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The Man Who Invented Christmas: Film Adaptations of Dickens' A Christmas Carol

How do the different versions reflect the politics and culture of their own particular times? What makes a good Carol movie? Is it truth to the original or is it something else?

A History of the Eye

This lecture explores the politics of scientific theories about eyes.

In this talk we use mathematics to look at these flaws and answer associated questions (eg. voting trends and gerrymandering). For a bit of light relief we will see how the same principles work in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Infection, Immunity and Cancer

This lecture will also consider one of the fastest moving areas of cancer treatment, stimulating the immune system to attack cancers.

Black Tudors: Three Untold Stories

Dr Kaufmann tells the intriguing tales of three Africans living in Tudor England.

Human Traffic: Race and Post-War Migration Policy

In the years after 1945 successive British governments set out to weaponise the nation’s immigration policy.

The Changing Impact of Infections as We Go Through Life and Age

The changing pattern of disease as we progress in life has implications for treatment and prevention.

Energy and Matter at the Origin of Life

The origin of life is one of the biggest questions in science, but until recently it was, experimentally, a question in chemistry. Now, gene sequences and a better understanding of cell growth under extreme conditions are giving insights from biology.

Brexit and the Future of Britain

How will Britain fare outside the European Union? And how will Brexit affect British politics?

Food Security: A Poisoned Chalice of Plant Adaptation

We will need an aggressive strategy to ensure the safety of agricultural yields and food in the future especially in drought- prone and even temperate zones.

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