Upcoming Talks & Debates
London Fortean Society:
Cannibal Error: A Social History of the ‘Video Nasty’.
London Fortean Society:
Cannibal Error: A Social History of the ‘Video Nasty’.
In the early 1980s, the videocassette forever changed the face of home entertainment. All manner of films depicting unbridled sex and violence without any moderation were available to all viewers and horror films were perceived as a threat to society. David Kerekes discuses the social history of the Video Nasty.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Ethical Matters:
*CANCELLED* Uncovering the History of Women’s Bodies
Ethical Matters:
*CANCELLED* Uncovering the History of Women’s Bodies
*Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will be rescheduling this event until 2025. We apologise to those of you who planned to attend - we will be actioning refunds to everyone in the next 24 hours. Thank you for understanding.*
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Ethical Matters:
Know Your Place
Ethical Matters:
Know Your Place
Faiza Shaheen presents a personal and statistical look at how our current system keeps us locked into an ugly hierarchy. It’s a powerful call for collective fighting to reinvent things as we want them to be; finding hope and not staying in your place. This is how can change things.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Gresham College:
Touching the Sun
Gresham College:
Touching the Sun
Using results from NASA's Parker Solar Probe – the fastest moving human-made object ever – and ESA's Solar Orbiter, this spectacular lecture takes a new look at the mysteries of the Sun, and its effects on the Earth.
In person | No Option
Gresham College:
The Biggest Cosmic Map
Gresham College:
The Biggest Cosmic Map
Asteroids were for years considered 'celestial vermin' – objects which got in the way of more interesting fodder for astronomers. Now, they are central to our Solar System's story, the building blocks from which planets are made, and capable of telling us the history of the last five billion years.
In person | No Option
Gresham College:
The LGBT+ Showstopper: ‘I Am What I Am’
Gresham College:
The LGBT+ Showstopper: ‘I Am What I Am’
Join Professor Dominic Broomfield-McHugh, Gresham Visiting Professor of Film and Theatre Music, in exploring Jerry Herman's I Am What I Am as a broadway musical piece and its resurgence as a gay anthem during the AIDS crisis.
In person | No Option
Gresham College:
Asteroid Adventures
Gresham College:
Asteroid Adventures
This lecture considers two missions – Lucy, which flies past asteroid DonaldJohanson in April 2025, and OSIRIS-ReX, which recently returned from the threateningly near-Earth asteroid Bennu carrying samples of this unusual world.
In person | No Option