A modern, democratic, multicultural Britain developed throughout the twentieth century. This course will examine the key social, economic and political influences that have shaped modern Britain.
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Accredited courses include undergraduate and postgraduate level courses.
This course examines some of the most influential and important ideas and discoveries (and the people behind them) in the history of science between the years 1400-1700, finishing with a visit to Oxford’s History of Science Museum.
Social media is full of criticism of politicians and military leaders, but that is nothing new. The same thing happened during the British Civil Wars - it just took a bit longer to get things published. What was the X, Facebook, and tabloid of the 1640s?
Meet the remarkable women who shaped the modern age: from suffragettes and spies to artists and pioneers. This course uncovers their real stories through lively discussion and fresh perspectives on a century of courage, wit, and change.
The eternal fascination of artists, scientists, film-makers and writers alike, we explore the myriad manifestations of humankind’s engagement with time – from scratches on stone to the Theory of Relativity, from art-house cinema to the metaphysical novel.
Explore the important role played by noblewomen in creating France as the most powerful royal state in late medieval and early modern Europe. Includes field trips to The Wallace Collection, London, and Ewelme Church, Oxfordshire.
Explore the drama of the Wars of the Roses: a time of ambition, betrayal, and shifting power. This course uncovers the real stories behind Henry VI, Richard III, and the rise of the Tudors, separating historical fact from enduring myth.
Taking twenty maps that span both time and distance, subject and form, this course will use cartography (the study of maps) to interrogate a range of themes from exploration to religion and social change to digital transformations.
Explore the remarkable contribution of successive generations of Oxford-educated explorers, merchants, intellectuals and prime ministers who were instrumental in the building and the breaking-up of British America.
This course examines Spanish explorers during the first global age. A motley crew of adventurers, better known as Conquistadors, whose greed drove them to cross the seas in search of riches and fame.
Francis I was one of France’s strongest and most colourful monarchs between the end of the Hundred Years War and the reign of the Sun King, Louis XIV. This course examines why that was.
Examine the extraordinary and totally disproportionate role played in the history of Europe and the world by the people from the sparse populations and inhospitable lands surrounding the Baltic Sea.