Tales of vampires and the undead - Video
To celebrate Halloween. This lecture will look at tales of vampires and the undead with special reference to Central and Eastern Europe and some ortho...
Lunch Hour Lectures - Autumn 2009 - Video
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Autumn 2009 - UCL's Lunch Hour Lecture Series is an opportunity for anyone to sample the exceptional research work taking place at the university, in bite-size chunks. Speakers are drawn from across UCL and lectures frequently showcase new research and recent academic publications. Lunch Hour Lectures require no pre-booking, are free to attend and are open to anyone on a first-come, first-served basis.
Studying dinosaur evolution - Video
The study of dinosaur evolution is a growing field – thanks in part to an influx of new information from China, Argentina and other previously neglect...
The Spirit of UCL - Video
Professor Malcolm Grant sets the scene for the new academic year by reflecting on the challenges facing universities and how UCL is uniquely placed to...
Seeing the invisible: Observing the dark side of the universe - Video
To celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the telescope and World Space Week. Dr Bridle will describe in pictures ‘gravitational lensing’, the bending of ...
Recession and the public health – what is the evidence?
Can we use evidence from the social epidemiology carried out in previous times to help us predict the likely effect of the present recession on public...
Why Psychiatry has to be Social - Video
To mark World Mental Health Day – 10 October. Professor Bebbington explores the idea that psychiatry has an essentially social component because the p...
The Power of Lagerlof - Video
Celebrating the 100-year anniversary of Selma Lagerlöf – the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature – 10 December. Swedish author Selma Lag...
The right to obscene thoughts - Video
This lecture discusses how genuine freedom must include all manner of thought, including the irrational, the bad, and the obscene, and how the recent ...
Living buildings: Towards sustainable cities
Dr Armstrong will discuss the potential of ‘metabolic materials’ that possess some of the properties of living systems. By generating such materials i...
The making of Johnson’s dictionary - Video
Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language taught the British how to spell, established Shakespeare as their greatest writer and provided the...