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The Armenians: Church and Culture - The Revd Professor Richard Chartres
Professor Chartres offers an overview of the history and culture of the Armenian nation, including the genocide of 1915. All our lectures are available for free download from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Gresham College professors and guest speakers have been giving free public lectures in central London since 1597.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos May 4, 2012 -
The Roman Denarius and the Euro: A precedent for monetary union? - Dr Andrew Burnett FBA CBE
A look at the way the Roman Empire has sometimes been used as an historical precedent for the European Union, and specifically the way that the integration of the Roman monetary system has been seen as a (sometimes justifying) precedent for modern European monetary union. All our lectures are available for free download from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Gresham College professors and guest speakers have been giving free public lectures in central LonCollected in GreshamCollege's videos May 2, 2012 -
The Armenians: Church and Culture - The Revd Professor Richard Chartres
Professor Chartres offers an overview of the history and culture of the Armenian nation, including the genocide of 1915. All our lectures are available for free download from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Gresham College professors and guest speakers have been giving free public lectures in central London since 1597.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Apr 27, 2012 -
Britain in the 20th Century: Thatcherism, 1979-1990 - Professor Vernon Bogdanor
Margaret Thatcher sought to solve the deep-seated problems of the British state outside the parameters of the postwar settlement. The main ideological victims of the collapse of the postwar settlement were One Nation Conservatism, the paternalistic ethos of Churchill and Macmillan, and the belief in government intervention, the idea that governments could fine-tune the economy to secure full employment.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Apr 25, 2012 -
Decolonization: The End of Empire? - Professor Richard J. Evans
European empires, re-divided after the defeat of Germany in 1918, continued to expand after the First World War, reaching their greatest extent in the early 1940s. The imperial ambitions of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany created new empires that turned out to be very short-lived.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Apr 13, 2012 -
The Lost Hospitals of London: St Luke’s - Professor Nick Black
The extraordinary story of this neglected quarter of London that in the late 19th century boasted seven major hospitals, of which only one survives today. All our lectures are available for free download from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Gresham College professors and guest speakers have been giving free public lectures in central London since 1597.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Apr 11, 2012 -
The Lost Hospitals of London: St Luke’s - Professor Nick Black
The extraordinary story of this neglected quarter of London that in the late 19th century boasted seven major hospitals, of which only one survives today. All our lectures are available for free download from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Gresham College professors and guest speakers have been giving free public lectures in central London since 1597.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Apr 4, 2012 -
To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear - Neil Handley
Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes of technological development and mankind's increasing understanding of physical optics, but it is as much about charting different historical attitudes to the face and one's appearance before others. Only if we attempt to understand the cultural influences and motivations for wearing (or not wearing) spectacles do we gain an accurate picture of why some developments in eyewear styles were so slow to gain speed and why ideas of fashion have aCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Apr 3, 2012 -
The Lost Hospitals of London: Bethlem Hospital - Worth a Visit? - Colin S Gale
Bethlem Hospital was an integral part of London’s charitable provision for the poor in medieval and early modern times. Hand in hand with public benevolence went great public interest in the objects of charity. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-lost-hospitals-of-london-bethlem-hospital-worth-a-visitCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Mar 26, 2012 -
London’s Forgotten Children: Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital - Dame Gillian Pugh DBE
In 1739, Captain Thomas Coram was dismayed at the sight of children dying on the dung heaps of London. These children, mostly foundlings and orphans, were products of a poverty-stricken society where the attitude towards babies born outside of wedlock meant a life of rejection and inferiority. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/london%E2%80%99s-forgotten-children-thomas-coram-and-the-foundling-hospitalCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Mar 15, 2012 -
English Building, 1830 to 1914: On Top of the World - Dr Simon Thurley
Economic dominance brings cultural dominance and the architecture of Empire was, in part, a template for the world. But as the century turned there were already signs of big changes which were to go on to shape the England we now live in. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/on-top-of-the-world-1830-to-1914Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Mar 14, 2012 -
