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Today @ 6pm: The Western Magical Tradition
Watch via: gres.hm/western-magic
Prof Ronald Hutton shows how there is a continuous tradition of learned ceremonial #magic in #Europe , with roots stretching back to ancient #Egypt
University of Bristol Historians @ Bristol now on Mastodon too OBOD #history
In-person tickets open: Race, Disability & Education: Law's Uphill Battle
Book via: gres.hm/education-law
In his final lecture as Gresham Professor of Law, Professor Leslie Thomas KC KC traces the history of #race and #disability #law in the English #education system
Garden Court Chambers
Today @ 6pm: Locating Queer History
Watch live via: gres.hm/queer-history
An exploration of the queer contours of London, Leeds, Manchester, Brighton & Plymouth over the last 70 years, by Prof Matt Cook of Oxford History / Mansfield College, University of Oxford
#lgbtqia #LGBT
In person tickets open! Logarithms: Mobile Phones, Modelling & Statistics?
Book: gres.hm/logarithms
Prof Oliver Johnson of Bristol Mathematics will explore the basics & history of #logarithms showing how they underpin much of modern life
Hosted jointly with London Mathematical Society #maths
Happy #EarthDay ... Revisit Prof Myles Allen's first Gresham lecture: Why Net Zero?
What will it take to stop #globalwarming and how long have we got? Is #climatechange inevitable or a choice?
Watch: gres.hm/why-net-zero
Oxford Net Zero Department of Physics at University of Oxford #netzero
Free tickets open: A Just and Inclusive Net Zero: Who should get there first?
gres.hm/inclusive-net-…
Prof Myles Allen asks if historical emitters like the UK should aim for #netzero before dev. countries? or would this carry risks for the latter?
Oxford Net Zero Department of Physics at University of Oxford
Tickets open: Asymmetric Information in Finance Explained
Book free via: gres.hm/asymmetric-inf…
In every #financial deal, one side has more information than the other. Professor Raghavendra Rau asks: does more info actually leave you better off?
Cambridge Judge Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance CJBS
Thank you to our great friends at Gresham College and especially Professor Baines Dr Victoria Baines FBCS for a fantastically engaging lecture Mulberry School TH! Students brimmed with questions afterwards!
In-person tickets open: Is Music Infinite?
Book: gres.hm/music-infinite
Prof Prof Milton Mermikides explores the very limits of #music : how much music might exist? Will it ever be exhausted? Are there any boundaries of our musical perception and imagination?
University of Surrey Surrey Music_Media
Today at 6pm: The Geopolitical Risks of Climate Change
Watch via: gres.hm/climate-geopol…
Climate Change is predicted fuel #geopolitical instability. Professor Myles Allen examines this threat, with a particular focus on solar geo-engineering
Oxford Net Zero Department of Physics at University of Oxford
Free, in-person tickets open: Health after Extreme Cold, Heat, Storms and Floods
Book via: gres.hm/storms-floods
Prof Chris Whitty Professor Chris Whitty looks at how sudden weather events / temperature changes present risks to #health , esp. to the most vulnerable...
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine The HTD
In-person tickets open: How to Prove 1=0, And Other Maths Illusions
Book: gres.hm/maths-illusions
Prof Sarah Hart looks at some #mathematical illusions - “proofs” that 1=0 or that fractions don’t exist - and the curious implications behind them
Birkbeck, University of London @BirkbeckBEI
Catch up: Changes in the Concept of Autism
Watch via: gres.hm/new-autism
Prof Francesca Happé Prof Francesca Happé explores how #autism was once diagnosed using narrow criteria but now the spectrum is far wider
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience SGDP Centre KCL Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health
#AutismAwarenessMonth #neurodiversity
Catch up: Health after Extreme Cold, Heat, Storms and Floods
Watch more: gres.hm/storms-floods
Major geophysical events have catastrophic effects. Prof Chris Whitty Professor Chris Whitty looks at the #health impacts & how best to minimise them
UCLH Academy of Medical Sciences London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine The HTD
Today at 6pm: Sustainable Energy in Refugee Camps
Watch: gres.hm/refugee-energyy
Dr Sarah L Rosenberg on the challenge humaitarian organisations face in providing reliable energy in #refugee camps Kindly sponsored by ISRF
*@refugeestudies ODID #sustainability #migrant
Today @ 6pm: Import Substitution: A Failed Strategy For Growth?
Watch live & free via: gres.hm/import-substit…
Prof Daunton asks: did #latinamerica 's policy [1930s-80s] of replacing imports with 'home grown' products result in improved welfare for its peoples?
Cambridge History
🥳 Happy US paperback publication day to Sarah Hart (aka Mrs Rock'n'Rollbookclub 📚) ONCE UPON A PRIME published by Flatiron Books & available from all fine bookstores 📕 🐋 🇺🇸
Free, in-person tickets open: Evolution Tomorrow and Beyond
Book via: gres.hm/evolution-futu…
#Evolution has led from amoebae to blue whales, from algae to giant redwoods. Join Prof Robin May* to explore what it might do in the future...
*also of IMIBirmingham Food Standards Agency