Gresham College Lectures

Guantánamo on the Euphrates? Syria in a Time of Opportunity - Clive Stafford Smith

The Universe’s 100th Birthday: Galactic Fireworks and Little Red Dots - Chris Lintott

Bridget: Goddess and Saint - Professor Ronald Hutton

Oligarchs and Their Discontents - Melissa Lane

Why Do We Hate? - Robin May

Born Supremacy – AI as a Pale Shadow of Real Humanity - Professor Matt Jones

That's Not Funny: The Ethics of Satire - Judith Hawley

Work, Out of Reach - Daniel Susskind

Gresham College Podcast with Antony Penrose

Lee Miller: Why Her Photography Still Matters Today - Antony Penrose

Music of Earth and Space - Professor Milton Mermikides

How Women Made the Global Economy - Dr Victoria Bateman

Climate Risk and Insurance - Raghavendra Rau

The Price of Pixels: Unmasking the Environmental Impact of Our Digital Lives - Ian Mudway

Peacebuilding through the visual Arts - Jolyon Mitchell

The Shape of Shells: She Sells Self-Similar Spiral Seashells on the Seashore - Professor Alain Goriely

Pictures from Afghanistan: Are we making the same mistakes? - Clive Stafford Smith

Death Investigation: What Do Coroners Do? - Peter Thornton

Alien Earths: What Makes Us Special? - Professor Chris Lintott

Will You Be AI’s Pet? - Matt Jones

An Ocean of Air - Helen Czerski

Mithras: Master of Mystery - Ronald Hutton

Why Do We Grieve? - Robin May

Constable's "The Cornfield": A Bicentenary Harvesting - Professor Malcolm Andrews

Music of Light and Colour - Milton Mermikides

Economics and Artificial Intelligence - Daniel Susskind

Donald Trump and the Death Penalty - Clive Stafford Smith

From Mars with Love: Postcards from 50 Years of Exploring The Red Planet - Chris Lintott

Life, Death and Judgement in the Art and Times of Hieronymus Bosch (d. 1516) - Sophie Oosterwijk

Hecate: Mistress of Magic - Ronald Hutton

Where Is China Heading under Xi Jinping? - Steve Tsang

The Later Years: Organisation, Independence and Peace of Mind - Sir Peter Thornton KC

Why Do We Laugh? - Robin May

The Shape of Plants: Why Plants Love Mathematics and Mathematicians Love Plants - Alain Goriely

Becoming AI – Your Journey to Assimilation? - Matt Jones

Limitarianism and Capitalism - Ingrid Robeyns

Do Not Resuscitate Forms - Who’d Have One? - Mark Taubert

The Great God Pan: Lord of the Wild - Ronald Hutton

Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother - Lord Daniel Finkelstein

China’s Economic Prospects on the Cusp - George Magnus

Ocean: The Liquid Engine That Dominates Our Planet

Music of Animals - Milton Mermikides

The Economics of Work and Technology - Daniel Susskind

Whither War; Whither the Law of War - Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice KC

From Tyranny to Athenian Democracy - Melissa Lane

China and Chineseness: Lessons from the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan - Steve Tsang

War's Toxic Legacy - Ian Mudway

How Does Mathematics Last? Heritage and Heritage-making in Mathematics - Caroline Ehrhardt

Evoking Empathy through Animal Portraiture

Why Do We Fear? - Robin May