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History

In this course, Dr Sarah Richardson (University of Warwick) explores British politics between the start of the French Revolution in 1789 to the Great Reform Act of 1832. As we move through the course, we think about seven key historical...
7 lectures
1:08:23
Dr Sarah Richardson
Warwick University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Professor Yujin Nagasawa (University of Birmingham) discusses the concept and nature of God, focusing in particular on God’s ‘omni-attributes’: omniscience, omnipotence, and omnibenevolence. In the first module, we outline ...
5 lectures
0:34:09
Prof. Yujin Nagasawa
Birmingham University
History

In this course, Professor Benjamin Ziemann explores the Weimar Republic, the system of government that replaced the German Empire in 1919. In the first module, we think about the beginning of the Weimar Republic, before moving on to consider...
6 lectures
1:08:23
Prof. Benjamin Ziemann
Sheffield University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Dr Iain Law (University of Birmingham) provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of philosophy known as metaethics. In the first module, we provide an introduction to metaethics itself, including the difference between...
7 lectures
1:04:44
Dr Iain Law
Birmingham University
Government & Politics

In this course, Dr Richard Heffernan (Open University) thinks about the office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. We begin in the first module by thinking about the three essential qualifications that the UK Prime Minister must hold. In...
6 lectures
0:31:36
Dr Richard Heffernan
Open University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Dr Iain Law (University of Birmingham) thinks about virtue ethics, one of the three major normative ethical theories alongside utilitarianism and Kantian deontological ethics. We begin in the first module by providing a broad...
7 lectures
1:10:22
Dr Iain Law
Birmingham University
English Literature

In this course, Professor Sir Drummond Bone (University of Oxford) discusses the life and poetry of Lord Byron. After a brief introduction to the man himself—once famously described as “mad, bad, and dangerous to know”—we then provide a brief...
7 lectures
0:34:09
Prof. Sir Drummond Bone
University of Oxford
English Literature

In this course, Professor Lucie Armitt (University of Lincoln) explores Sarah Waters’ 2009 novel, the Little Stranger. We begin by thinking about the novel as a haunted house narrative, focusing in particular on what, if anything, the house is...
6 lectures
0:58:34
Prof. Lucie Armitt
Lincoln University
History

In this course, Professor John Morrill (University of Cambridge) explores the politics and religion of Tudor England through ten key questions: (1) To what extent was religion in England changed significantly during the reign of Henry VIII?; (2)...
10 lectures
1:27:12
Prof. John Morrill
University of Cambridge
History

In this course, Professor Tim Lockley (University of Warwick) looks at the institution of slavery in the United States, thinking in particular about the period between the Revolutionary War (1775-83) and the American Civil War (1861-65). In...
5 lectures
0:27:07
Prof. Tim Lockley
Warwick University
History

In this course, Professor Tim Lockley (University of Warwick) explores the history of slavery in the United States. We begin in the first module with an exploration of the earliest history of slavery in Africa and the development of the...
12 lectures
1:22:22
Prof. Tim Lockley
Warwick University
English Language

In this course, Professor Henriëtte Hendriks (University of Cambridge) provides an introduction to child language acquisition. In the first module, we provide an introduction to the study of language acquisition, before turning in the second...
9 lectures
1:32:56
Prof. Henriëtte Hendriks
University of Cambridge
History

This course provides a comprehensive history of British India. After an introduction to the geography, climate, and people of the Indian subcontinent, we explore how a private company, the East India Company, came to administer a whole country. A...
7 lectures
0:59:10
Dr Christopher Harding
Edinburgh University
English Literature

In this course, we explore several aspects of King Lear. We begin by looking at some of the textual problems of the play, before looking at aspects of the play and its performance. In particular, we explore the play’s comedic...
5 lectures
0:44:29
Prof. John Lennard
Independent Scholar