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Sacred Listening: The Voices and Music of the Gods

What happens when we listen to music that incarnates a divine presence?

'RUDQ?' Digital Skills: Crisis or Opportunity?

The 2019 Annual Lord Mayor’s Gresham Lecture will explore the so called ‘digital skills crisis’ and question whether this may present an opportunity? As the digital era unfolds and the future demands for talent become evident, what are the implications for our system of education?

Can Maths Tell Us Where We Are?

This talk will show how mathematics has played a vital role in making navigation as accurate as it is today and the impact that this has had on us all.

Ghostly Sounds

"There's a very particular kind of listening that happens, when...

Carols from King's: Centenary Celebration

In this lecture, Jeremy Summerly reverently and enthusiastically celebrates the centenary of the world’s most famous carol service

Speech Processing: How to Wreck a Nice Peach

Why has it taken so long to crack the speech processing puzzle? Why do we find speech processing so effortless and machines find it so daunting? And what progress can we expect in the next few years?

Glinka's A Life for the Tsar

The rousing finale of Mikhail Glinka's patriotic A Life for the Tsar (1836) guaranteed it a place as the traditional season opener in Russian opera houses.

Classical Music, Noisy Listening

In this lecture, we will introduce the idea of musical works as tools for listening, from Mozart to Mahler, from medieval repertoires to minimalism.

The First True Russian Opera?

Can Mikhail Glinka's 'A Life for the Tsar' be considered...

Has the Internet Changed News for Better or Worse? 250 Years of Technology

What can we learn from history about how deeply the internet could transform news in the 21st century? And how does it relate to broader social and economic trends?

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