Gresham College

Today is the anniversary of the death of Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English poetry… 📜 Historian Tom Holland uncovers the impact of the Black Death on Chaucer’s life, and how it influenced The Canterbury Tales... Watch full lecture: gres.hm/pilgrimages-holland Royal Historical Society #EduSky

Already missing Professors Melissa Lane and Ronald Hutton? You can hear more from them in our new podcast episode where they explore religion in Ancient Greece… 🏛️✨ Listen via your favourite podcast platform or watch: gres.hm/hutton-lane-podcast Princeton University Department of Politics #EduSky

🎓 We'd like to extend a huge thank you to Melissa Lane*, who completed her tenure as the 50th Gresham Professor of Rhetoric last night! We’re delighted that she has been elected a Fellow of Gresham College: https://gres.hm/m-lane-fellow * also of Princeton University Department of Politics

Did you know Christopher Wren was one of the first people to map the moon? 🌙📜 Explore the 'Wren 300' lecture series, which reveals his extraordinary life as a polymath: an architect, mathematician, astronomer, anatomist and courtier. Watch: gres.hm/wren-300 St John's College, Oxford #EduSky

In the first of his series asking how #AI is already being positioned in our lives, Prof Matt Jones explores how it is increasingly acting as therapist; support for anxiety, loneliness, and distress... Watch more: https://gres.hm/ai-therapist *also of @swanseauni.bsky.social #AISafety #EduSky

What does the future hold in the fight to end the #HIV pandemic? Prof Matt Higgins* explores the advances in therapies, the scientific and regional challenges that remain, & the ongoing quest to bring an end to #AIDS 🎥 Watch more https://gres.hm/hiv-pandemic #Edusky *also of Oxford Biochemistry

Free, in-person tickets open: The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights In this lecture, Prof Phillip Ayoub draws on over a decade of research with Kristina Stöckl to explore the evolving relationship between LGBTI activism and moral conservative networks. Book: https://gres.hm/global-lgbti #Edusky

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The Myth and Promise of the U.K. Jury Trial How do U.K. jury protections compare with those in the U.S.? Professor Clive Stafford Smith examines impartiality, jury selection, challenges to bias, and post-trial juror inquiry... Watch more: https://ow.ly/9ckQ50ZVPT0 #law #jurytrial #edusky

Read all about it! For a suggested donation of £10 + p&p [each], you can recieve one of our books detailing the 400+ year history of Gresham College, its founder Sir Thomas Gresham, and the historic #CityofLondon.💡 Find out more: gres.hm/book-offer #LondonHistory #EduSky #GreshamCollege

✨ We exist on a choppy astronomical sea, disturbed by events hundreds of millions of light-years away. Prof Chris Lintott explores black holes, gravitational waves – and how your favourite necklace came into being. 👉 gres.hm/black-holes #WSW2026 #Astronomy #Space

Happy birthday John Lennon! 🎉 Did you know he once wrote a song from the text of a circus poster? 🤡 Prof Milton Mermikides explores the Beatles' musical invention in his lecture 'Magical Mystery Tour: The Invention of The Beatles'. Watch: gres.hm/beatles @lsostlukes.bsky.social #Music #EduSky

🌌 The Universe is expanding... but will it expand forever? Professor Katherine Blundell OBE explores the fate of galaxies, black holes and the Universe itself... 👉 gres.hm/end-of-universe 🚀✨ Department of Physics at the University of Oxford #WSW2026 #Astronomy

We are thrilled to announce the lecture by MGHG Board member Professor Kate Hill @greshamcollege.bsky.social bringing an intriguing museum history perspective to the theme: ‘What is Precious to Us?’ Wednesday 14 October 6pm, free to attend in-person and online: www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/tri...

