Our 2024-25 academic programme is now out! Over 100 free lectures across the arts & sciences; live online and in-person. Check them out: https://gres.hm/whats-on Includes exciting series' on #business, modern #paganism, #immunity, #netzero, #astronomy, #architecture, #inequality, the history of #lawmaking and beginnings of #computing. Plus inaugural series' by our new Professors: renowned human rights lawyer, Clive Stafford Smith, who will be exploring The UK's Unwritten Constitution, and eminen

Our 2023-2024 academic programme is out now! Over 100 free lectures across the arts & sciences; live online and in-person. Check them out: https://gres.hm/whats-on Includes exciting series' on #business, #ethics in #AI, the #environment, #neurodiversity, #medicine, #blackhistory, #publichealth, the #maths of #games / #puzzles, #music and ethical #law. Plus, Chris Whitty on Medicine After Disasters, Ronald Hutton on the Lost Gods of Europe and Dominic Broomfield-McHugh on Twentieth Century #Divas

NEW: The @GreshamCollege programme is now out. From the sciences to the arts, humanities, business and more we have 130 lectures to indulge your love for learning. Be #InTheKnow order your new programme here: https://gres.hm/programme | Gresham College

How can CEOs, Boards, Investors & Policymakers make better decisions? The Mistakes CEOs Make #GreshamLecture We often think that leaders are particularly strong in decision making – that’s why they’ve made it to the top. But evidence shows that even senior executives are prone to psychological biases, such as overconfidence, groupthink, and applying one-size-fits-all rules. The talk will also discuss how boards, investors, policymakers, and executives themselves can address these biases to make

What are the essential elements of financial planning for now and your future? How to Save and Invest #GreshamLecture This lecture will explore the essentials of financial planning. What are the different ways to save and invest, such as bank accounts, bonds, shares, and mutual funds, and how do they differ in returns and risk? What does owning bonds and shares give you, both in normal times and in bankruptcy? We’ll explore how both inflation and taxes erode investment returns – and how to inves

The 2022 Royal Historical Society Colin Matthew Memorial Lecture Partition of British India: 75 Years On #GreshamLecture The partition of British India in 1947 was the world’s largest migration outside war and famine. It may feel like a distant historical event, but 75 years on its impact continues to resonate in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and in Britain. Many of those who lived through that tumultuous time migrated to Britain. In this lecture, which considers the importance and power of oral h

How can the past explain its present re-emergence? Polio: A Cultural History #GreshamLecture Polio has a major role in the cultural history of the West. The early symptoms – which were often mild flu-like symptoms – would end in paralysis. Vaccinations against the disease proved controversial, given their trials on incarcerated prisoners and the use of “poster children”. Epidemics of the disease illustrate the uneven transmission of ideas about health and sickness. They show how the period's ger

Need a strategy to beat the system? The #Maths of Game Theory #GreshamLecture When we buy, sell, bargain, barter, bid at auctions, and compete for resources, we want to be sure that we are using the best strategies. Game theory can help us understand precisely these kinds of situations. That’s why in 1994, the Nobel Prize for Economics was won by a mathematician – John Nash. Using games like the Prisoner’s dilemma, this lecture explains the work of game theorists such as Nash, David Blackwell an

How can we collate the evidence to learn more? Gods of Prehistoric Britain #GreshamLecture Britain has one of the richest of all pagan heritages in Europe, defined as the textual and material evidence for its pre-Christian religions. The island is possessed of monuments, burial sites and a range of other remains not only from several distinct ages of prehistory, but also from three different major historic cultures. This lecture will look at what we know of prehistoric worship, focusing on Stone