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Shakespeare’s Musical Fairies

Written in the era of the founding of Gresham College...

Fairy dancing in forest under full moon

'Hymn to Pan': A Dramatic Reading by Professor Ronald Hutton

In this clip from his lecture 'The Return of the...

An illustration depicting a robed woman with red hair and a torch standing before a satyr-like creature with horns and hooves, who is seated and holding a folded paper

Galileo’s Journey to the Underworld: The Case for Interdisciplinary Thinking

In 1588, the young Galileo delivered some lectures that were...

Fresco depicting Dante's Inferno, Demonic figure with wings stands over tormented souls in a hellish scene

Lawgivers in Modern Revolutions

How have lawgivers featured in modern revolutions? This lecture considers...

a man waves a flag next to a fire thats burning in the street

From Machiavelli to Nietzsche: How Modern Thinkers Saw Ancient Lawgivers

For many modern thinkers, the lawgiver has been important as...

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Banned Books and Freedom of Expression

The right to free expression is severely threatened in many...

a book bound in metal chains

Divine Law, Human Prophet: Moses in Hebrew and Greek

The Hebrew lawgiver Moses was compared to ancient Greek lawgivers...

Engraving of Moses holding the ten commandements before his brethren

Why Writing Women Back into History Matters

Rediscovering remarkable historical figures such as the Birka Warrior Woman...

Medieval woman in red walking down castle battlement

Whither the Public Lecture?

Gresham College has been delivering public lectures since 1597 through...

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Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare’s Mathematical Life and Times

Shakespeare lived in a period of exciting mathematical innovations –...

Statue of Shakespeare with open book, with maths symbols rising out of it