How can art give form to the invisible? This course explores the theological and philosophical idea of beauty in Renaissance art, examining how artists used various visual elements to make the divine visible.
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Accredited courses include undergraduate and postgraduate level courses.
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.
This course explores how behavioural economics offers insights into decision-making, scarcity, and the psychology of poverty. We will examine how cognitive bias and heuristics shape economic outcomes and apply these concepts to real-world challenge.
Come immerse yourself in Augustine's Confessions, a profound reflection on the inner life and motivations of one of history's greatest thinkers and writers. The course combines historical, literary, religious, philosophical and psychological approaches.
A beginners' course introducing a range of concepts for those with an interest in cinema but with little/no experience of film analysis or critical film theory. Classes will be focused around 'Memento', 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'Mulholland Drive'.
This course introduces systemic family and couple therapy approaches that help people with psychological difficulties to mobilise the strengths of their relationships, to make disturbing symptoms unnecessary or less problematic.
Have you ever wondered why people study poetry? Have you ever read a poem and thought, 'Is there a way I should be reading this?' Have you ever been intimidated by poetry? If the answer is 'yes' to any of these questions, then this course is for you.
Discover theories of attachment, stress, personality and grief from a neuropsychological perspective. This online day school presents experimental and theoretical information for clinical and experimental psychologists, therapists and other clinicians.
This guided viewing in the Ashmolean Museum will centre on seven of Leonardo da Vinci’s original drawings, from which we will also consider relationships with his paintings and writings, as well as to copies by contemporary and later artists.
2026 marks 300 years since the death of John Vanbrugh. His extraordinary career as soldier, playwright, and in heraldry was punctuated by a turn to architecture. We will examine his works, including Blenheim Palace and the role of Nicholas Hawksmoor.
Climate change affects the global population in a variety of ways. This course looks at cities and urban living, and explores how daily lives are influenced by, and might help to address, the climate crisis.
Transport and travel lie at the heart of sustainable urban development: cities are in constant motion. This course explores current and future trends in urban travel, including how residents, tourists, and visitors move, and how more sustainable forms of