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    • 2025 lectures
      • In Conversation with Adam Sisman and Prof. Sasha Roseneil  - 
      • Inclusive ßÏßÏÊÓƵ: In Conversation with Gary Younge and pannellists - 
      • Holocaust Memorial Day at ßÏßÏÊÓƵ 2025 - Discussion about the film 'Letter to a pig' -
      • Holocaust Memorial Day at ßÏßÏÊÓƵ 2025 - Testimony from Peter Summerfield BEM -
    • 2024 lectures
      • Michael Attenborough In Conversation with Vice-Chancellor Prof. Sasha Roseneil -
      • Founding Historians Lecture 2024 - Writing a History of Ignorance - Prof Peter Burke -
      • Climate Consciousness Intelligence - Prof Thomas Nowotny -
      • Culture Clashes in Cross Border Connections - Prof Paul Statham -
      • Fairer, more sustainable energy - Prof Mari Martisakainen -
      • Learning to Listen - Prof Alice Eldridge -
      • Inclusive ßÏßÏÊÓƵ: In Conversation with Dame Nicola Dandridge DBE and Dr Omar Khan- 
      • Holocaust Memorial Day at ßÏßÏÊÓƵ 2024 - ‘The Third Reich of Dreams’ film taster and discussion with the director, Amanda Rubin -
      • Holocaust Memorial Day at ßÏßÏÊÓƵ 2024 - Ivor Perl BEM and his granddaughter Lia Bratt - 
    • 2023 lectures
      • In Conversation with Marina Mahathir -
      • Freedom Of Speech - Can you draw a Line? -
      • Founding Historians Lecture 2023 - Dr Hunter's Plague: Photography, Gender and Disease in Nineteenth-Century India -
      • Inclusive ßÏßÏÊÓƵ: In Conversation with Lela Kogbara and Jane Farrell -
      • Issues in Criminal Justice Lecture 2023 ‘Radical Transparency: Reforming parole to increase public confidence’ - 
      • Inclusive ßÏßÏÊÓƵ: In Conversation event, featuring Professor Tom Shakespeare CBE FBA - 
      • Beyond Brexit - the future of UK trade policy -
      • Holocaust Memorial Day at ßÏßÏÊÓƵ 2023 - Testimony from Manfred Goldberg BEM - 
    • 2022 lectures
      • Founding Historians Lecture: Voices from the Classroom: The Experience of Universal Secondary Education in the UK since 1945 - Prof Peter Mandler -
      • Can the law deliver inclusion? - Prof David Ruebain -
      • First Light with the James Webb Space Telescope - Dr Stephen Wilkins -
      • How can understanding bee behaviour improve crop pollination? - Dr Beth Nicholls - 
      • Smart Justice: Policing in the Digital Age - Prof Richard Vogler - 
      • Why you should talk to strangers - Dr Gillian Sandstrom - 
      • 'Black At ßÏßÏÊÓƵ' - Gavin Mensah-Coker and Valerie Kporye - 
      • Activism in Arts C: From AFRAS to Global Studies - Prof Anke Schwittay - 
      • Ask the Experts: Discussion on kindess - Claudia Hammond and panellists - 
      • Breaking Free from State Capture 'How youth, leadership and integrity can chart the best future for Africa' - Dr Mo Ibrahim, Baroness Valerie Amos, Prof. Liz David-Barrett and Pamela Wadi, chaired by Prof. Robert Barrington - 
      • Issues in Criminal Justice Lecture 2022 - Dame Vera Baird QC -
      • Discussion of the film ‘Masel Tov Cocktail’ - Holocaust Memorial Day 2022 -
      • Hella Pick CBE interview for Holocaust Memorial Day at ßÏßÏÊÓƵ 2022  - 
    • 2021 lectures
      • Ask the Experts: Discussion on consciousness - Claudia Hammond and panellists -
      • A fossil treaty: a new approach to tackling the climate crisis - Prof Peter Newell -
      • Educating our way to a more sustainable climate - Dr Melissa Lazenby -
      • Helping our kelp: can we restore our seas? - Dr Mika Peck -
      • Founding Historians Lecture: 'Entangled histories: Britain and Jamaica in slavery days and beyond’ - Prof Catherine Hall -
      • Fatal Alliances: On the Entanglement of Antisemitic and Antifeminist Dynamics of Exclusion - Prof Katrin Steffen -
