Gresham College have written to us again to highlight the free lectures they have on offer during the spring and summer.
HISTORY LECTURES BY MONTH AT GRESHAM COLLEGE 2023
March
Thurs 23, 6pm, The Medieval Agricultural Revolution: New Evidence, Professor Helena Hamerow; Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall, Holborn/ Online/ Watch Later gres.hm/agricultural-rev
Tues, 28, 6pm, Portraits of Native Americans from Pocahontas to Sitting Bill, Professor Stephanie Pratt; Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall, Holborn/ Online/ Watch Later gres.hm/american-portraits
April
Tues 04, 6pm, Who Benefited From the British Empire?, Professor Martin Daunton; Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall, Holborn/ Online/ Watch Later gres.hm/benefit-empire
Wed 05, 1pm, Women Leaders in Early Christianity, Professor Morwenna Ludlow; Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall, Holborn/ Online/ Watch Later gres.hm/women-christianity
Tues 25, 6pm, Reclaiming Women in the Hebrew Bible, Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris; Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall, Holborn/ Online/ Watch Later gres.hm/women-hebrew-bible
Wed 26, 6pm, Finding Lost Gods in Wales, Professor Ronald Hutton; David Game College, Barnard’s Inn Hall, Holborn/ Online/ Watch Later gres.hm/wales-gods
May
Thurs 04, 6pm, A History of Barts, Britain’s Oldest Hospital, Professor Charles Knight; Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall, Holborn/ Online/ Watch Later gres.hm/barts-900
Tues 09, 1pm, Women, Islam and Prophecy, Dr Shuruq Naguib; Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall, Holborn/ Online/ Watch Later gres.hm/women-islam
Thurs 11, 6pm, Dementia: A Cultural History, Professor Joanna Bourke; Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall, Holborn/ Online/ Watch Later gres.hm/dementia-history
Tues 16, 1pm, The Mathematical Life of Florence Nightingale, Professor Sarah Hart; Central London to be confirmed/ Online/ Watch Later gres.hm/maths-nightingale
Weds 17, 6pm, Christopher Wren’s Medical Discoveries: the ‘Architect of Human Anatomy’, Professor Jaideep Pandit; Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall/ Online/ Watch Later gres.hm/wren-medical
Tues 30, 6pm, AIDS: A Cultural History, Professor Joanna Bourke; Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall/ Online/ Watch Later gres.hm/aids-history
June
Thurs 01, 6pm, Sickle Cell Disease: A Cultural History, Professor Joanna Bourke; Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall/ Online/ Watch Later gres.hm/sickle-cell-history
Weds 07, 6pm, How Pagan Was Medieval Britain?, Professor Ronald Hutton; Central London, to be confirmed/ Online/ Watch Later gres.hm/medieval-pagan
Weds 14, 6pm, Sir Christopher Wren: Architect & Courtier, Professor Simon Thurley; Central London, to be confirmed/ Online/ Watch Later gres.hm/wren-courtier
…AND BY SERIES…
A Cultural History of Disease (Medical History)
Professor Joanna Bourke
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/cultural-disease
Acclaimed cultural historian Professor Joanna Bourke will be exploring six physical maladies that have afflicted people throughout the world: tuberculosis, polio, breast cancer, AIDS, sickle cell disease, and dementia.
6pm, Thurs 11 May 2023
Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall / Online/ Watch Later
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/dementia-history
6pm, Tue 30 May 2023
Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall / Online/ Watch Later
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/aids-history
Sickle Cell Disease: A Cultural History
6pm, Thurs 01 June 2023
Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall / Online/ Watch Later
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/sickle-cell-history
More History of Medicine:
The History of Barts' Hospital: Barts at 900
Professor Charles Knight
6pm, Thurs 4 May 2023
Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall/ Online/ Watch Later
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/barts-900
In this series, three historians will discuss: Reclaiming Women in the Hebrew Bible, Women Leaders in Early Christianity and Women, Islam and Prophecy.
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/women-religions
Women Leaders in Early Christianity
Professor Morwenna Ludlow
1pm, Wed 05 April 2023
Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall/ Online/ Watch Later
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/women-christianity
Reclaiming Women in the Hebrew Bible
Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris
1pm, Tues 25 April 2023
Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall/ Online/ Watch Later
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/women-hebrew-bible
Dr Shuruq Naguib
1pm, Tues 9 May 2023
Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall/ Online/ Watch Later
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/women-islam
Professor Ronald Hutton
In this series, Hutton looks at the pre-Christian religions of Europe, defined in Christian tradition as paganism. These were suppressed as religious systems at the time of conversion to Christianity but elements of them survived as major components of literature, art and folklore.
6pm, Weds 26 April 2023
David Game College/ Online/ Watch Later
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/wales-gods
How Pagan Was Medieval Britain?
6pm, Weds 7 June 2023
Central London, to be confirmed/ Online/ Watch Later
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/medieval-pagan
Sir Christopher Wren is probably the most famous Gresham Professor in history: a polymath, architect, mathematician, astronomer, anatomist and courtier. On the 300th anniversary of his death, this series will explore different aspects of his work.
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/wren-300
Christopher Wren's Medical Discoveries: The 'Architect of Human Anatomy'
Professor Jaideep Pandit
6pm, Wed 17 May 2023
Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall/ Online/ Watch Later
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/wren-medical
Sir Christopher Wren: Architect & Courtier
Professor Simon Thurley
6pm, Wed 14 June 2023
Central London, to be confirmed/ Online/ Watch Later