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Europe's Search for Sustainable Security
After the ravages of the First World War there was a widespread desire for 'sustainable security’. Contemporaries were preoccupied with hungry c…
4 years, 4 months ago
The Manuscripts and Intellectual Legacy of Timbuktu
The Malian city of Timbuktu is one of the world's oldest seats of learning and has an intellectual legacy of hundreds of thousands of manuscript…
4 years, 4 months ago
Plot
Elaborate plotting is the novelistic skill least often valued by critics, even if relished by readers.
This lecture will look at novelists who raise …
4 years, 4 months ago
How the Financial System Works
This lecture will explore our financial system. Why do banks exist, and what do they do with the money that savers lend to them?
We’ll explore what r…
4 years, 4 months ago
Children and Consent to Medical Treatment
How does the law consider children in cases involving medical consent?
This lecture will look at how doctors (and parents) should talk their children…
4 years, 4 months ago
The Death of Richard III: CSI Meets History
The skeleton of King Richard III was discovered beneath a Leicester car park in 2012. Modern forensic techniques were used to analyse the injuries to…
4 years, 4 months ago
Histories of Numbers
This event will focus upon mathematics as expressed in different languages and cultures.
A lecture by Karine Chemla
The transcript and downloadable ver…
4 years, 4 months ago
Histories of Numbers
This event will focus upon mathematics as expressed in different languages and cultures.
A lecture by Karine Chelma
The transcript and downloadable ve…
4 years, 4 months ago
Knot Just Numbers: Andean Khipu Strings
This event will focus upon mathematics as expressed in different languages and cultures.
A lecture by Manuel Medrano
The transcript and downloadable ve…
4 years, 4 months ago
Sanskrit Mathematics in the Language of Poetry
Dr Anuj Misra will discuss Sanskrit Mathematics in the Language of Poetry (4pm).
A lecture by Dr Anuj Misra
The transcript and downloadable versions of…
4 years, 4 months ago