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This course provides an introduction to the legal and ethical issues arising in the art and cultural heritage sectors today. Aimed at all those engaged in the art world, it will outline principles and practices, exploring cases from the UK and beyond.
Explore English literature in depth with this unique three-week Oxford University summer school held at Exeter College, with options for both undergraduate and graduate-level study.
Immerse yourself in your writing and hone your craft in the inspiring surroundings of Oxford with this three-week transformative summer school held at Exeter College. or aspiring and experienced writers.
Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt are the two major women artists of French Impressionism. They fought hard to overcome obstacles and to succeed in the Paris art world. This course will examine their achievements and their place in art history.
Uncover how the myths of the British Isles, shaped by landscape and legend, continue to haunt modern culture through text, film and drama – from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to The Wicker Man.
The Brontë sisters wrote passionate otherworldly novels that nevertheless addressed contemporary issues for Victorian women. Discover how they interwove 'Gothic' and 'Realism' making them crucial figures in the development of the novel genre.
Discover the evolution of the Arts and Crafts movement, before then exploring the extension of its philosophy and practices into the garden, especially the work of Gertrude Jekyll and William Robinson.
Troubled by a range of concerns, fin-de-siècle novelists wrote about moral decay, degeneration and narcotised escapism. This course examines the physical embodiment of these fears in the form of vampires, New Women and debauched aesthetes.
Enter the world of fantasy writing and learn to craft compelling imagined worlds. This hands-on course explores world-building, character, and story craft, guiding beginners and experienced writers alike from inspiration to finished narrative.
Spanning several thousand years of European and anglophone drama, novels and film, this course searches for an answer to the questions 'why are comedies enjoyable?' and 'why do we laugh?'
Everyone has an interesting life story, and this course will enable you to present your own. In this practical summer school we shall learn about the pattern of ourselves so that we may present it to others.
Using music and film, this course tells the amazing story of the legendary first performance of Stravinsky's ballet score, the modernist 'The Rite of Spring' in Paris, 1913, and its aftermath.
