Playing Catch-up: Palaces from the Hundred Years' War to the Wars of the Roses What was the difference between the fortress of a great...
Artificial Eye, Artificial Vision: How does my robot see? Recent technological improvements have allowed further miniaturisation of electronic components...
Reading as a Reader and Reading as a Critic Does analysing a book 'spoil' its charm? Does understanding the...
Michelangelo, Copernicus and the Sistine Chapel It is argued that Copernicus’ theory of the sun-centred universe...
Fashion and Visual Culture in the 19th Century: Women in Red Fashionable dress in the nineteenth century had a moral dimension...
Eye on the Future: How can modern scientific knowledge help to prevent blindness Gene therapy, stem cells antibodies, RNA interference and nanotechnology have...
Modern Reading in Historical Context: From Gutenberg to Naked Women Did the publication of Goethe’s epistolary novel, ‘The Sorrows of...
Return of the Microbes: How infections are once more taking over A number of infectious diseases cause blindness. After decades of...
Ancient Reading in an Historical Context This lecture will explore the varying ways in which people...