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Happy birthday #JimiHendrix 🎶

Have you ever wondered... why did he play his guitar upside-down? 🎸✨

In his lecture, 'Just Ask The Axis: Jimi Hendrix Unpicked', Prof Milton Mermikides demystifies Hendrix's music, revealing the range of his extraordinary invention...

👉 https://gres.hm/jimi-hendrix
November 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📅 This week at #GreshamCollege:

• Hecate – Prof Hutton 👉 https://gres.hm/goddess-hecate
• Becoming AI – Prof Jones 👉 https://gres.hm/ai-assimilation
• China under Xi – Prof Tsang 👉 https://gres.hm/china-future

🎥 Watch live!
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
📐 It’s #MathsWeekEngland 2025!

The theme, “Connection or Coincidence?”, has us revisiting Prof Alain Goriely's mind-bending lecture “The Deceived Brain: Coding and Illusion.”

Can maths explain why our eyes trick us? 👀

👉 https://gres.hm/coding-illusion

#Maths #STEM #Education
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Applications are open for the next Gresham Professor of Physic!

We're looking for a candidate hailing from the fields of Medicine and/or Biological Sciences.

👉 https://gres.hm/physic

Here's a few words from our current Professor of Physic Robin May on what he's enjoyed most about the role...
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🌊 Ocean: The Liquid Engine That Dominates Our Planet

Catch up 👉 gres.hm/liquid-engine

We call Earth a blue planet, but often focus only on what’s in the ocean. The real story is the water itself. Prof @helenczerski.bsky.social reveals how the ocean moves, drives life, and shapes our history...
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Save the date — the #BigGive Christmas Challenge is nearly here!

From 2–9 December, every donation to Gresham College will be doubled thanks to the Big Give Christmas Challenge.

Mark your calendar, spread the word, and join us in making a lasting difference.

#GivingTuesday #DoubleTheDifference
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
China’s economy is booming – but its emissions are flat?

Environment Prof Helen Czerski gives her take on #COP30, highlighting how this year’s conference signals real, if slow, progress on climate action...

📺 Watch Helen's lectures: gres.hm/large-planet

@ucl.ac.uk @helenczerski.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Catch up: The Economics of Work & Technology
👉 gres.hm/economics-work

Why do fears of tech replacing jobs keep proving wrong? Prof. Daniel Susskind shows how automation both substitutes and creates demand for new work.

*Also of ‪@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social‬
#AI #Technology#GreshamCollege
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Life, Death & Judgement in the Art of Hieronymus Bosch (d.1516) — Dr Sophie Oosterwijk FSA explores Bosch’s surreal visions of sin, death and the afterlife in their true medieval context. 🎨

🎟️ Free, in-person tickets: gres.hm/hieronymus-b...

#ArtHistory
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Catch up: Whither War; Whither the Law of War

👉 gres.hm/whither-war

Prof Sir Geoffrey Nice KC examines how we seek justice for war crimes, & how the ICC’s ‘universal jurisdiction’ is undermined when major powers remain outside it

Can the rule of law make the world safer?
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🎟️ In-person tickets available: Donald #Trump and the Death Penalty

👉 https://gres.hm/trump-death

Prof Clive Stafford Smith examines Trump’s executive order to “restore the death penalty” - and what it means for 2,400 people on death row incl. the innocent among them...

#law #usa
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
#Onthisweek at #GreshamCollege:

🌏 China’s Economic Prospects – George Magnus
⚖️ Minor Criminal – Lord Daniel Finkelstein
❤️ DNR Forms – Prof Mark Taubert
💰 Limitarianism & Capitalism – Prof Ingrid Robeyns
👩‍💼 How Women Made the Global Economy – Dr Victoria Bateman

Tune in: www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🎟️ In-person tickets now open: gres.hm/photobiography

Join iconic photographer Martin Parr for a rare live lecture spanning 50 years of wit, colour & social insight behind the lens.

📸 In-person or livestream only - no recording!

#Photography #Photobiography
November 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
October 31, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🎟️ Book in-person tickets: Where Is China Heading under Xi Jinping?

Prof Steve Tsang (@soasuni.bsky.social) examines Xi’s strategic goals and the rise of 'Xi Jinping Thought' - shaping China’s domestic and global ambitions.

👉 gres.hm/china-future

#China #Politics #History #lunchtimelecture
October 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🎟️ In-person tickets now open: Becoming AI – Your Journey to Assimilation?

Are we becoming more machine-like? Prof of #IT Matt Jones* explores how our digital lives may reshape what it means to be human...

👉 gres.hm/ai-assimilation

#AI #DigitalAge
*also of @swanseauni.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Catch up: Evoking Empathy through Animal Portraiture 📸

👉 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
October 22, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Tomorrow at 6pm: Whither War; Whither the Law of War

Watch Live: 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...
October 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Why do we fear? 😱

Fear keeps us alive- but can also trap us in phobias or drive thrill-seeking. Prof @robinmay9.bsky.social explores the biology behind our fears, from instincts to parasites like Toxoplasma

Watch more 👉 gres.hm/why-fear

@imibirmingham.bsky.social
#biology #emotions #fear
October 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🎟️ In-person tickets now open: Do Not Resuscitate Forms – Who’d Have One?

👉 gres.hm/dnr-forms

Join consultant and chair of Wales’ DNACPR policy, @profmarktaubert.bsky.social*, to explore DNACPR policy, end-of-life planning, scandals & tackling misinformation

*@cardiffuni.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This week at Gresham:
How Does Mathematics Last? Heritage and Heritage-making in Mathematics

The Annual BSHM Lecture with Prof Caroline Ehrhardt
Follow live: gres.hm/heritage-maths

How is mathematical knowledge recorded and preserved across generations?

#mathshistory
October 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
In-person tickets open!

China’s Economic Prospects on the Cusp

gres.hm/china-economics

Economist @george17.bsky.social asks, in a sea of macroeconomic imbalances & headwinds, does China's government have the political capacity to address deep-seated economic problems?
October 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
📢 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🎓
September 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🎟️ 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
September 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
📅 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...
September 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM