📢 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🎓

🎟️ 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

📅 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...

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...

🎟 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...

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

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

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

🎟 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 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

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#GreshamCollege @remembercharity #RememberACharityWeek

📢 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

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

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...

🎓 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

📸 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...

😱 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

🎟 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

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...

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

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.

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...

Why do we forget that practically everything nowadays is made of oil? 👉 gres.hm/oil-decoloni... Prof Adam Hanieh of @exeter.ac.uk explores oil’s influence on national independence struggles, exposing both the successes and limits of decolonisation... Sponsored by @isrfoundation.bsky.social

Who was Shanawdithit, the last of an indigenous Canadian tribe? 👉 gres.hm/shanawdithit Prof @julialaite.bsky.social explores the life of the last Beothuk woman, and the violent history of #Newfoundland, England’s first transatlantic colony... @isrfoundation.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social

Why can you never find a taxi when you want one? 👉 gres.hm/psychology-m... Feels like the financial world works against you? In his last Prof of Business lecture, Raghavendra Rau explains "behavioural finance" – how our brains get tricked by money matters. #businesspsychology

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

Introducing our new Frank Jackson Foundation Professor of the Environment @helenczerski.bsky.social and her first lecture series: Notes from a Large Planet! Find out more and register to watch live online: gres.hm/large-planet In-person tickets open one month before each event. @ucl.ac.uk

"Only mind has sight and hearing; all things else are deaf and blind." – Epicharmus. 👉 gres.hm/deceived-brain Prof @alaingoriely.bsky.social reveals how optical illusions can be modelled mathematically, shedding light on how we process information... @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social

"We were better under Saddam Hussein" – what an Iraqi judge told Sir Howard Morrison KC the last time he visited Iraq. 👉 gres.hm/grays-inn-25 Catch up on our annual Gray's Inn Reading, which examines the pros and cons of democracy in today's world... #law #iraqwar

Our 2025–26 lecture programme is here! From #AI to ancient #politics, #music, human emotions, #photography, and modern #China - this year’s lectures explore society, science, belief, & the universe. Join us live, online or in person - always free! 📅 👉https://gres.hm/whats-on

Congratulations Prof May! 👉Gresham College Professor of Physic, @robinmay9.bsky.social, to join UKHSA as Chief Scientific Officer www.gov.uk/government/n...

What does the #universe sound like? Profs @chrislintott.bsky.social & @miltonline.bsky.social closed our Festival of Musical Ideas with an exploration of #music & the #cosmos. 🔭✨ How can we hear the stars? gres.hm/music-spheres @oxfordphysics.bsky.social | @uniofsurrey.bsky.social

💡 Can equations groove? Can geometry sing? At the Gresham Festival of Musical Ideas, Professors Sarah Hart and @miltonline.bsky.social uncovered how when maths meets music, magic happens 🔢🎵 ⭐ More via: gres.hm/maths-music-... #maths #geometry #music #greshamcollege

Watch my latest @greshamcollege.bsky.social lecture now: You’ll Never Walk Alone: The Operatic Showstopper. Especially enjoyable was my inability to cope with the football bit as @chrislintott.bsky.social kindly pointed out 🤭 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiBd...

Prof Melissa S Lane* at our Festival of Musical Ideas, exploring the what & why of #AncientGreek music, how it was was essential to education, virtue, and citizenship & its deep connection to philosophy, society, & the self Watch more👉 gres.hm/virtues-music *also of @princetonpolitics.bsky.social

🎶 Catch up! The Gresham Festival of Musical Ideas! 👉https://gres.hm/evolution-music Profs @miltonline.bsky.social & @robinmay9.bsky.social kicked off with a look at the Evolution of #Music. How has music evolved across time and species? Why is music universal? How is it wired into human #biology?

How do viruses use our own bodies against us? Catch up with our lecture series on #immunity: gres.hm/what-is-immu... by Prof @robinmay9.bsky.social #virology #immunology #biology #medicine

From film to football stadiums... what makes ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ such an enduring anthem?🎶⚽ Catch up on @profdombm.bsky.social* exploring this powerful showstopper from #Carousel & ft. live performances by Rebecca Evans 👉 gres.hm/operatic-sho... *@sheffielduni.bsky.social #YNWA #liverpoolfc

We need to stop fossil fuels from causing #globalwarming – but who'll pick up the bill? Myles Allen presents a simple solution: make CO2 disposal a licensing condition of the sale and use of fossil fuels... Watch: gres.hm/carbon-takeb... @oxfordnetzero.bsky.social | @oxfordphysics.bsky.social

Still Inspired? Your Gift Can Go Twice as Far... If Gresham College has enriched your year, please consider giving back. Thanks to a generous donor, all donations made in 2025 will be matched. gres.hm/donate-today #SupportGreshamCollege

Do Computers Get Sick? Profs @robinmay9.bsky.social and @cyberbaines.bsky.social ask whether there are similarities between human #immunity & #computer immunity? Can we use discoveries in one to help protect the other? Watch more: gres.hm/computer-virus @imibirmingham.bsky.social

Great to be able to talk about the impact of climate change on infections at today's 'Leave No One Behind' schools' conference with @mulberrytrust.bsky.social @greshamcollege.bsky.social and @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Yet another reason (as if we needed one) to get to #netzero ASAP.

Mulberry Academy is joined by 3 Gresham Profs today, Carolyn Roberts, Ian Mudway & Robin May at their Leave No One Behind conference @KingsCollegeLon Students are exploring global challenges through the lens of the UN SDGs - learning, debating & driving change. 🌍 #SDGs #Changemakers

📢 We have three new Professors! 👋 Welcome: 🌍 Helen Czerski of @ucl.ac.uk as Prof of the #Environment 💻 Matt Jones of @swanseauni.bsky.social as Prof of #IT 📊 Daniel Susskind of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social / @ox.ac.uk as our new Prof of #Business 🔗 Read more: gres.hm/new-profs25

Free Public Lectures. World-Leading Speakers. Since 1597. Every year, we bring lectures from renowned academics to the public – free of charge. Sign up to our mailing list to be the first to hear about our 2025/26 programme: gres.hm/newsletter #GreshamCollege

Want to know more about the history of modern Iran? Our lecture series, History of Modern Iran, explored the 1906 Constitutional Revolution, the 1979 Revolution and the 2022-23 protests, tracing the roots of Iran’s current sociopolitical landscape... 🔗 gres.hm/modern-iran

We've come to the end of this academic programme and we'd love to know... what was your favourite lecture this year? 🎓 💬 Share your thoughts here or via: https://gres.hm/survey We really appreciate your feedback! 🙌

📅 Tonight at 7pm: The 2025 Sir Thomas Gresham Lecture - The Future of Health with Professor Sir Chris Whitty Health has transformed dramatically over the past 150 years - From public health breakthroughs to AI in medicine, what’s next? 🎥 Watch live: gres.hm/thomas-gresh...

Happy #Pridemonth! Enjoy this performance by West End actor Luke Bayer of 'Over the Rainbow', made famous by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz (1939). From the lecture 'The LGBT+ Showstopper ‘I Am What I Am’' by @profdombm.bsky.social Watch more via: gres.hm/lgbt #pride #lgbt

Today 12.45pm - 6pm: The Gresham Festival of Musical Ideas 📍 Holborn, London – drop in anytime! Prof @miltonline.bsky.social, with five other Profs, explores intersection of #music with #biology, #astronomy, #maths & more.. ⚠️ No livestream available – lectures on website/YouTube soon!