Podcasts by Lunch Hour Lectures - Autumn 2012 - Audio
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.
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Sex work today: myths, morals and health - audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What is it about exile that inspires photography? This talk explores the earliest known exile photography, created in the studio formed by Victor Hugo’s family and friends in their exile on the Cha...
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Presymptomatic treatment for Alzheimer’s disease: feasible or fanciful? - audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 disease. We are now able to ‘see’ the earliest...
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Sustainable Energy for All: this year, next year, sometime – or never? - audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What does ‘sustainable energy for all’ mean? How much energy, ‘sustainable’ over what period, and who are the ‘all’? If this ambitious goal is achievable, then how can it be done, and by when? And ...
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Social physics in the big city - audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 and location data via social media and smartphone...
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Hugo Elsewhere: The Jersey Studio and the photography of exile - audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What is it about exile that inspires photography? This talk explores the earliest known exile photography, created in the studio formed by Victor Hugo’s family and friends in their exile on the Cha...
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Art for science’s sake - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 century, to show that artists have often particip...
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Can't take, won't take: why patients do not take their medicines - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 chronic conditions, yet we know that perhaps up to h...
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What is modern slavery? - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Is slavery confined to the past? Sadly not. Instances of grave labour exploitation exist in present-day Europe and elsewhere. This lecture will discuss abuses of labour conditions suffered by domes...
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The Large Hadron Collider and the Higgs boson: Latest news from the energy frontier - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN is using proton-proton collisions to explore physics at higher energies than ever before. This is the region where the weak and electromagnetic forces unify, where...
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To Boldly Go - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the 100 years since Scott's expedition to Antarctica, we have redefined the way we explore the physical world. Parallel advances in our understanding of the human body have allowed us to extend ...
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Does Size Really Matter? Yam ceremonies in Papua New Guinea - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Abelam people of Papua New Guinea are known for their elaborate initiation ceremonies. While these are no longer performed, the Abelam nevertheless continue to cultivate, decorate and display m...
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Snails in art and the art of snails - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Snails are beautiful and decorative animals, with many species marked by patterns on the shell that differ from one individual to another. But why? Prof Jones has spent forty years trying to find o...
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Drawing over the colour line: Geographies of art and cosmopolitan politics in London 1919 - 1939 - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What role did individual Black and Asian actors play in the changing artistic, social, cultural and political scenes that emerged in inter-War London? Dr Bressey’s current research project examines...
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Drawing over the colour line: Geographies of art and cosmopolitan politics in London 1919 - 1939 - Audio from 2012-10-24T16:22:20
What role did individual Black and Asian actors play in the changing artistic, social, cultural and political scenes that emerged in inter-War London? Dr Bressey’s current research project examines...
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Drawing over the colour line: Geographies of art and cosmopolitan politics in London 1919 - 1939 - Audio from 2012-10-24T16:22:20
What role did individual Black and Asian actors play in the changing artistic, social, cultural and political scenes that emerged in inter-War London? Dr Bressey’s current research project examines...
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