Prof Clive Stafford Smith in The Independent on the botched execution of Christa Pike: gres.hm/css-ind-cp Catch up with his recent Gresham College lecture on what Trump’s drive to “restore the #deathpenalty means for the 2,400 people on death row: gres.hm/trump-death

✨ Look deeper into the Universe and you look further back in time. ⏰ Prof Chris Lintott explores the Great Debate: how new telescopes in the 20th century revealed the Milky Way is one galaxy among billions... 👉 gres.hm/galaxies-beyond #WSW2026 #WorldSpaceWeek #Astronomy #EduSky

🚀✨Did you know there are more stars dying each year than those being born? Prof Chris Lintott delves into this and more in this lecture, exploring how the end of the universe could reveal the secrets about its beginnings ✨ 👉 gres.hm/how-ends #WSW2026

Already sold out! But you can still watch live online! 💻🎧

A delightful episode of this long-running podcast featuring Gresham Professor of Rhetoric Melissa Lane! Watch more of Melissa's lectures: gres.hm/melissa-lane... 🏛️ #ancientgreece #law #philosophy #AncientHistory See less

🚀✨ This #WorldSpaceWeek, celebrate human curiosity and the incredible stories the universe has to tell. 🌌 Our collection of free astronomy lectures takes you from stars and planets to black holes, galaxies and the origins of the Universe 👉 https://gres.hm/gresham-astronomy #WSW2026 #Astronomy

🎵 Studies show we respond to rhythm & harmony even while asleep — and musical ideas have found their way into the dreams of composers from McCartney to Tartini. Prof Milton Mermikides explores the strange magic shared by #music, #sleep and #dreams 🎧 Watch more: https://gres.hm/music-sleep #Edusky

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Why does a whip make that astonishing crack? Professor Alain Goriely* reveals the surprising #mathematics behind the extreme acceleration of whips and chains - & how infinity itself helps create the sound Watch more: https://ow.ly/AjTF50ZRkPX *also of Oxford Mathematics

More Than an Instrument? What does a #cello mean to its player? Dr Kate Kennedy uncovers the extraordinary stories of instruments and their players, exploring what it means to be separated from your voice — and to find it again. Watch more 👉https://gres.hm/cello-voice #Music #Edusky 🎶

Tickets are now open for: Our Sovereign Soil Visiting Prof Ian Mudway* examines the tension between major urban development & #publichealth - questioning whether economic priorities are outweighing long-term #health evidence 🎟️ https://gres.hm/sovereign-soil *also of School of Public Health

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Free in-person tickets still available for next Monday’s lecture: Where is Queer Love in the Shoah History? Dr Anna Hájková on the marginalisation and recovery of histories of same-sex desire during the Holocaust. 🎟️ https://gres.hm/queer-shoah #LGBTQ #HolocaustStudies #LGBTQHistory #WWII #EduSky

We were delighted to welcome over 500 visitors last week as part of the #openhouse festival! Thank you to all who dropped in to find out more about our medieval Hall - and our lovely volunteers who helped welcome guests! Read more https://gres.hm/open-house-26 #GreshamCollege #EduSky #HiddenLondon

In-person tickets for the first lecture of our Gresham in the North Series are now open! https://gres.hm/history-algorithms 🧠 Join Prof Sarah Hart at St John's College, Durham University to explore four key algorithms which have shaped pure #maths, and areas as diverse as nuclear physics & music

After 16 months, who's winning: Donald Trump or the Constitution? 🇺🇸🏛️ Gresham Professor of Law Clive Stafford Smith explores how the Constitution has fared during Trump's second term as President... Watch the full lecture: gres.hm/constitution Goldsmiths, University of London University of Bristol

Gresham Prof, @alaingoriely.bsky.social has debunked the myth that the Parthenon included deliberate optical illusions in @theguardian.com bit.ly/parthenon-il... Check out his lecture on the #maths of actual optical illusions: gres.hm/deceived-brain #ancientgreece #GreshamCollege

If you missed my @greshamcollege.bsky.social lecture 'Cello - In Search of a Voice', you can now watch it online! 🎥 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI53... #GreshamCollege #Cello #ClassicalMusic #MusicHistory #Lecture #OnlineLecture

On this day, Charles Darwin set foot on the Galápagos Islands... 🌍🚢 What he discovered there laid the foundations for his theory of evolution, reshaping science forever. 🐢 Watch lecture: gres.hm/darwin #Darwin #Galapagos #Evolution #HistoryofScience #EduSky

Happy International Sudoku Day! 🔢 Think Sudoku is just a fun puzzle? Think again — there’s a world of deep mathematics hiding in those 9×9 grids. Watch full lecture: gres.hm/maths-sudoku #InternationalSudokuDay #SudokuDay #Sudoku #Maths #Mathematics #GreshamCollege

