This course explores American art from the late nineteenth century to the postwar era, examining how artists responded to urbanisation, mass media, European modernism, consumer culture, and America’s changing place in the world.
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Accredited courses include undergraduate and postgraduate level courses.
Step into the world of Biblical Archaeology and uncover the secrets of ancient Israel and Judah. Explore how discoveries and artifacts bring the Hebrew Bible to life, while debating the connections between history, interpretation, and faith.
Introduction to the content of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, together with their religious and socio-political backgrounds, languages and main theological themes and interpretations.
An introduction to British art of the postwar era, from Neo-Romanticism to 'Kitchen Sink' realism and the emergence of Pop Art.
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' have enjoyed a long and continuing life. Looking at the collection in its late fourteenth-century context and then at its afterlife and continuing significance, we can explore readership, reinterpretation and regeneration.
The majority of the world’s population lives in the cities of low- and middle-income countries, often referred to as the Global South. The course explores the rapid growth of such cities, and their place in a sustainable urban future.
This course offers an introduction to Economics through the lens of micro, macro, behavioural economics, and political economy for beginners. It covers the key thinkers, policies, and institutions that shape our world.
Sir Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works are mainstays of the concert repertoire. We will explore all aspects of his music. No specialist musical knowledge is required for full participation.
This course will examine five Oxfordshire market towns, all of which were developed as new towns in the Middle Ages - Thame, Chipping Norton, Witney, Woodstock, and Burford. There will be alternating class sessions and field trips to the study towns.
Writing flash fiction brings benefits to writers of all stripes. In this hands-on workshop, we'll be writing each week, discussing our work, and developing new skills in brevity, language and form.
Join this course to enhance your conversational skills in a range of simple everyday situations.
Join us to take your conversational skills to the next level. Participants will practice communication skills in simple personal, recreational, and public contexts.