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The Next Fifty Years of Tech - Dr Victoria Baines
Come take a ride in the Tech Time Machine and explore how IT may change our lives in the next fifty years. By employing techniques used by science fi…
1 year, 11 months ago
Musical Consonance and Dissonance: The Good, Bad and Beautifully Ugly - Milton Mermikides
What makes a piece of music challenging, bland, intriguing, beautiful or ugly?
This lecture explores the concept of ‘musical flavour’ formed by interv…
1 year, 11 months ago
Is it Aliens? The Most Unusual Star In The Galaxy - Chris Lintott
Boyajian's star, a faint and unprepossessing presence in the constellation of Cygnus, attracted astronomers' attention when it began to flicker alarm…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Western Magical Tradition - Ronald Hutton
This lecture makes a survey of learned ceremonial magic in Europe throughout history and demonstrates that both of the customary claims made for it b…
1 year, 11 months ago
Locating Queer History - Matt Cook
Queer urban life has changed dramatically in England over the last seventy years. Shifts in the economy, culture, attitudes, and technology have all …
1 year, 11 months ago
Refugees: English Law's Protection or Persecution? - Leslie Thomas KC
How are refugees protected in English law?
This lecture traces the history of refugee protection, the limits of the Refugee Convention, and changes to…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Geopolitical Risks of Climate Change - Myles Allen
Climate Change is predicted to spark increasing threats to food security and demands for climate reparations, fuelling geopolitical instability.
Proba…
1 year, 11 months ago
Sustainable Energy in Refugee Camps - Dr Sarah Rosenberg-Jansen
Most of the world’s 102 million forcibly displaced people – refugees – lack access to reliable, affordable, sustainable energy. Attempts to provide s…
1 year, 11 months ago
What went wrong in Latin America? - Martin Daunton
In the Great Depression, producers of food and raw materials complained that they received low prices and paid high prices for industrial imports. La…
1 year, 11 months ago
Lead: A Toxic Legacy - Dr Ian Mudway
Evidence that childhood lead exposure caused stunted intelligence and behavioural problems motivated efforts to ban lead in petrol, with the world fi…
2 years ago