“Dry rot and wet rot and all the silent rots…” - #Dickens’s description of Barnard’s Inn in Great Expectations was hardly flattering! 🏛️ Discover the real Barnard’s Inn Hall at Gresham College’s #OpenHouse, 16–18 September. Explore 700 years of history https://gres.hm/openhouse26

🔥 360 years ago today, the #GreatFire of London was finally put out. Professor Simon Thurley explores how moments of destruction — from the dissolution of the monasteries to the Blitz — made London the city it is today. Watch: gres.hm/five-catastrophes #OnThisDay #LondonHistory #EduSky

Catch up: On the Nature of Time According to Modern Physics ⏳ Prof Jim Al-Khalili of the University of Surrey asks, does time really 'flow'? Will it ever come to an end - and how is this tied to the fate of the universe? Watch more: https://gres.hm/tg-26 #Physics #Time #Edusky

The first guest speaker of our new academic year! In-person tickets sold out, but do join us live online, via our website or YouTube channel! 🎶💻📲

In the age of AI, what role should education play? 🎓 Automation’s answer is often “more education” but is that enough? Professor Daniel Susskind explores how we must rethink what, how, and when we learn... Watch the full lecture: gres.hm/education-limits King's College London‬

Today marks 20 years since Pluto became... no longer a planet. 👀🪐 Prof of Astronomy Chris Lintott reveals why Pluto was 'demoted' to the status of a dwarf planet, in his lecture 'Pluto Isn't a Planet'. 👉 gres.hm/pluto-planet Department of Physics at the University of Oxford #EduSky #TeamPluto

On this day, the Battle of Bosworth was fought, and Richard III's reign came to a bloody end. ⚔️ In this lecture, Prof Sarah Hainsworth explains how her forensic analysis of Richard's skeleton revealed how he died in battle... Watch: gres.hm/richard-iii University of Leicester #EduSky

What is rhetoric and why does it matter? This year at Gresham College, our Professor of Rhetoric Melissa Lane will deliver a series revealing the ethical and political challenges posed today by the ancient art of rhetoric. 🔗 gres.hm/on-rhetoric Princeton University Department of Politics #EduSky

Can GLP-1s cure obesity? 💉 Is the HIV pandemic over? 🩸 Can we end malaria? 🦟 This year at Gresham College, our Professor of Physic Matt Higgins will deliver a series of lectures highlighting amazing medicines which changed humanity. Find out more: gres.hm/marvellous-medicines #Medicine #EduSky

🎟️ In-person tickets are now open for the first lecture from our new Professor of Physic, Matt Higgins! Is the #HIV Pandemic Over? 📅 16 September, 6pm Find out more / book your place (or join online) via: https://gres.hm/marvellous-medicines *also of Oxford Biochemistry | University of Oxford

What price does the planet pay for endless growth? 🌱🏢 This year at Gresham College, our Visiting Professor of Environmental Health Ian Mudway interrogates the intersection of environmental health, urban planning, economics, politics and the law. Find out more: gres.hm/bio-ledger #EduSky

Have you ever wondered about the maths behind toys? 🧩 This year at Gresham College, our Professor of Geometry Alain Goriely examines the role of toy models as important conceptual constructs for scientific understanding. More info: gres.hm/toys-maths University of Oxford #EverydayMaths #EduSky

What is copyright, in the age of AI? ©️💻 This year at Gresham College, our Professor of Business Daniel Susskind explores the relationship between AI, creativity and copyright. Find out more: gres.hm/ai-copyright #AIArt #AICopyright #AIMedia #AIDebate #TechAndSociety #PublicLectures #EduSky

🎆📢 In-person tickets begin to open from today, with our Annual Provost's Lecture: Why Do We Need Empathy? by Professor Jane Shaw Tickets for all lectures open one month before each; browse our programme to find out all the details: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on

Why does #music exist? 🎶🤔 This year at Gresham College, our Professor of Music Milton Mermikides explores the most persistent and puzzling questions about music, exposing myths and discovering surprising truths... Find out more: gres.hm/music-mysteries ‪University of Surrey #Musicology #EduSky

Examples from nature suggest that we may be able to chemically manipulate people's emotions... but should we? Prof Robin May asks, as neuroscience advances, what ethical risks do we face? 👉 gres.hm/peoples-emotions Institute of Microbiology and Infection #Biology #EduSky