To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
The Life and Work of Mervyn Peake Often described as the ultimate Renaissance Man, Mervyn Peake was...
Culture and Resistance: Indigenous Responses to a Globalised World This lecture looks at the place occupied by indigenous cultures...
Rare and Endangered Languages - 'Why should we protect endangered languages?' Dr Nicholas Ostler argues for the preservation of the world's...
An Introduction to Rare and Endangered Languages Professor Tim Connell provides an introduction to the field, with...
“Getting to know you”: how do animals recognise each other and us? For social animals one of the major skills that must...
Animal senses: how do they perceive the world and what important things can they sense that we cannot? The way the world is perceived by any species is...
Export-Led Growth in the Asian Tiger Economies Why have economies in east Asia been more successful in...
Citizen Authors and Their Heroes: Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood and Sir Thomas Gresham As part of the Literary Londoners series, this lecture focuses...