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?'
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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.
Spend a week exploring Deir el-Medina, the New Kingdom desert village of the pharaohs’ tomb-builders, uncovering daily life, love and loss. Includes a full-day trip to London, visiting the British Museum and the Petrie Museum.
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.
Explore the evolution of Gothic literature from the nineteenth century to today. This course traces how writers and artists transformed the Gothic to reflect cultural fears, from haunted castles to modern horrors in film, art, and fiction.
Explore the criminal underworld of cyberspace. Discover how the dark web facilitates illegal hacking and how ransomware is disrupting our societies, and learn how governments are fighting back.
Fact or fiction? This course on the God dilemma will challenge everything you thought you knew about religion, reason and the mind – and then some. An accessible introduction to an issue that touches every culture and generation.
Artificial Intelligence is part of every aspect of our lives today. Join us to explore the philosophy of artificial intelligence and the philosophical issues that emerge out of the development of current and future AI systems.
This course explores a series of philosophical issues relating to criminal law. Can legal punishment be justified by its deterrence to would-be criminals, its capacity to reform the criminals, retributive justice for victims, or some combination thereof?
Journey through the cosmos: from Earth and the Solar System to distant galaxies and black holes. This visually rich course explores the universe’s origins, evolution, and the ongoing search for life beyond our planet.
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.