The Uses of Rhetoric, Past and Present (Symposium)
Free
Monday, 19 October 2026 at 18:00
Gresham College
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50 upcoming talks
Gresham College has provided free public lectures since 1597.
Upcoming Talks
The Uses of Rhetoric, Past and Present
FreeMonday, 19 October 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Melissa Lane, Quentin Skinner, Jane Shaw
Barnard's Inn Hall, HolbornThe Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights
FreeTuesday, 20 October 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Professor Phillip Ayoub
Barnard's Inn Hall, HolbornWhy Is There Music?
FreeWednesday, 21 October 2026 at 18:00
LSO St Luke'sPlato on Truth, Lies and Power
FreeThursday, 22 October 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeHow True Stories Make Us Care
FreeMonday, 26 October 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeRethinking Deterrence for a Disrupted World
FreeTuesday, 27 October 2026 at 18:00
Mercers' HallAround the World with Indian Cinema
FreeWednesday, 28 October 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeWhat History is NOT
FreeTuesday, 3 November 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeMaterial Witness: Understanding the Objects of Auschwitz
FreeWednesday, 4 November 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeGuantanamo on the Euphrates: What Next for Detainees in Syria?
FreeThursday, 5 November 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeA Mystery Still: Historical (Trans)Gender Variance & James “Miranda” Barry
FreeTuesday, 10 November 2026 at 13:00
Gresham CollegeBuilding with Magnets: The Mathematics of Repulsion and Attraction
FreeTuesday, 10 November 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeOur Sun, Our Star
FreeWednesday, 11 November 2026 at 19:00
VENUE CHANGE - Conway HallHow Did Our Garden Grow? The History of Hatton Gardens
FreeThursday, 12 November 2026 at 13:00
Gresham CollegeLove's Transcendence in the Poetry of John Donne, George Herbert ...
FreeWednesday, 18 November 2026 at 13:00
Gresham CollegeSpeaking Through Othello: Black Performance and the Training of Feeling
FreeWednesday, 18 November 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeLife, Death and Bubbles: The Story of Earth’s Nitrogen
FreeThursday, 19 November 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeSixteenth-century London dialect: how Londoners spoke in Sir Gresham’s time
FreeTuesday, 24 November 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeMusical Myths and Miracles
FreeWednesday, 25 November 2026 at 18:00
LSO St Luke'sThe Life Cycle of a Holiday
FreeThursday, 26 November 2026 at 18:00
St John's College • Durham UniversityThe Romantic History of Copyright
FreeMonday, 30 November 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeAI as Muse? Creativity, Provocation, and Human Ownership
FreeTuesday, 1 December 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeCan We Have a World without Pain?
FreeThursday, 3 December 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeOffence and the Future of Courtesy
FreeMonday, 7 December 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeShakespeare Now: Creativity and Controversy
FreeTuesday, 8 December 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeHow to See the World As a Child Sees It
FreeWednesday, 9 December 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeThe Future of Medicine
FreeMonday, 14 December 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Professor Robin May
St John's College, DurhamThe Maths of Christmas Lecture
FreeWednesday, 16 December 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeCan Weight-loss Medicines Cure Obesity?
FreeWednesday, 13 January 2027 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeCan You Be Your Own Therapist?
FreeThursday, 14 January 2027 at 13:00
Gresham CollegePlay it Again Ludwig: Waves, Strings, and the Stradivarius
FreeTuesday, 19 January 2027 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeDo Machines Make Music?
FreeWednesday, 20 January 2027 at 18:00
LSO St Luke'sThe Internet and the First Fight for Free Culture
FreeTuesday, 26 January 2027 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeThe Chaotic Solar System
FreeWednesday, 27 January 2027 at 19:00
VENUE CHANGE - Conway HallDance of the Droplets: Earth’s Freshwater Carousel and How It Is Changing
FreeThursday, 28 January 2027 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeAI as Companion? From Digital Pets to Simulated Empathy
FreeTuesday, 2 February 2027 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeOne Gay Man's Accidental Creation of the Modern Tattoo Industry
FreeThursday, 4 February 2027 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeThe Great Green Mirage
FreeTuesday, 9 February 2027 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeBig Little Lives: Recovering the Histories of Everyone Else
FreeWednesday, 10 February 2027 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeJournalism as a Public Good
FreeTuesday, 16 February 2027 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeLanguage Revitalisation and the (In)Visibility of Indigenous Languages
FreeThursday, 18 February 2027 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeHow Urgently do We Need New Antibiotics?
FreeTuesday, 23 February 2027 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeAI as a Jeeves? The Dream of Seamless Help
FreeTuesday, 2 March 2027 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeCloudy, With a Chance of Orange Rain
FreeWednesday, 3 March 2027 at 19:00
VENUE CHANGE - Conway HallEnergy, Energy, Everywhere: Tapping into Earth’s Natural Energy Systems
FreeThursday, 4 March 2027 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeHow to Draw a Straight Line? The Mathematics of Linkages
FreeTuesday, 9 March 2027 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeWhat is Talent? Nature, Nurture, and the Myth of the Muse
FreeWednesday, 10 March 2027 at 18:00
LSO St Luke'sAI and the Second Fight for Free Culture
FreeTuesday, 16 March 2027 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeGoing to the Playhouse with Shakespeare
FreeWednesday, 17 March 2027 at 13:00
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