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In-person tickets open: Singing the Laws: Ancient Greek Lawgivers in History and Legend Book free via: https://lnkd.in/eE_tF8uS While Lycurgus of Sparta and Solon of Athens are now the best-known lawgivers of Greek antiquity, there were many others, from king Minos in Crete to Zaleucus and Charondas in southern Italy. Professor Melissa Lane* explores the specific roles attributed to Greek lawgivers in fact and legend, revealing how and why they captured later political imaginations – with mention of how some even set laws to #music * also of Princeton University | Princeton University Press #ancientgreece #law #philosophy #politics #greshamcollege

Happy #Beatlesweek! From our lecture Musical Openings by Professor Jeremy Summerly; Watch more - including on intros by Beethoven, Wagner, Debussy and Monteverdi at - https://lnkd.in/e6ZFF5DX #Beatleweek #beatles #greshamcollege #music #pop

In-person tickets open: The Ancient History of Computers and Code Book free via: https://lnkd.in/e2FZ8qpv What links an ancient shipwreck to the textile mills of Northern England? Both contained forerunners of the computing we use today. In fact, computer language and software have a long history, featuring military research and the repurposing of early programs widely used in manufacturing. Prof Victoria Baines kicks off her new series by delving into the earliest archives of processing, prediction, difference and analytical engines, to discover who really made them all work. Worshipful Company of Information Technologists Bournemouth University #IT #computing #history #computerscience #computerengineering #informationtechnology #greshamcollege

What is your favourite Beatles song? Ahead of our lecture Magical Mystery Tour: The Invention of The Beatles by Prof Milton Mermikides, take our short survey: https://lnkd.in/e-ipgDuD Register to watch the lecture live online, or in-person via: https://lnkd.in/eKQCeKs9 #music #thebeatles #Beatleweek #greshamcollege #music #pop #rock University of Surrey Guildhall School of Music & Drama

New series preview: How Net Zero? Achieving net zero is what it will take to halt global warming. If we can manage this by or soon after mid-century, we would limit overall warming to well below 2°C. Impacts would be serious, but likely not catastrophic. In his third Gresham series Professor Myles Allen asks, can it be done, and without exacerbating political divisions? Find out more: https://lnkd.in/egE9dpNh #netzero #globalwarming #climatecrisis #environment #greshamcollege University of Oxford, Department of Physics University of Oxford

In-person tickets open: Human Rights Law: Bringing Power to the Powerless Book free via: https://lnkd.in/eEN8jVCy Professor Clive Stafford Smith looks at the power given to advocates in a country with a constitutional structure, like the US. It examines how this empowerment allows them success against even heads of state, and contrasts this with the difficulties faced by lawyers working in nations without constitutions, like Britain. #law #humanrights #civilrights #uslaw #uklaw #greshamcollege

In-person tickets open: What is Modern Paganism? Book free via: https://lnkd.in/etxmJg7f What is modern Paganism, and how does it relate to witchcraft, Druidry and other phenomena? Gresham Professor of Divinity, Ronald Hutton, provides an overview of the different traditions that make up Paganism today and shows what they have in common and what makes each one unique. University of Bristol #paganism #folklore #history #belief #magic #greshamcollege

In-person tickets open: The Big Brain: Size and Intelligence Book via: https://gres.hm/big-brain For centuries, scientists have tried to identify what is special about the human brain. How do we approach this problem from a mathematical standpoint? The first hypothesis is that bigger is better, in some sense. In his first Gresham lecture, Professor Alain Goriely* uses scaling laws and simple ideas from statistics to study the brains of humans and animals, uncovering basic principles that govern their sizes, as well as testing hypotheses that link size to intelligence. * also of Oxford Mathematics #maths #mathematics #mechanics #biology #education #greshamcollege

Catch up, Gray's Inn Reading 2024: Lord Falconer examines the UK Constitution: Does the ability of the Government to force through controversial policies suggest that the UK’s constitution provides too much freedom for those that wish to abuse it? Watch more: https://lnkd.in/eMnAJhSs #politics #governance #law #UK #greshamcollege Gray's Inn

Catch up: Immunotherapy: Cure for Metastatic Cancers? Watch more via: https://lnkd.in/ecEh5Ges Learn how #immunotherapy has brought new hope for curing common cancers that have spread – once regarded as impossible; and how clinicians are looking at whether vaccines, oncolytic viruses and cellular therapies could also cure #cancer. With Professor James Larkin of of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust / The Institute of Cancer Research #medicine #health #medicalresearch #healthcare #cancercare #greshamcollege