Does technology control us? Do experts and billionaires actually run the world? We’ll try to answer those questions by looking at some serious cultural, technical and political critiques of modern societies and governments.
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Accredited courses include undergraduate and postgraduate level courses.
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.
A non-mathematical overview of the current scientific understanding of space and time. Including an introduction to Einstein's theory of relativity, its consequences and applications.
Delve into Virginia Woolf’s writing desk to discover how she viewed the challenges of writing a novel. Guided by her theory of fiction, we will learn how she developed her unique style in 'Jacob’s Room', 'Mrs Dalloway' and 'To the Lighthouse'.
Explore what makes a planet habitable. This course traces Earth’s unique story, from the origins of the Universe to modern planetary science, examining how life emerges and what it means for our search for worlds beyond our own.
Shakespeare knows that human experience is always bittersweet. In the comedies, 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'Measure for Measure' he explores how clouds of desire and deceit can dim the sunniest of days, before a happy ending can be written.
Explore Middle-earth as Tolkien’s true protagonist. Learn how real landscapes, languages, and history shaped his world, and how place drives story. Guided by an expert, this course uncovers how geography and imagination create a living literary landscape.
Chaucer’s 'The Canterbury Tales' is one of the most important, and entertaining, literary works in English. We’ll read a selection of tales and trace how they and their author retained their influence and popularity into the 21st century.
This course offers an opportunity to share insights with others into ten outstanding Irish texts. Together, we will explore their themes, the means writers employ to draw us into characters’ lives, and the contexts from which their stories emerged.
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.
International politics has rarely been so interconnected and impactful on our lives, yet can often seem beyond comprehension. This course will show the patterns in the chaos, as together we navigate the choppy waters of geopolitics today.