Gresham College Lectures
Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597, making us London's oldest higher education institution. This podcast offers our recorded lectures that are free to access from the Gresham College website, or our YouTube channel.
Podcasting since 1984 • 3023 episodes
Gresham College Lectures
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Cello - In Search of a Voice - Kate Kennedy
How do we tell stories of past voices through a cello, the voice of its player? This lecture explores what it means to be separated from your voice, and to find it again.Dr Kate Kennedy traces a journey she took across Europe ...
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Why Do We Need Empathy? - Jane Shaw
This lecture was recorded by Jane Shaw on Monday, 07 Sep 2026.Professor Jane Shaw is Provost of Gresham College and Professor of the History of Religion at the University of Oxford.Professor Shaw was formerly Principal of Harris...
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On the Nature of Time According to Modern Physics - Jim Al-Khalili
This is the Annual Sir Thomas Gresham Lecture. What does modern physics have to say about the meaning of time? Is it a fundamental feature of reality or merely an emergent property from something deeper? Does time flow, and is the present momen...
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