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History

In this course, Professor Matthew Stibbe (Sheffield Hallam University) thinks about the experience of ordinary Germans in the First World War. We begin by thinking about the attitudes of Germans towards the declaration of war in 1914, focusing in ...
5 lectures
0:58:04
Prof. Matthew Stibbe
Sheffield Hallam University
History

In this course, Professor James Harris (University of Leeds) thinks about the Great Terror, Stalin’s campaign of political repression between 1936-38 that left more than 750,000 dead. In the first module, we think about the sources available for...
7 lectures
1:14:51
Prof. James Harris
Leeds University
English Literature

In this course, Dr Peter Howarth (Queen Mary University of London) explores the poetry of the First World War. We begin in the first module by providing a broad introduction to war poetry, thinking in particular about the basic conflict between...
9 lectures
1:18:39
Dr Peter Howarth
QMUL
English Literature

In this course, Professor Max Saunders (King’s College, London) explores how critical perspectives on modernism have changed over time. In the first module, think about how modernist literature was received at the time it was created and how it is...
5 lectures
0:48:23
Prof. Max Saunders
King's College London
English Literature

In this course, Professor Max Saunders (King’s College, London) explores the literary movement of modernism in the context of the broader concept of modernity. We begin by introducing the terms ‘modernism’ and ‘modernity’ and think about the...
5 lectures
0:46:30
Prof. Max Saunders
King's College London
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Professor Esther Eidinow (University of Bristol) thinks about Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood’s theory of ‘polis religion’ as a means of understanding Greek religious practice. We begin in the first module by thinking about some of the...
5 lectures
0:50:13
Prof. Esther Eidinow
Bristol University
English Literature

In this course, Professor Max Saunders (King’s College, London) explores some classic works of modernist literature. We begin with a discussion of Henry James’ What Maisie Knew in module one, focussing in particular on James’ narrative ...
5 lectures
0:44:57
Prof. Max Saunders
King's College London
English Literature

In this twenty-one part course, Professor John McRae (University of Nottingham) explores Shakespeare’s Othello. We begin with a broad introduction to the historical, political and intellectual context of early 17th-century England, before going...
21 lectures
3:30:20
Prof. John McRae
Nottingham University
History

In this course, Professor Mike Braddick (University of Sheffield) explores the English Civil War (1642-51) through the lens of radical and revolution. We begin by thinking about the causes of the war in England, focusing in particular on why the...
5 lectures
0:50:09
Prof. Michael Braddick
Sheffield University
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Professor Richard Seaford (University of Exeter) explores Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus. We begin by thinking about the plot of the play, focusing in particular on the Aristotelian concepts of reversal and recognition, as well as the...
6 lectures
0:42:50
Prof. Richard Seaford
Exeter University
History

In this course, Professor Christopher Read (University of Warwick) examines the rise of Joseph Stalin from his birth in 1878 to the eve of the Second World War in 1938. We begin in the first module by thinking about his early life, including...
7 lectures
1:21:22
Prof. Christopher Read
Warwick University
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Dr David Lewis (University of Edinburgh) explores slavery in ancient Greece. We begin by looking at the earliest evidence for slavery in the Greek world, focusing in particular on the descriptions of slavery in the Linear B ...
6 lectures
0:51:29
Dr David Lewis
Edinburgh University