Gresham College Courses

Becoming AI - Your Journey to Assimilation?

Explore how digital services make us machine-like and examine AI-human fusion's impact on our essential humanity through Wittgenstein's philosophical lens.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Minor Criminal - The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother

Explore the landmark Belsen Trial through a deeply personal lens, examining how the first post-war crimes trial shaped international justice and confronted Holocaust atrocities.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Ocean - The Liquid Engine That Dominates Our Planet

Discover how the ocean functions as Earth's liquid engine, driving weather, circulation patterns, and life itself through its complex physical processes and hidden mechanisms.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Great God Pan - Lord of the Wild

Explore Pan's transformation from minor Greek shepherd deity to cultural icon, examining his myths, worship practices, and enduring symbolism of wild nature's beauty and danger.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Where Is China Heading under Xi Jinping?

Explore Xi Jinping's strategic vision for China's future, examining his domestic and global ambitions through the lens of Xi Jinping Thought and the China Dream of national rejuvenation.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Music of Animals - Exploring Musical Communication Across Species

Explore the fascinating intersection of music and animal behavior, from bird songs to whale calls, and discover whether music is uniquely human or a shared language across species.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Why Do We Laugh? - The Science and Psychology of Laughter

Explore the mysterious science behind laughter, from tickling responses to humor differences, uncovering what this powerful emotion reveals about human psychology and behavior.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Do Not Resuscitate Forms - Who'd Have One?

Explore DNACPR forms, advance care planning, and end-of-life decisions with palliative care expert Mark Taubert, covering CPR realities, legal cases, and ethical considerations.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Photobiography - A Career in Documentary Photography

Explore Martin Parr's five-decade photography career, from satirical documentary work to global exhibitions, revealing his unique anthropological lens on modern life and social class.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Life, Death and Judgement in the Art and Times of Hieronymus Bosch (d. 1516)

Explore Hieronymus Bosch's surreal art within its historical context, examining religious attitudes, moralising texts, and masterworks like the Garden of Earthly Delights.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Becoming AI - Your Journey to Assimilation?

Explore how AI is reshaping humanity through three types of assimilation, from cyborg implants to subtle behavioral changes, and learn to maintain human agency in our digital future.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Limitarianism and Capitalism

Explore the moral case for wealth limits and whether limitarianism can coexist with capitalism, examining billionaire influence on democracy and the ethics of extreme wealth concentration.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Donald Trump and the Death Penalty

Explore Trump's executive order to restore the death penalty and its impact on 2,400 death row inmates, plus evidence that 13% of executions since 1976 may have killed innocent people.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

From Mars with Love - Postcards from 50 Years of Exploring The Red Planet

Explore 50 years of Mars exploration, from Viking missions to modern discoveries revealing water's role and potential for life on the red planet.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Shape of Plants - Why Plants Love Mathematics and Mathematicians Love Plants

Discover how mathematical principles govern plant structures, from Fibonacci spirals in leaves to fractal patterns in roots, revealing nature's elegant geometric designs.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video