Choosing a Past for the Future: Why today's environment policy is also history (but doesn't know it) It is hard to imagine an area of policy more...
Is the growth in the emerging economies additional or are we growing more slowly? Speakers look at the limits to world economic growth from...
To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
Culture and Resistance: Indigenous Responses to a Globalised World This lecture looks at the place occupied by indigenous cultures...
Rare and Endangered Languages - 'Why should we protect endangered languages?' Dr Nicholas Ostler argues for the preservation of the world's...
An Introduction to Rare and Endangered Languages Professor Tim Connell provides an introduction to the field, with...
Why is Africa still the poorest continent? Among 29 countries where human life expectancy is still 50...