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Sir Thomas Gresham 1519–2019

Dr John Guy presents a special illustrated lecture to commemorate the 500th Anniversary of the birth of the College’s founder and benefactor Sir Thomas Gresham.

The Treaty of Versailles: A Hundred Years Later

Professor MacMillan, a specialist in British imperial history and the international history of the 19th and 20th centuries, will consider if the treaty led to the outbreak of the Second World War and whether the attempt to create a new world order was a failure.

Aristotle's Lyceum

This lecture looks at the archaeological site of the Lyceum, discovered accidentally in 1996, and asks how the remains can illuminate Aristotle’s life, work, and incomparable contribution across academic disciplines, from Political Theory and Aesthetics to Zoology, Physics and Astronomy.

Prokofiev's War and Peace

Sergei Prokofiev’s War and Peace (1953) was an adaptation of Tolstoy’s novel begun during WWII. He saw it as a personal interpretation of the novel.

Staying in Touch with Patients

This lecture considers how ‘gnostic’ touch (identifying disease) and ‘pathic’ touch (conveying care) are becoming separated by technological developments.

Jesus, Hitler and the Abolition of God

This series has argued that the origins of modern secularism lie in the age of the Renaissance. This last lecture will track that legacy down to the present.

Gresham's Exchange

Why did Gresham finance and build it? What did Londoners (and others) do there? And what does the Exchange tell us about Gresham's ambitions both for himself and for London?

500 Years of Mathematics: Are We Living in a New Golden Age?

The last 500 years of progress in maths will be reviewed, to see where it is going next and ask whether we are truly living in a mathematical Golden Age.

Text Mining: How Do Computers Understand Language?

In this lecture, we provide a brief history of text processing and look towards the future when the computer sonnet or love poem might become a reality.

The Natural Environment of Tudor London

Drawing on evidence from contemporary maps, paintings and writings, and modern environmental science, the lecture will offer a 'virtual' walk around the City with Sir Thomas Gresham.