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How the human brain responds to pain and Caliphs, Popes and Gold

Posted on 25 May 2018

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Archbishop Wulfstan and the Peace of God
Tuesday 29 May
This lecture takes a new look at the preaching of Archbishop Wulfstan of York and sets it in the context of the contemporary continental movement, the Peace of God.

Caliphs, Popes and Gold: Money and long-distance connections in the Early Middle Ages
Tuesday 29 May
This talk looks at how money created a series of cultural interconnections which bound Anglo-Saxon England to the rest of mainland Europe and, ultimately, to the Muslim world.

Advanced neuroimaging of pain, analgesia and anaesthesia induced altered states of consciousness
Wednesday 30 May
A stimulating and enlightening lecture on how the human brain responds to pain, pain relief and anaesthesia.

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