Mortality Past and Present: John Graunt's Bills of Mortality - Introduction An introduction to the conference marking the 350th anniversary of the...
Time for a Change: Introducing irreversible time in economics An exploration of the remarkable consequences of using Boltzmann's 1870s...
Introduction to Taking and Giving: Roles in Philanthropy Old and New Philanthropy has always been a feature of public life from...
Acting on Evidence: How Medical Research has informed Historical Drama John Powell is an experienced medical advisor on a range...
Is the growth in the emerging economies additional or are we growing more slowly? Speakers look at the limits to world economic growth from...
Human Livelihoods Depend on Wild Flowers: Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank explained In this talk Dr Robin Probert explains why human livelihoods...
Debussy - Text and Ideas: The 'Song Triptych', and fin-de-siecle Visual Culture Debussy composed eight sets of three songs between 1891 and...
To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
Voices of the Land: Nga Reo o te Whenua In his solo presentation of traditional instruments (taonga puoro), Richard...