Tutor information
Kate Watson
Kate Watson is a Senior Associate Tutor for Oxford University Department for Continuing Education (OUDCE), and previously an Associate Lecturer and Moderator for the Open University. She is currently researching politics and identity in Georgian England.
Courses
Ever wondered just why and when Americans moved from protesting the British state to rejecting it altogether? Or what the British really thought about the Americans actions? And what about the King: mad or just manipulated? Join this course to find out.
What’s the difference between terror and repression? How do national crises become international ones? When did the ‘modern world’ begin? Join us in Oxford and examine Terror in France and its effects on Britain.
Examine Europe’s turbulent interwar years (1918–1939), marked by the rise of dictatorships and the crisis of democracy. This course revisits appeasement, leadership, and myth to uncover how and why Europe moved from war to war.
Explore the vibrant world of Georgian England: a time of rapid social, political, and cultural change. This course examines how satire and print media reflected and shaped a society redefining class, power, and identity on the road to the Victorian era.