      • Ask the experts: Discussion on quantum physics - Prof. Jim Al-Khalili FRS and panellists - 
      • Where Are We With 5G And AI, And What May Come Next? - Prof. Maziar Nekovee -
      • Restless Days And Restless Nights -  Dr Faith Orchard -
      • Ask the Experts - Discussion on COVID-19 - Claudia Hammond and panellists -
      • What makes CERN special - Meirin Evans -
      • The Future of Holocaust Memory, hosted by Dr Victoria Walden with special guest panelists -
      • Holocaust Memorial Day at ßÏßÏÊÓƵ: Q&A with twin Holocaust survivors, George and Peter Summerfield BEM -
    • 2020 lectures
      • The Future Of Observational Astronomy - panel discussion -
      • Building A Universe In A Box - Dr Christopher Lovell & Will Roper -
      • Martin Wight Memorial Lecture 2020: The decolonial project of Europe: from colonial histories to postcolonial reparations - Dr Gurminder Bhambra -
      • Euler's Amazing Constant - Dr Roger Luther -
      • Black Holes And The Hot Spaghettification Of Cool Doughnuts - Dr Darren Baskill -
      • The Wonderful World Of Wheat - Will Roper -
      • Queues = Traffic = Zombies - Dr Nicos Georgiou -
      • Crowds, Riots And Simple Social Influence: Beyond Contagion - Prof John Drury -
      • Brave New World: The Future of Work - Prof Jacqueline O'Reilly -
      • Can We Measure Consciousness? - Dr Adam Barrett -
      • The Mathematical Theory Of Knots - Dr Roger Fenn -
      • The LHC: A Ring With No Lord - Dr Iacopo Vivarelli -
      • Black Holes From The Big Bang - Dr Chris Byrnes -
      • First Light: The Search For The First Stars In The Universe - Dr Stephen Wilkins -
      • Untangling The Causes Of Alzheimer's Disease - Prof Louise Serpell -
      • An Introduction To Relativity - Dr Stephen Wilkins -
      • Will Dark Energy Destroy The Universe? - Prof Kathy Romer -
      • Dynamical Systems: Attractive and Chaotic - Prof Peter Giesl -
      • Epidemics: Untangling The Mysteries of Mathematical Modelling - Dr Yuliya Kyrychko -
      • Holocaust Memorail Day at ßÏßÏÊÓƵ: Surviving the Holocaust as a child - Testimony from Hannah Lewis MBE -
      • Holocaust Memorial Day at ßÏßÏÊÓƵ: 'Voices from the past and present – Analyzing Narratives of Persecution, Flight and Survival' - Prof Ruth Wodak -
      • Draper Lecture 2020 - Given by Justice Albie Sachs  -
      • The Origin Of The Elements - Dr Stephen Wilkins -
    • 2019 lectures
      • Neutrinos: The Deep Secrets of Nature's Ghosts - Dr Elisabeth Falk - 
      • Social relationships and well-being: why kindness matters - -
      • Learn to listen - -
      • The empowering force of physics - -
      • Couplings on the run – from fundamental particles to quantum gravity - Prof Daniel Litim -
      • Dynamics and control – their role in cutting vehicle CO2 emissions - Prof Julian Dunne -
      • Queer Cultures of Conflict: Facing Heterogeneity, Fostering Queerversity (audio only) - Dr Antke Engel, The Technische Universität Darmstad - Listen [MP3 46MB]
      • Happier families: The kids (and mum & dad) are alright (audio only) - Prof Alison Pike - Listen [MP3 40MB]
      • Distant voices, living music: hearing the past and writing the present - Prof Ed Hughes -
      • Draper Lecture 2019: Human Rights and Leadership in a Lawless World - Paul van Zyl -
      • Exploring The Tiny World Of Nanomaterials - Dr Matthew Large - 
      • Holocaust Memorial Day at ßÏßÏÊÓƵ: Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and Niklas Frank in conversation with Trudy Gold - Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and Niklas Frank -
      • Holocaust Memorial Day at ßÏßÏÊÓƵ: September 1939 and the Fate of Europe’s Jews - Prof Richard Overy, University of Exeter -
    • 2018 lectures
    • 2017 lectures
    • 2016 lectures

