Big Bang, Shellshock and Prostitute Fashions:

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Monday, 3 March 2014 - Thursday, 27 March 2014

Events at Gresham College

The events are really interesting, it's more than worth scrolling down this list - and more than worth you clinking on an items to have a closer look.

The Work of Médecins Sans Frontières

Dr Paul McMaster

Monday, 3 March 2014, 1pm

Museum of London, EC2Y 5HN

 

Women in Red

Professor Lynda Nead

Tuesday, 4 March 2014, 6pm

Museum of London, EC2Y 5HN

 

Echoes of the Big Bang

Professor Carolin Crawford

Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 1pm

Museum of London, EC2Y 5HN

 

Advocacy – ‘as if’ the Person Represented, or ‘for’ the Person Represented?

Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice QC

Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 6pm

Barnard's Inn Hall, EC1N 2HH

 

Michelangelo, Copernicus and the Sistine Chapel

Dr Valerie Shrimplin

Thursday, 6 March 2014, 6pm

Barnard's Inn Hall, EC1N 2HH

 

The First World War: Disease, The Only Victor

Professor Francis Cox

Monday, 10 March 2014, 1pm

Museum of London, EC2Y 5HN

 

Entry into the European Community, 1971-73

Professor Vernon Bogdanor FBA CBE

Tuesday, 11 March 2014, 6pm

Museum of London, EC2Y 5HN

 

Entertainment in London in the 18th Century

Mike Rendell

Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 1pm

Museum of London, EC2Y 5HN

 

War Halls: Royal Houses from the Saxons to the Hundred Years' War

Professor Simon Thurley

Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 6pm

Museum of London, EC2Y 5HN

 

Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance

Dr Adrian Leonard

Thursday, 13 March 2014, 6pm

Barnard's Inn Hall, EC1N 2HH

 

The Second World War: Shellshock to Psychiatry

Dr Roderick Bailey

Monday, 17 March 2014, 1pm

Museum of London, EC2Y 5HN

 

Might as well toss a coin: How random numbers help us find exact solutions

Professor Tony Mann

Monday, 17 March 2014, 6pm

Barnard's Inn Hall, EC1N 2HH

 

Modelling the Spread of Infectious Diseases

Professor Raymond Flood

Tuesday, 18 March 2014, 1pm

Museum of London, EC2Y 5HN

 

Cosmic Influences on Behaviour?

Professor Glenn D Wilson

Tuesday, 18 March 2014, 6pm

Museum of London, EC2Y 5HN

 

Globalisation and Children's Diets:

The Case of the Maya of Mexico and Central America

Professor Barry Bogin

Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 1pm

Museum of London, EC2Y 5HN

 

Does Globalisation mean that we have to cut public spending?

Professor Douglas McWilliams

Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 6pm

Museum of London, EC2Y 5HN

 

The Work of the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court

Colonel John Etherington OBE

Monday, 24 March 2014, 1pm

Museum of London, EC2Y 5HN

 

The Museum and Historical Collections of the Bank of England

Jennifer Adam

Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 1pm

Barnard's Inn Hall, EC1N 2HH

 

Steady As She Goes: Long-Term Performance Measurement in Finance

Lady Susan Rice CBE, Professor Paul Woolley, Kelly Brook, Anthony Hene and Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli

Wednesday, 26 March 2014, 2.30pm

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Financial Centre

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED

 

Saving Havens – Offshore, Onshore or Mid-Shore Financial Centres

Nicholas Shaxson, Richard J Hay, Mark Field MP, Dr Jakob Schaad, Fran Hendy, Stuart Trought and Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli

Thursday, 27 March 2014, 2pm

Barnard's Inn Hall, EC1N 2HH

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED

 

For more information please visit the website: www.gresham.ac.uk

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