The Annual Provost's Lecture

An annual lecture delivered towards the end of the academic year by the Provost of Gresham College.

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Whither the Public Lecture?

Professor Martin Elliott

Wed, 16 Oct 2024

Rhetoric

Culture

Technology

Society

58:55

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Sir Christopher Wren: Architect & Courtier

Professor Simon Thurley CBE

Wed, 14 Jun 2023

Architecture

London

History

1:04:08

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Progresses: Royal Courts on the Move in Tudor and Stuart England

Professor Simon Thurley CBE

Wed, 14 Sep 2022

Architecture

History

Tudor

Stuart

1:01:16

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Inigo Jones and the Architecture of Necessity

Professor Simon Thurley CBE

Tue, 14 Jun 2022

Architecture

History

1:05:12

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Private Palaces: The Mansions of the Marlboroughs

Professor Simon Thurley CBE

Tue, 15 Jun 2021

Architecture

Europe

History

46:31

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Is Populism a Threat to Democracy?

Professor Sir Richard Evans

Tue, 16 Jun 2020

History

Politics

1:01:05

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The Weimar Republic: Germany's First Democracy

Professor Sir Richard Evans

Tue, 18 Jun 2019

Europe

History

Military

Modern

Politics

53:14

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Terrorism in Historical Perspective

Professor Sir Richard Evans

Tue, 19 Jun 2018

History

Modern

55:17

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Migration: A Historical Perspective

Professor Sir Richard Evans

Thu, 15 Jun 2017

Europe

History

50:50

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Conspiracy Theories: A Threat to Democracy?

Professor Sir Richard Evans

Thu, 16 Jun 2016

History

Politics

1:00:10

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Waterloo: Causes, Courses and Consequences

Professor Sir Richard Evans

Thu, 18 Jun 2015

Colonial

Europe

History

Military

57:21

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More Means Better: Fifty years of Higher Education

Professor Sir Roderick Floud FBA

Thu, 19 Jun 2014

Education

History

Politics

52:08

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Making and Running Great Gardens 1700 - 1900

Professor Sir Roderick Floud FBA

Thu, 20 Jun 2013

Plants

Economics

Environment

Europe

History

1:07:28

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Innovation in the Social Sciences

Professor Sir Roderick Floud FBA

Thu, 31 May 2012

Economics

Education

History

1:06:14

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The Hidden Face of British Gardening

Professor Sir Roderick Floud FBA

Thu, 12 May 2011

Plants

Environment

Biology

History

Economics

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The Annual Provost's Lecture

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Professor Martin Elliott

Wed, 16 Oct 2024

58:55

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Professor Simon Thurley CBE

Wed, 14 Jun 2023

1:04:08

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Professor Simon Thurley CBE

Wed, 14 Sep 2022

1:01:16

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Professor Simon Thurley CBE

Tue, 14 Jun 2022

1:05:12

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Professor Simon Thurley CBE

Tue, 15 Jun 2021

46:31

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Professor Sir Richard Evans

Tue, 16 Jun 2020

1:01:05

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Professor Sir Richard Evans

Tue, 18 Jun 2019

53:14

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Professor Sir Richard Evans

Tue, 19 Jun 2018

55:17

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Professor Sir Richard Evans

Thu, 15 Jun 2017

50:50

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Professor Sir Richard Evans

Thu, 16 Jun 2016

1:00:10

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Professor Sir Richard Evans

Thu, 18 Jun 2015

57:21

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Professor Sir Roderick Floud FBA

Thu, 19 Jun 2014

52:08

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Professor Sir Roderick Floud FBA

Thu, 20 Jun 2013

1:07:28

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Professor Sir Roderick Floud FBA

Thu, 31 May 2012

1:06:14

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Professor Sir Roderick Floud FBA

Thu, 12 May 2011

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