      • Founding Historians Lecture 2016 - The Commonwealth and South Africa: From Smuts to Mandela - Prof Saul Dubow - Listen [MP3 30KB]

      • Britain's President, America's Prime Minister: Transatlantic Commemorations of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill - Prof Clive Webb - Listen here

      • Listening Publics: Media, Modernity & Citizenship - Prof Kate Lacey - Listen here

      • Draper Lecture 2016 - The Rise of the Cyber Judge - Lord Justice Fulford -

      • The Making of an Ally: the sources and history of Israel – US Special Relations - Prof David Tal - Listen here

      • Consciousness: What in the world is it? (Making the future 2016) - Prof Anil Seth -

      • Hearing colours and tasting words: The kaleidoscopic world of synaesthesia (Making the future 2016) - Prof Jamie Ward -

      • Complex organic molecules in interstellar space (Making the future 2016) - Prof Wendy Brown -

      • Invasion and insurrection: A virus in action (Making the future 2016) - Prof Alison Sinclair -

      • Institutions: Female leadership in community governed financial organisations and financial management (Making the future 2016) - Prof John Forker -

      • Corruption and anti-corruption: The challenge of our time? (Making the future 2016) - Prof Dan Hough -

    • 2015 lectures
      • Future courts and future rights. The way forward in criminal justice - Prof Richard Vogler - 
      • The Draper Lecture 2015 - Man's Inhumanity to Man; What Price Imprisonment -  - 
      • Social Work Research: Identity, Interdisciplinarity and Impact - Prof Elaine Sharland - 
      • Journey into the Unknown - Prof Dominic Kniveton - 
      • No Justice Without Care: A relational approach to children's healthcare law - Prof Jo Bridgeman - 
      • Founding Historians Lecture 2015: French Resistance: myths, lives and videotape - Prof Rod Kedward - 
      • Issues in Criminal Justice Lecture 2015: The State of Policing - - 
      • The eternal battle between new and old: What frogs have to say? - Prof Emmanuel Mamatzakis - 
      • Getting on and falling out - Prof Robin Banerjee - 
      • Holocaust Memorial Day - Keep the memory alive: - 
      • Holocaust Memorial Day - Keep the memory alive: Lady Zahava Kohn and Hephzibah Rudofsky - 
    • 2014 lectures
      • Why biomedical anthropology is crucial to political decisions about the future of life, life science and local health - Prof Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner - 
      • The Draper Lecture 2014 - On Liberty -  - 
      • A model for democratic transition and European integration? Why does Poland matter - Prof Aleks Szczerbiak - 
      • Public experiments: the science and art of scientific advice - Prof James Wilsdon - 
      • How to design new medicines - Prof Simon Ward - 
      • Alternative Societies - Prof Luke Martell - 
      • Howmanydunnit? What do crime statistics tell us, and can we trust them? - Jil Matheson, UK National Statistitian - 
      • Risks and rewards: Building symbiotic innovation eco-systems - Prof Mariana Mazzucato - 
      • Uneven and combined development - Prof Justin Rosenburg - 
      • Seventy years after the Holocaust: Why does it still matter and what have we learned? - Sir Andrew Burns KCMG, United Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues - 
      • Survival, memory and trauma - Anita Lasker-Wallfisch - 
      • Holocaust Memorial Day - Trudy Gold, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Maya Jacobs-Wallfisch - 
      • Digital childhoods - Prof Rachel Thomson - 
    • 2013 lectures
    • 2012 lectures
    • 2011 lectures
    • 2010 lectures
    • 2009 lectures 
    • 2008 lectures
    • 2007 lectures
    • 2006 lectures
    • 2005 lectures

      Professorial Lecture: Migrants, Refugees and Public Policy - Prof Richard Black - Listen [MP3 7MB] - Download slides [ZIP 710KB]

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