English Literature
Priestley: An Inspector Calls
In this course, Professor John McRae explores J. B. Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’. In the first module, we provide a broad introduction to the ply, focusing in particular on the influence of Gogol’s ‘The Government Inspector’ and the ...
Prof. John McRae
Nottingham University
History
Russia: The Revolution of 1905
In this course, Dr Jonathan Smele (Queen Mary, University of London) explores the (so-called) Revolution of 1905. We begin in the first module by considering whether this was a revolution at all and – if so – whether we should see events as being ...
Dr Jonathan Smele
Queen Mary, University of London
Classics
The Peloponnesian War, 431-404 BC
In this course, Professor Paul Cartledge (University of Cambridge) gives a detailed account of the Peloponnesian War, 431-404 BC. We begin by clarifying some of the terminology used to discuss the war, including the question of what we should ...
Prof. Paul Cartledge
Cambridge University
Classics
Homer: Iliad: Characterisation
In this course, Professor Richard Jenkyns (University of Oxford) explores the theme of characterisation in Homer's Iliad, focusing in particular on fourteen key characters. In the first module, we think about what we mean by the terms 'character' and ...
Prof. Richard Jenkyns
Oxford University
English Literature
Chaucer: The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
In this course, Professor Marion Turner (University of Oxford) explores The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale, part of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. We begin by thinking about the portrait of the Wife of Bath in the General Prologue of the Canterbury ...
Prof. Marion Turner
Oxford University
Philosophy
Utilitarianism
In this course, Dr Iain Law (University of Birmingham) thinks about utilitarianism, one of the three major normative ethical theories alongside Kantian deontological ethics and virtue ethics. In the first module, we introduce the concept of a moral theory ...
Dr Iain Law
Birmingham University