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The Future of EU and Global Markets - Dr Robert Barnes
After the largest financial crisis in the history of the capital markets, what changes do we need to promote liquidity recovery? As authorities world-wide seek a safe framwork within which we can behave as entrepreneurs, what insights can Equities offer Over-The-Counter markets and vice-versa? Investors and Exchanges empowered with choice of on-and-off-orderbook mechanisms, dark and light, will innovate electronic trading to diversify by geography and asset class. Come and learn the bold ideas shaping theCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Dec 12, 2011 -
Second Panel Discussion – The Colour of Bubbles: Red, White or Green?
Panel Discussion – The Colour of Bubbles: Red, White or Green? John Elkington, Volans James Leaton, Carbon Tracker Initiative Bob McDowall, Alderney Renewable Energy Mark Nicholls, Environmental Finance This is a part of 'Bubble Trouble - Pop Goes Sustainability?', the Long Finance 02011 Autumn Conference. This conference focussed on the subject of market bubbles and their effects on efforts to ensure sustainability. Two presentations and two panels explore the dangers of exponential functions,Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Nov 21, 2011 -
Beyond Bubbles: Riding the Waves of Change - John Elkington
This is a part of 'Bubble Trouble - Pop Goes Sustainability?', the Long Finance 02011 Autumn Conference. This conference focussed on the subject of market bubbles and their effects on efforts to ensure sustainability. Two presentations and two panels explore the dangers of exponential functions, the origins of bubbles, how bubbles impede sustainable investment, whether better information might help prevent bubbles and even whether 'green' thinking is itself a bubble. The overarching goals of Long Finance arCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Nov 18, 2011 -
First Panel Discussion – Bubbling Forth, or Fifth?
Panel Discussion: Bubbling Forth, or Fifth? Dr Jon Danielsson, London School of Economics John Redwood, MP Keith Wade, Schroders This is a part of 'Bubble Trouble - Pop Goes Sustainability?', the Long Finance 02011 Autumn Conference. This conference focussed on the subject of market bubbles and their effects on efforts to ensure sustainability. Two presentations and two panels explore the dangers of exponential functions, the origins of bubbles, how bubbles impede sustainable investment, whether bettCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Nov 18, 2011 -
Slavery, Ships and Sickness - Professor Stuart Anderson
The full-rigged ship was the essential technology that enabled the trans-Atlantic slave trade to flourish. Between 1698 and 1807 around 11,000 ships were fitted out in England for the slave trade, transporting around three million Africans. But the trade also employed other vessels, from in-shore boats supplying the slavers, to the Navy vessels that protected them. Sickness and disease were constant companions to both slaves and crew. Mortality amongst both was high, from disease, mistreatment, accident andCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Nov 2, 2011 -
Modern Day Slavery - Nancy Kelley
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. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/modern-day-slaveryCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Nov 2, 2011 -
The Great Mathematicians - Professor Robin Wilson & Dr Raymond Flood
Mathematics pervades our daily lives. Our credit cards and the nation's defence are kept secure largely due to the properties of prime numbers, and mathematics is intimately involved whenever we fly in an aeroplane, predict the weather or analyse data. But what mathematics is involved, and who first introduced it? Raymond Flood and Robin Wilson describe some interesting mathematicians' contributions. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-great-mathematiciansCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Nov 1, 2011 -
The History of the Lord Mayor’s Show - Dominic Reid OBE
The Lord Mayor’s Show is one of the longest established and best known annual events in the City of London, dating back to 1215. This lecture will reveal the fascinating history of the show. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-history-of-the-lord-mayor%E2%80%99s-showCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Oct 19, 2011 -
Percy Grainger: Australia's Greatest Composer? - Professor Malcolm Gillies
We can think of world-leading Australians in sport (Don Bradman), media ownership (Rupert Murdoch) and film (Nicole Kidman). In music, some great performers come to mind, especially female singers (Nellie Melba, Joan Sutherland). But how many people can even name an Australian composer? In his Gresham Lecture, Malcolm Gillies probes this elusive category of greatness. Percy Grainger (1882-1961), the composer of Country Gardens, is often mentioned as a contender. But, despite his birth, was he really AustralCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jul 12, 2011 -
Birdsong and Music - David Matthews
Many composers have been influenced by birdsong. Mozart treasured the songs of his pet starling, even giving the bird a ceremonial funeral. David Matthews, one of Britain's leading composers, has always been interested in the incorporation of the natural world into his music, recently even including birdsong in some recent compositions. This lecture offers an opportunity for reflection on the relations between music and the natural world and how a composer can be brought closer to one through the other andCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jul 6, 2011 -
The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition and Development in the Western World since 1700 - Professor Bernard Harris
