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Lockdown Lectures

By: The University of Manchester
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  • Are you looking for something more than your next Netflix box-set binge or Spotify ‘top 100’ playlist to help you through the lockdown? Then why not join some of the nation’s foremost scientists, thinkers, historians and social commentators for some informal lectures from the comfort of your own home.
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Episodes
  • Professor Michael Wood - Lockdown Lecture Episode Twelve

    Professor Michael Wood - Lockdown Lecture Episode Twelve
    Jul 1 2020

    "We live in one world and that's the key, not only to history, but to life itself"

    Professor of Public History, Michael Wood, is one of the country's best loved historians. In his Lockdown Lecture, he talks to us about the relationship between Britain and China, and his love for poetry.
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    9 mins
  • Professor Dan Davis - Lockdown Lecture Episode Eleven

    Professor Dan Davis - Lockdown Lecture Episode Eleven
    Jul 1 2020

    "We're in a particularly exciting moment with lots of big, new ideas about medicines that could harness the power of the immune system to fight off different kinds of disease."

    Professor of Immunology, Dan Davis, has helped establish new concepts in how immune cells communicate with each other. Watch his Lockdown Lecture.
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    11 mins
  • Professor David Olusoga - Lockdown Lecture Episode Ten

    Professor David Olusoga - Lockdown Lecture Episode Ten
    Jul 1 2020

    “A classic complaint among scholars who study British imperial history is that dimensions of our past, as well as our culture, our cuisine, our language and our economy, have been quietly forgotten or conveniently brushed under the carpet.”

    Professor David Olusoga is a historian and broadcaster who joined the University in 2019 as a Professor of Public History.
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    11 mins
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