporary conflicts.

isrf.org/blog/from-oi...

From oil to cod – ISRF event explores what yesterday’s empires reveal about today’s wars

An ISRF-hosted series of lectures on decolonisation sheds new light on contemporary conflicts.

isrf.org

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · Aug 19

Why did the anti-colonialism movement gain so much ground after WW2?

👉 gres.hm/world-decolo...

Prof Martin Thomas looks at global history to re-evaluate whether the 20th century collapse of European colonialism was as definitive as often portrayed...

@isrfoundation.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · Aug 11

I'm looking forward to giving my first Gresham Lecture a month from today. Anyone can register for free to listen online or to watch in person if you're in London.

Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · Aug 11

Book free tickets!

🌍 Earth – Our Planetary Life Support System by Prof @helenczerski.bsky.social*

We’re not separate from Earth, we’re part of its intricate system. Discover the two fundamental rules that keep our planet (and us) alive...

👉 gres.hm/life-support

* also of @ucl.ac.uk

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Aug 15

Did Walter Scott Invent Scotland?
Dr Juliet Shields’ 2017 @greshamcollege.bsky.social Fulbright lecture

Why is it Scott’s version, rather than any of the many other #C19th literary representations of Scotland, that has endured in the popular imagination?
#Romanticism
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxBp...

Did Sir Walter Scott Invent Scotland? - Dr Juliet Shields

YouTube video by Gresham College

www.youtube.com

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