Autumn 2012 - 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.
Did the Classic Maya really predict the end of the world on 21 December 2012? What caused them to record a date that would occur over a thousand years...
We live in an era of abundant data, and more data is being opened up to the world every day. More and more of us are handing over detailed personal an...
What is it about exile that inspires photography? This talk explores the earliest known exile photography, created in the studio formed by Victor Hugo...
In the nineteenth century, mainstream medical opinion suggested that abstaining from alcohol was a health risk. The advent of insurance policies for a...
What does ‘sustainable energy for all’ mean? How much energy, ‘sustainable’ over what period, and who are the ‘all’? If this ambitious goal is achieva...
Alzheimer’s disease affects an estimated 400,000 people in the UK – that number will double over coming decades without treatments to delay or prevent...
What is it about exile that inspires photography? This talk explores the earliest known exile photography, created in the studio formed by Victor Hugo...
For centuries, scientists have sought help from artistic practice as a visual aid. This lecture will explore case studies from the 18th to the 21st ce...
Is slavery confined to the past? Sadly not. Instances of grave labour exploitation exist in present-day Europe and elsewhere. This lecture will discus...
There will be over a billion prescription items dispensed in England in 2012, costing the NHS over £9bn. Most of these will be for patients with chron...