Catch up: Whither the Public Lecture? Watch via: https://gres.hm/public-lecture Professor Martin Elliott, Provost of Gresham College, explores the history of the public lecture. He asks, in an era supposedly characterised by shorter attention spans, and greater competition for that attention, can the public lecture survive? #lecture #publicspeaking #oracy #learning #rhetoric #greshamcollege | Gresham College

41K views · 219 reactions | 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 | Facebook

🎶 Introducing the Gresham College Music Collection 🎶 Prof Dominic Broomfield-McHugh recently explored our historic musical collection at the Guildhall – a true treasure trove of music history. ✨ First established in 1838 by Gresham Professor of Music Edward Taylor, the collection has grown thanks to public contributions and includes rare and important musical manuscripts, including of works by Purcell, Handel and Mozart. … Plus, settings of A Midsummer Night’s Dream to music - the subject of P

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

Previously at Gresham... The Manuscripts and Intellectual Legacy of Timbuktu by Robin Walker. Looks at how the study of manuscripts from three great West African desert empires, and one of the world's oldest centres of learning, can be used to advance our knowledge of the intellectual history of the pre-modern world. Watch more: https://gres.hm/timbuktu-manuscripts #history #africa #blackhistory #culturalhistory Black History Month UK African and Black History AfricanArchives | Gresham College