OUSSA: Week 6 courses

Join us in Oxford for a study holiday

Deepen your knowledge, expand your horizons.

Week 6: Saturday 7 – Saturday 14 August 2027

The Oxford University Summer School for Adults (OUSSA) is a residential summer programme held at Rewley House in central Oxford, offering more than 60 week-long accredited courses for adult learners (18 years and over) covering a wide range of subjects including literature, archaeology, architectural history, creative writing, history of art, philosophy, biological sciences, theology and psychology.

Courses taking place during Week 6 of our 2027 OUSSA programme are listed below.

Week 6 courses

• The Art and Psychology of Meaningful Conversations (Georgie Nightingall)
• Artificial Intelligence and Mental Health: Philosophical and Ethical Perspective (Dr Roxana Baiasu)
• English Medieval Stained Glass (Dr Athene Reiss)
• ‘Frenemies’: A History of Anglo-American Relations, 1783-2027 (Dr Kees Windland)
• From Foundation To Fall: The East India Company, 1600-1874 (Dr Simon Targett)
• How Data Changed from the Victorian Era to Agentic AI (Amin Karami)
• Introduction to Biblical Studies (Prof Stefano Salemi)
• Introduction to Reading and Writing Poetry (Ms Lucy Ayrton)
• Kazuo Ishiguro: From WW2 to AI (Dr Mariachiara Leteo)
• The Neuroscience of Consciousness (Dr Samuel Recht)
• Oxford’s Victorian Architecture (Prof Steven Parissien)
• Political Ideologies for the 21st Century (Dr Doug Bamford)