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History

In this course, Professor Peter Pormann (University of Manchester) explores how medicine was practiced in the Medieval Arabic world. In the first module, we look at the Baghdad translation movement of the 9th century. We then turn to consider how...
6 lectures
0:44:59
Prof. Peter Pormann
Manchester University
Sociology

In this course, Professor Martyn Hammersley (The Open University) explores the concept of objectivity within sociology and social research. In the first lecture, we think about the development of the concept from the early twentieth century and...
7 lectures
0:30:31
Prof. Martyn Hammersley
Open University
Sociology

In this course, Professor Eileen Barker (London School of Economics) explores the characteristics of New Religious Movements (NRMs) and their relationship to wider society. In the first lecture, we look at terminologies associated with new...
5 lectures
0:48:15
Prof. Eileen Barker
London School of Economics
Physics

In this course, Professor Derek Raine (University of Leicester) explores kinematics, which is the motion of objects without considering the forces that cause them to move. In the first mini-lecture, we discuss speed and velocity, looking in...
5 lectures
0:30:40
Prof. Derek Raine
Leicester University
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Professor Sharon Marshall (University of Exeter) explores Ovid’s Heroides. In the first module, we think about the relationship between Ovid’s version of the myths of Penelope, Briseis and Dido, and the ‘original’ versions found in...
5 lectures
0:53:07
Dr Sharon Marshall
Exeter University
Chemistry

In this course Prof. Sabine Flitsch introduce biomolecules. What do we mean when we say ‘biomolecule’, and what kinds of biomolecules exist? Modern research spans biomolecules of all sorts, and we introduce: (i) the classes of biomolecules that...
4 lectures
0:24:04
Prof. Sabine Flitsch
Manchester University
Sociology

In this course, Professor Gayle Letherby (University of Plymouth) explores ideas and methods associated with feminist social research. In the first lecture, we consider feminist critiques of traditional sociological research. In the second...
6 lectures
0:52:09
Prof. Gayle Letherby
Plymouth University
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Dr Sharon Marshall (University of Exeter) explores Ovid’s Ars Amatoria. The course is structured around five critical questions, and in each case Dr Marshall provides a summary of recent scholarship pertaining to the question, as...
5 lectures
0:45:07
Dr Sharon Marshall
Exeter University
Government & Politics

This course explores the political philosophy of John Locke (1632-1704), oriented around the Liberalism section of the Government and Politics A-Level specification. We begin in the first module by outlining his life and works, before moving on to...
5 lectures
1:03:16
Dr Jennifer Marušić
Edinburgh University
History

In this course, Dr Sally Frampton (University of Oxford) explores how surgery developed in the 19th-century. In the first three modules, we look at how surgeons in the 19th-century sought to tackle the three issues of pain, bleeding, and...
5 lectures
0:33:08
Dr Sally Frampton
Oxford University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Dr Ema Sullivan-Bissett (University of Birmingham) explores the limits of knowledge (scepticism). In the first module, we contrast normal incredulity to philosophical scepticism, and examine various ways to remove grounds for...
7 lectures
1:10:24
Dr Ema Sullivan-Bissett
Birmingham University
History

In this course, Professor Mark Greengrass (University of Sheffield) explores the French Wars of Religion. In the first module, we consider whether the Wars of Religion are a period or a problem, thinking in particular about the key characteristics...
6 lectures
1:01:52
Prof. Mark Greengrass
Sheffield University
English Literature

In this course, Professor John Lennard explores John Ford’s 17th-century tragedy, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore. The course begins by thinking about john Ford himself, about whom we know very little, and his literary output, before moving on to explore...
5 lectures
0:51:54
Prof. John Lennard
Independent Scholar
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Professor John Cottingham (University of Reading) explores the cosmological argument. In the first module, we introduce the a posteriori and inductive methods involved in cosmological arguments for God’s existence, and outline...
5 lectures
0:55:38
Prof. John Cottingham
Reading University