All Courses
English Language

In this course, Dr Helen Ringrow (University of Portsmouth) explores issues of gender and sexuality in media texts. In the first module, we provide a brief introduction to some of the issues we'll be discussing in the rest of the course, including...
5 lectures
0:41:53
Dr Helen Ringrow
Portsmouth University
Government & Politics

In this course, Dr Clodagh Harrington (De Montfort University) examines the presidency of Barack Obama. We begin in the first module with Obama’s strategy and performance in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries and then the ...
5 lectures
0:47:14
Dr Clodagh Harrington
De Montfort University
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Dr Oliver Thomas (University of Nottingham) explores Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, the first part of Aeschylus’ great trilogy, the Oresteia, which was first performed in Athens in 458 BC. After a brief introduction to the trilogy as a...
6 lectures
1:08:18
Dr Oliver Thomas
Nottingham University
Government & Politics

In this course, Dr Patrick Diamond (Queen Mary, University of London) explores the parliamentary system of government known as the Westminster Model, with a focus in the second half of the course on one of its central pillars: a permanent ...
5 lectures
0:50:58
Dr Patrick Diamond
QMUL
English Literature

In this course, we explore John Webster’s ‘The White Devil’, beginning by thinking about John Webster himself, before moving on to consider the play itself – its setting in Italy, and the presentation of the various male and female characters...
5 lectures
0:46:47
Prof. John Lennard
Independent Scholar
Psychology

In this course, Professor Peter Mitchell (University of Nottingham) discusses how we acquire a theory of mind, i.e. the ability to make inferences about the mental states of others. In the first lecture, we explore what we mean by the term ‘theory...
6 lectures
0:51:48
Prof. Peter Mitchell
Nottingham University
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, we explore the prescribed section of Ovid’s Metamorphoses (Book 3.511-733). In particular, we think about the depiction of Pentheus and the humour contained in that episode, before exploring the many ways in which this section of...
4 lectures
0:30:33
Prof. Llewelyn Morgan
Oxford University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course Professor Lewis Ayres (Durham University) explores St. Augustine of Hippo’s views on human nature. In the first module, we introduce Augustine’s views on the experience of human nature, as told through his major works ‘The City of...
6 lectures
0:55:32
Professor Lewis Ayres
Durham University
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Dr James Morwood (University of Oxford) explores Euripides’ Hippolytus, a play in which the goddess Cypris, takes revenge on Hippolytus for his refusal to worship her. As we move through the course, we focus on six scenes...
6 lectures
0:55:42
Dr James Morwood
Oxford University
Government & Politics

This course offers an in-depth exploration of the historical background to the US Constitution, up to and including the Constitutional Convention of 1787. In the first lecture, we consider the US in 1783, at the end of the War of Independence,...
5 lectures
0:56:51
Professor Frank Cogliano
Edinburgh University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course Dr Ralph Weir (University of Lincoln) explores the mind-body problem. In the first module, we think about what we mean by the mind-body problem, and consider the kind of perception involved in developing an account of the mind-body...
6 lectures
0:45:25
Dr Ralph Weir
Lincoln University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

Published in 1887, the Genealogy of Morality is the locus classicus of Nietzsche's criticism of contemporary morality and religion. The book is divided into three essays: the first deals with the origins of Christian and contemporary secular...
4 lectures
0:40:42
Mr Ben Martin
Oxford University
Psychology

In this course, Professor Jane Ogden (University of Surrey) discusses eating behaviour and its related problems. In the first lecture, we explore why we eat what we eat, focusing on cognitive and developmental models of food preferences. In the...
6 lectures
0:57:50
Prof. Jane Ogden
Surrey University
Government & Politics

In this course, Dr Andrew Blick (King’s College London) explores the similarities and differences between federalism in the United States and devolution in the United Kingdom. In the first module, we summarise the key characteristics of US...
4 lectures
0:27:37
Professor Andrew Blick
King's College London