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Vereinigte Staaten
320 Folgen
seit 10. September 2026
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Peter Sutherland, Chairman of Goldman Sachs International, examines the challenges of leadership at a time of financial and geo-political dislocation.Uploaded 26-08-11The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lect…

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This lecture will explore the 'celebrification' of contemporary popular culture. In particular how the idea of celebrity is intrinsic to the making and marketing of popular newspapers. We will also examine how the so-called quality press has not remained immune from the lure of the celebrity. An…
The pervasive scope of the European Convention of Human Rights has been demonstrated by the furore over the voting rights of prisoners. Is the ECHR a vital cornerstone necessary to protect individual liberties against an encroaching state and the rule of the mob, should it be replaced with a Britis…
Mathematics and art are more similar than is commonly thought. Each is concerned with the process of being highly creative with abstract objects and of producing everlasting work of great aesthetic beauty. Uploaded 11-06-26Early art inspired by geometry, symmetry, numbers and algebra will be consid…
Thousands of people are estimated to be working as slaves within the UK, in highly exploitative conditions, with no rights, and under threat of violence. This lecture will discuss some of the issues.Nancy Kelley is the Deputy Director of Policy and Research at the Rowntree Foundation.Uploaded 03-1…

Connected Humans

Was Covid-19 the ultimate wake-up call about how we live on planet earth? Uploaded 11-06-26Looking at the effect on the environment of a near-stoppage of the world's economies, the first lecture explores emerging perspectives and some of the guiding principles about surviving and thriving when we h…
This lecture looks at the place occupied by indigenous cultures in today's globalised world.Uploaded 31-08-11At a time when the world is confronted with economic insecurity, ecological instability and endemic cultural dilution, Michael Walling points towards alternative approaches to living which e…
In his solo presentation of traditional instruments (taonga puoro), Richard Nunns introduces his audience to the ancient sound world of the Mäori of Aotearoa New Zealand. For each presentation he chooses from among fifty different instruments - mainly percussion or flutes and trumpets. Made from ma…
Following the Beagle voyage, Darwin settled down to a quiet married life, relying on correspondence to gather facts. Uploaded 11-06-26He wrote thousands of letters as he gathered facts to support his still-secret theory. Long before anyone had heard of evolution, Darwin produced four enormous books…
Professor David Ford presents his research into the hermeneutics of Bible translation, as a part of the symposium marking the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible.Uploaded 17-10-11The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the full conference's pa…
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