History
The Bourbon Restoration, 1814-30
In this course, Dr Michael Rapport (University of Glasgow) explores the Bourbon Restoration, the period of French history between the defeat of Napoleon in 1814 and the July Revolution of 1830. The first module provides a basic introduction to what...
Dr Michael Rapport
Glasgow University
History
The Congress of Vienna, 1814-15
In this course, Dr Michael Rapport (University of Glasgow) explores the Congress of Vienna, the conference of ambassadors who met between November 1814 – June 1815 with the aim of providing a long-term peace plan for Europe. The course begins...
Dr Michael Rapport
Glasgow University
History
Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest, AD 878-1066
In this course, Dr Benjamin Pohl (University of Bristol) explores Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest. The course begins by considering where the Normans came from, focusing in particular on the Viking raids of the ninth and tenth centuries AD,...
Dr Benjamin Pohl
Bristol University
English Literature
Ibsen: A Doll's House
In this course, Dr Sophie Duncan (University of Oxford) explores Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, which premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen in December 1879. The course begins by introducing Ibsen's life and times, his inspiration for the plot...
Dr Sophie Duncan
Oxford University
English Literature
Achebe: Things Fall Apart
In this course, Professor Stephen Morton (University of Southampton) discusses Chinua Achebe's 1958 novel Things Fall Apart. The course begins by introducing the author himself and the publication on the novel, before moving on in the second module to think...
Prof. Stephen Morton
Southampton University
English Literature
Eliot: The Mill on the Floss
In this course, Dr John Rignall (University of Warwick) explores George Eliot's 1860 novel, The Mill on the Floss. The course begins by thinking about George Eliot herself and the place of the novel in her career. In the second...
Dr John Rignall
Warwick University