The Lost Leprosy Hospitals of London: Leprosaria - Professor Carole Rawcliffe
Today, any mention of the medieval leper conjures up alarming images of exclusion, ostracism and fear, but such ideas are largely the product of the Victorian age, and have only limited basis in reality. By focusing upon the institutional provision made available for victims of leprosy in London between 1100 and 1500, we can explore the complexity of reactions to a disease that might be regarded as either a punishment for sin or a mark of divine favour. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-lostCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Mar 13, 2012 -
Exploitation and Resistance - Professor Richard J Evans FBA
This lecture looks at the impact of empire on the colonizers and the colonized. In Europe, ideologies of imperialism emerged, increasingly mingled with racism. These had a material effect on the attitudes of political elites that helped push Europe towards war in 1914. Critics of imperialism argued that colonies were crucial mainly to ensure the continued existence of capitalist economies. Economic exploitation was indeed a key part of imperial rule, as settlers grabbed land to farm, merchants, traders andCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Mar 2, 2012 -
Engine House, 1760 to 1830 - Professor Simon Thurley
England’s take off as the first industrial nation created a whole new language of building underpinned by technology and by an emerging view of the rest of the world. All our lectures are available for free download from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats: http://www.gresham.ac.uk http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/engine-house-1760-to-1830Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Feb 10, 2012 -
Apprenticeship in early modern London - Dr Patrick Wallis and Dr Christopher Minns
The prospect of an apprenticeship attracted thousands of youths to the guild masters of early modern London. Where did apprentices come from, what became of them in the city, and how did this system impact shape the development of Europe’s largest city? http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/apprenticeship-in-early-modern-london-the-economic-origins-and-destinationsCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jan 31, 2012 -
Empire: From Conquest to Control - Professor Richard J Evans FBA
From the 1880s through to the First World War, European empires slowly imposed their control on the territories that in many cases existed merely on paper. This lecture asks how and why European powers embarked on this trajectory. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/from-conquest-to-controlCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jan 25, 2012 -
Britain in the 20th Century: The Conservative Reaction, 1951-1965 - Professor Vernon Bogdanor
The Conservatives recovered remarkably rapidly from the debacle of 1945. Their narrow election victory in 1951 led to 13 years of Conservative rule. How was the party able to reassert itself so quickly and what did it do with its period in power? Winston Churchill hoped to roll back the tide of socialism. Did he succeed, or did the Conservatives, by contrast, help to confirm a new consensus which, while not socialist, could also not be described as capitalist in the classical sense of the term? http://www.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Jan 11, 2012 -
St Paul's at 300 (Lecture One) - Martin Stancliffe
2011 is the 300th anniversary of the completion of Christopher Wren's Cathedral. This coincides with the completion of an historic £40 million programme of cleaning and repair, in which the building has been comprehensively restored inside and out. Now that the final scaffolding has been removed, the two million visitors and worshippers who come to St Paul's each year can witness Gresham Professor Christopher Wren's original vision, see his cathedral as fresh as the day it was completed and understand sometCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Dec 6, 2011 -
The Scramble For Africa - Professor Richard J. Evans
In the early 1880s, informal imperial expansion gave way to formal imperial acquisitions. Between this point and the outbreak of the First World War, more colonial territory was acquired by European states than in the previous three-quarters of a century. New states entered the business of imperialism, notably Belgium, Germany and Italy. So fierce was the competition that in 1884 an international congress was held in Berlin to establish demarcation lines between the new colonial possessions. The ‘Scramble fCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Dec 6, 2011 -
The memoirs and legacy of Évariste Galois - Dr Peter Neumann OBE
Évariste Galois was born 200 years ago and died aged 20, shot in a mysterious early-morning duel in 1832. He left contributions to the theory of equations that changed the direction of mathematics and led directly to what is now broadly described as 'modern' or 'abstract' algebra.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Nov 14, 2011
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GreshamCollege Professor Chartres offers an overview of the history and culture of the Armenian nation, including the genocide of 1915. All our lectures are available for free download from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Gresham College professors and guest speakers have been giving free public lectures in central London since 1597. Read More
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