There are archaeological sites all around us: hillforts and stone circles, Roman towns, ancient fields and roads. During this course, we will venture out and look at the archaeological landscape.
Course Day: Friday
Modern Art in Europe, c.1900-1939
An introduction to modern art in Europe in the early twentieth century, exploring the range of styles and debates that emerged in response to modernity, industrialisation, and war.
Latin: Beginners – Part 1
This course introduces you to the basic principles of Classical Latin. It provides a firm basis of grammar, sentence structure and vocabulary of the language, through which you will be able to read and translate into English Roman drama in adaptation.
Ancient Greek: Beginners – Part 1
This course introduces you to the basic principles of Ancient Greek. It provides a firm basis of grammar, sentence structure and vocabulary of the Attic Greek, through which you will be able to read and translate adapted Greek texts into English.
Aphrodite and the Ancient Greek Deities: Myth and Religion
Aphrodite, the Ancient Greek goddess of love and beauty, has complex origins, reach and significance. Join us to explore her and other Ancient Greek Divinities through art, archaeology, literature and a visit to the Ashmolean’s Aphrodite exhibition.
Strategic Planning and Foresight: Learning from and Managing for the Future
Explore strategic foresight, futures thinking and scenario planning. Build tools to plan confidently in uncertainty, enhance resilience, and shape a more innovative, future-ready organisation.
Culinary Psychology: Food, Emotion and the Mind – Book Launch Event
Discover how food influences mood, memory and emotional wellbeing. Psychotherapist and Oxford tutor Stelios Kiosses introduces the emerging field of Culinary Psychology and explores the psychological relationship between what we eat and how we feel.
Learn to Write Flash Fiction
Short enough to write in a single day, flash fiction is an agile, innovative form that brings character, mood and language to the forefront. This online workshop is suitable for beginners and experienced writers.
Linear Algebra: Introduction
Linear algebra and its matrices appear throughout the sciences and in the mathematical parts of the social sciences. This basic course is a prerequisite to understanding advanced mathematics and myriad closely and distantly related quantitative fields.
Jean-François Millet: Life, Land and Legacy
Jean-François Millet will feature in a major exhibition at the National Gallery. Discover the artist who put representations of the poorest of rural workers on the walls of the elite Paris Salon, among them his famous ‘The Gleaners’ and ‘The Sower.’
R Programming for Data Science: Introduction
Learn about R programming with this online course. At an introductory level, this course provides you with a solid foundation of the R programming language. Here you will learn the basics of R and gradually move to data processing and manipulation.
Oxford’s Rebels and Radicals
Oxford University may be a bastion of tradition, but how much do you know about the city’s radical past and present? Explore the fascinating stories of those who pushed back against power, privilege and inequality on this walking tour and lecture.