All Courses
English Language

In this course, Dr Ruth Page (University of Birmingham) explores identity and interaction, looking at language use in digitally mediated communications, specifically social media. We start by thinking about how language is related to identity, and...
5 lectures
0:48:49
Dr Ruth Page
Birmingham University
History
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Dr Anna Plassart (Open University) explores the Scottish Enlightenment. In the first module, we think about the Enlightenment as a whole—why it happened when it did, its principle goals and central doctrines—before moving on in the...
6 lectures
0:51:58
Dr Anna Plassart
Open University
History

In this course, Professor John Arnold (University of Cambridge) explores the theology of John Wycliffe and the heretical movement which he inspired known as Lollardy. In the first module, we think about the life and times of John Wycliffe himself,...
6 lectures
0:51:22
Prof. John Arnold
University of Cambridge
Psychology

In this course, Professor Peter Hegarty (University of Surrey) explores the psychology of gender. In the first lecture, we think about different ways of measuring one’s psychological gender, focusing in particular on the most widely used system,...
6 lectures
0:49:28
Prof. Peter Hegarty
Surrey University
History

In this course, Professor Emily West (University of Reading) explores the experience of enslaved women in the United States during the Antebellum Period (1815-61). In the first module, we provide a broad introduction to the history of slavery in...
6 lectures
1:00:37
Prof. Emily West
Reading University
Sociology

In this course, Professor Linda Woodhead (Lancaster University) explores religion through the lens of feminism/gender studies. In the first lecture, we explore some classic feminist critiques of Christianity, including the work of Elizabeth Cady...
7 lectures
0:54:12
Prof. Linda Woodhead
Lancaster University
English Literature

In this course, Professor Matthew Steggle explores Ben Jonson's early 17th-century comedy Volpone. The course begins by thinking about the setting of the play in Venice, and what associations that city might have evoked for Jonson's original...
6 lectures
0:47:35
Prof. Matthew Steggle
Sheffield Hallam University
Government & Politics

In this course, Professor Tariq Modood (University of Bristol) explores the idea of multiculturalism. In the first module, we think about what constitutes ‘difference’ between distinct groups in a multicultural society. In the second module, we...
3 lectures
0:35:18
Prof. Tariq Modood
Bristol University
History

In the course, Professor Rosamond McKitterick (University of Cambridge) explores the rule of Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire. The course begins by considering the sources available for historians of the period—including Charlemagne’s...
5 lectures
0:49:57
Prof. Rosamond McKitterick
University of Cambridge
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course Jeremy Carrette (University of Kent) explores William James and religious experience. In the first module we introduce William James, and his classic 1902 text ‘The Varieties of Religious Experience’. After that, we explore some of...
6 lectures
1:05:28
Prof. Jeremy Carrette
Kent University
Sociology
Geography

In this course, Professor Rafal Soborski (Richmond, The American International University in London) explores key debates around the concept and characteristics of globalisation. In the first lecture, we consider some notable ways in which...
5 lectures
1:05:21
Prof. Rafal Soborski
Richmond University, London
History

In this course, Professor John Arnold (University of Cambridge) explores heresy and the church in Medieval Europe. In the first module, we think about the growth of heretical movements up to the beginning of the Albigensian Crusade. In the two...
6 lectures
0:48:37
Prof. John Arnold
University of Cambridge
Government & Politics

In this course, Professor Natasha Lindstaedt (University of Essex) explores some key areas of global governance. In the first module, we are introduced to the key concepts of Realism and Liberalism, detailing their different attitudes towards...
5 lectures
0:25:25
Professor Natasha Lindstaedt
Essex University
Psychology

In this course, Dr Mhairi Bowe (Nottingham Trent University) explores the social identity approach to health, also known as the ‘social cure’. In the first lecture, we think about the social identity approach in psychology more generally and how...
6 lectures
0:33:40
Dr Mhairi Bowe
Nottingham Trent University