New Arts and humanities Social Sciences Podcasts
Robert Owen and New Lanark - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChildcare, education, working conditions, healthcare, crime … these issues are hotly debated in today's society. They are also issues that Robert Owen, seen by some as a visionary and by others as ...
Form and uses of language - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoIn this unit we will consider how language can be used in different ways for different purposes. To do this we will use the theme of memorial and commemoration. In the first section we briefly disc...
Getting started on Classical Greek - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★ - 17 ratingsThe aim of this unit is to enable you to get started in Classical Greek. It has been developed in response to requests from students who had had no contact with Greek before and who felt they would...
Getting started on Classical Latin - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★ - 85 ratingsLatin is the basis for many languages in the world. This unit will provide you with a general introduction to learning Latin allowing you to assess whether you would like to learn more. You will lo...
Studying the Arts and Humanities - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis unit is an introduction to studying the arts and humanities. It takes you through a series of exercises designed to develop your approach to study and learning at a distance and improve your c...
What is poetry? - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsHave you always wanted to try to write poetry but never quite managed to start? This unit is designed to illustrate the techniques behind both the traditional forms of poetry and free verse. You wi...
French Revolution - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThis unit provides basic historical background to the French Revolution. It will show that the Revolution accelerated intellectual, cultural and psychological change, and opened up new horizons and...
Delacroix - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoIn this unit you will be introduced to a variety of Delacroix’s work and see how his paintings relate to the cultural transition from Enlightenment to Romanticism. You will study Delacroix’s early ...
Wilberforce - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoWilliam Wilberforce, the politician and religious writer, was instrumental in the abolition of slavery in Britain in 1807. This unit explores Wilberforce’s career and writings and assesses their hi...
Approaching plays - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsDo you want to get more out of drama? This unit is designed to develop the analytical skills you need for a more in-depth study of literary plays. You will learn about dialogue, stage directions, b...
Medicine transformed: on access to health care - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoAccess to healthcare is important to all of us. Did the arrival of state medicine in the twentieth century mean that everyone had access to good medical services? If you fell sick in 1930 where cou...
Introducing the classical world - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoHow do we learn about the world of the ancient Romans and Greeks? This unit will provide you with an insight into the Classical world by introducing you to the various sources of information used b...
Philosophy: the nature of persons - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★ - 2 ratingsWhat is a person? This unit examines this philosophical question concerning the nature of personhood. You will examine whether a ‘person’ is the same as a ‘human being’, and look at whether it is o...
Emotion: an introductory picture - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoWhat is emotion? This unit takes a philosophical approach to this question in an attempt to understand why people respond to events in a certain way. Is there a difference between an emotion and a ...
Language and thought: introducing representation - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoHow does what you say come to mean something? Does what you say inherently represent what you, the speaker, think it means, whatever that might be, or does what you say carry its own meaning, separ...
Imagination: the missing mystery of philosophy - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhat is imagination and can philosophy define it in any meaningful way? This unit will introduce you to some of the possible answers to these questions and will examine why philosophy has sometimes...
Religion today: themes and issues - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★ - 1 ratingThere is a widespread perception in the West that we live in a secular age, an age in which religion is at best an optional extra, if not a false delusion completely out of place. However, religion...
John Napier - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoScotsman John Napier is best known to for his treatise on Protestant religion. However, it was his interest in a completely different subject that radically altered the course of mathematics. After...
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