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Professor Peter K. Austin is Märit Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics and Director of the Endangered Languages Academic Programme at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Professor Austin joined SOAS in January 2003 after having held
John Authers was the global editor of the Financial Times’ “Lex” column, which many consider to be the most influential business and finance column in the world. For years he was the FT’s principal commentator on markets and investments. Until
Jens started working in marine archaeology in 1995 when he joined the Verein fuer Unterwasserarchaeologie MV in Germany. He completed an MA in underwater archaeology in 2000. Afterwards he worked as a diving archaeologist for the German heritage authority in
Louis Armstrong (1946-2014) was Chairman of Professions for Good, a collaboration of major professional bodies promoting the wider value and virtues of professionalism, and working with government on social policy issues. His unusually varied background included the worlds of the
Paul Archbold is a composer of works featuring acoustic instruments and live electronics. His compositions have been performed by several of the leading exponents of contemporary music in the United Kingdom including the Kreutzer String Quartet, Gemini and the Royal
Nicholas Anstee was the Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London in 2009/2010, the 682nd person to hold this position since its formation in 1189. He was educated at Stamford School and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1982. He
Ian Angell has been Professor of Information Systems at the London School of Economics since 1986. Prior to that he researched and taught Computer Science at Royal Holloway College, and University College London.
Today's event
Today's event, The Gresham Festival of Musical Ideas, will not be livestreamed.
If you are in London feel free to drop into the event at any time between 1 and 6pm. Recordings of all lectures will be published soon!