How can we reclaim East African #history ? The Lost Cities and Amazing Heritage of Kenya #GreshamLecture The coast of Kenya has a series of impressive medieval ruins. Amongst the monuments are tombs, grand houses, mosques, and palaces. East African archaeologists date the high point of this heritage to the 13th century. The Kenyan museums contain impressive, reconstructed artefacts that animated the urban life of these lost cities. In this lecture, Robin Walker will present this heritage and put
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The Victorian 'Grand Tour' - Professor Richard J Evans, Gresham College history lecture
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Our 2024-25 academic programme is now out! Over 100 free lectures across the arts & sciences; live online and in-person. Check them out: https://gres.hm/whats-on Includes exciting series' on #business, modern #paganism, #immunity, #netzero, #astronomy, #architecture, #inequality, the history of #lawmaking and beginnings of #computing. Plus inaugural series' by our new Professors: renowned human rights lawyer, Clive Stafford Smith, who will be exploring The UK's Unwritten Constitution, and eminen
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The Victorians: Time and Space - Professor Richard J. Evans, Gresham College
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The 2022 Royal Historical Society Colin Matthew Memorial Lecture Partition of British India: 75 Years On #GreshamLecture The partition of British India in 1947 was the world’s largest migration outside war and famine. It may feel like a distant historical event, but 75 years on its impact continues to resonate in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and in Britain. Many of those who lived through that tumultuous time migrated to Britain. In this lecture, which considers the importance and power of oral h
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Racism in Victorian Britain - Professor Richard J Evans, Gresham College history lecture
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How can the past explain its present re-emergence? Polio: A Cultural History #GreshamLecture Polio has a major role in the cultural history of the West. The early symptoms – which were often mild flu-like symptoms – would end in paralysis. Vaccinations against the disease proved controversial, given their trials on incarcerated prisoners and the use of “poster children”. Epidemics of the disease illustrate the uneven transmission of ideas about health and sickness. They show how the period's ger
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