This course aims to give students an introduction and overview of that architectural tradition enabling students to 'read' the architecture of the contemporary built environment in a critically informed way.
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Accredited courses include undergraduate and postgraduate level courses.
Explore the culture of the English country house from its architectural form, social manners and distinctions to the furnishings and artistic manifestations of taste, as an expression of power and influence in a changing society.
Investigate a crucial period in the formation of the British national identity, which featured political union and a growing range of social divisions in the British Isles as well as intense rivalry with France and dramatic imperial expansion.
This course will look at masterpieces of railway architecture such stations grand and small, viaducts, bridges, tunnel portals, hotels and other kinds of structures which are to be found over and beside the railway track.
Examine Bevin and Eden's policy of staying out of the EEC in this hybrid lecture.
From ancient Persia to the modern CIA, espionage has shaped history. Explore two millennia of spying, tradecraft, and covert action in this six-part lecture series taught by a former intelligence officer and bestselling author Andrew Badger.
This lecture series evaluates one of the most controversial decisions in 20th century UK politics: the applications to join the EEC.
This course analyses why the inter-war years were a period of such political extremism. It will investigate the distinctive features of Soviet Communist ideology and the impact of Lenin and Stalin on the USSR.
This course will explore the English medieval cathedral as a developing institution which survived over a thousand years of religious upheaval and historical change, focusing on the multifaceted architecture of a range of truly great churches.
This lecture examines Elizabeth of York in her role as queen consort to Henry VII.
The course explores the reigns of English queens regnant and consort from 1485-1642, with a focus on gender: did Mary I and Elizabeth I perform and rule differently from kings? What kinds of influence did the wives of kings exert?
Sir Winston Churchill, regarded as one of Britain's greatest statesmen, still provokes controversy and debate. The aim of this course is to study his life in detail, assess his successes and failures and to gain some insights into the complex personality.