Highfields School
Issue 15:
8 January 2021
Newsletter Alternative activities to try at home Free Gresham College lectures: Chris Whitty, Edith Hall, Leslie Thomas QC (for 16+) – continues online in 2021 Gresham College's free public lectures (running since 1597) will be continuing online in January 2021 until Easter. Their lectures are delivered by world-class experts in fields ranging across the arts and sciences, and they include lecturers like Professors Chris Whitty who is speaking about vaccination (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/vaccination) on 10 February, Edith Hall (Classics), Leslie Thomas QC (Law) and Joanna Bourke (Cultural History). You can sign up for monthly email updates here: gres.hm/schools 2020-21 Lectures taken from their website: ASTRONOMY A series called Cosmic Vision (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/cosmic-vision/) by Astronomy Professor Katherine Blundell, and another by Visiting Professor Roberto Trotta, The Unexpected Universe (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/the-unexpected-universe/). BUSINESS / ECONOMICS A series on The Psychology of Finance (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/psychology-offinance/) by Business Professor Alex Edmans; a series on Intergenerational Justice (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/intergenerational-justice/) by Visiting Professor Martin Daunton. CLASSICS Great Thinkers series (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/great-thinkers/) includes Plato and Aristotle, by Visiting Professor Edith Hall. ENGLISH The Powers of the Novel (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/novel-powers/) by Visiting Professor John Mullan, a series on 'classic' film, Exploding the Film Canon (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/film-canon/) by Visiting Professor Ian Christie. GEOGRAPHY Two short series about the environment, Our Connected World (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/our-connected-world/), and How to Build a Just and Prosperous Planet (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/how-to-build-a-just-and-prosperous-planet/) by Professor Jacqueline McGlade. HISTORY A fascinating series on Evil Women (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/evil-women/) in history by Professor Joanna Bourke; a series on England’s Reformations (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/englands-reformations/) by Professor Alec Ryrie; a Black History Month (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/black-history-month/) series; a series about Darwin (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/darwins-descent/) and his impact by Visiting Professor Jim Endersby (may also be useful for Science); a series on Great Tudor and Stuart Houses (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/the-great-houses-of-tudor-and-stuart-courtiers/) by the Provost
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