At the end of the eighteenth century, the average British man was around 168cm tall by the time he reached maturity. By the end of the twentieth century, the average height of mature British men was around 177cm, and similar changes have taken place throughout the developed world. This lecture explores the causes and consequences of these changes for human health, longevity and even productivity. It also explores the implications of the concept of ‘technophysio evolution’. This phrase was coined by Robert FCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jul 5, 2011 -
Culture and Resistance: Indigenous Responses to a Globalised World - Michael Walling
This lecture looks at the place occupied by indigenous cultures in today's globalised world. At 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 embody the struggle for physical and cultural survival in the face of environmental insecurity, corporate aggression and the criminalization of indigenous lifestyles and social protests. The lecture will explore some of the ways iCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jul 1, 2011 -
The Politics of Health Reform from a Medieval Perspective - Professor William Ayliffe
Is the NHS medieval? Is this an insulting claim to make? Insulting to modern hospitals or those of the Middle Ages? Professor William Ayliffe considers modern health reform from the perspective of Tudor medical practice. He provides an overview of some of London's most important mediveval hospitals, including St Bartholomew's, St Thomas' and St Mary's Bethlem, and compares our own healthcare systems with those of the Tudors, in terms of cleanliness, dignity to patients and even hospital architecture. All oCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jul 1, 2011 -
Tudor Health Reform - A Panel Discussion
Professor Tim Connell chairs a panel discussion exploring the issues raised in this symposium. The panellists are Professor Carole Rawcliffe, Professor Allan Chapman and Professor William Ayliffe. 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. This tradition continues today and you can attend any of ouCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jul 1, 2011 -
The Form and Function of Medieval Hospitals - Professor Carole Rawcliffe
Professor Carole Rawcliffe offers an overview of the hospital as it existed in the Middle Ages, along the way outlining the place of women and religion in the medical practice of the time and dispelling the myth that the Tudors lived in complete, unhygienic squalor. 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 sCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jun 30, 2011 -
Rare and Endangered Languages- Panel Discussion
Professor Michael Mainelli chairs a panel discussion with Dr Nicholas Ostler, Dr Mark Turin and Professor Peter Austin. This is a part of the conference on 'Rare and Endangered Languages': Up to ninety percent of the world's languages are predicted to disappear in the next century, many with little or no documentation. This conference will look at the reasons for this and address some of the issues. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/symposium-rare-and-endangered-languagesCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jun 27, 2011 -
Language Documentation and Revitalisation: Where are we now? - Professor Peter Austin
Professor Peter Austin outlines a number of projects aimed at documenting the world's endangered languages. This is a part of the conference on 'Rare and Endangered Languages': Up to ninety percent of the world's languages are predicted to disappear in the next century, many with little or no documentation. This conference will look at the reasons for this and address some of the issues. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/symposium-rare-and-endangered-languagesCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jun 27, 2011 -
Why should we protect endangered languages? - Dr Nicholas Ostler
Dr Nicholas Ostler argues for the preservation of the world's endangered languages, considering historical examples of threatened languages that have been wiped out (like Gaulish) and those that have been rescued from extinction (such as Basque). This is a part of the conference on 'Rare and Endangered Languages': Up to ninety percent of the world's languages are predicted to disappear in the next century, many with little or no documentation. This conference will look at the reasons for this and address sCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jun 24, 2011 -
Collect, Protect, Connect: Documenting the Voices of Vanishing Worlds - Dr Mark Turin
Dr Mark Turin discusses his own experience of preserving and revitalising the Thangmi language in Nepal. This is a part of the conference on 'Rare and Endangered Languages': Up to ninety percent of the world's languages are predicted to disappear in the next century, many with little or no documentation. This conference will look at the reasons for this and address some of the issues. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/symposium-rare-and-endangered-languagesCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jun 24, 2011 -
An Introduction to Rare and Endangered Languages - Professor Tim Connell
Professor Tim Connell provides an introduction to the field, with special focus on language policy, language ecology and language revival. This is a part of the conference on 'Rare and Endangered Languages': Up to ninety percent of the world's languages are predicted to disappear in the next century, many with little or no documentation. This conference will look at the reasons for this and address some of the issues. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/symposium-rare-and-endangered-languagesCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Jun 23, 2011
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