New Humanities Social Sciences Podcasts
Society Matters
36 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months agoSociety matters is a podcast from Aston University. Presented by Sam Cook, the podcast series explores some of the fascinating work of academics within the University on current issues facing society.
Leaders in SHAPE
5 episodes - Latest episode: about 3 years agoProfessor Conor Gearty meets the most influential figures within and beyond academia, shaping the fields of social sciences, humanities and the arts.
HUM 101 on the air!
21 episodes - Latest episode: over 3 years agoHumanities 101, or HUM, or HUM 101, is a free, university-level non-credit course that challenges conventions of university learning by recognizing and valuing multiple ways of knowing and learning...
Humanities Matter by Brill
105 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month agoWith the challenges the world is facing today, the humanities and social sciences are needed and more relevant than ever to help us understand what it means to ‘lead a good life’. The authors and e...
Design Tomorrow
26 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsDesign Tomorrow is a podcast about design, technology, and being human with a special emphasis on growing our awareness that what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. Hosted on Aca...
Finding The Words
4 episodes - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn Finding The Words, sociologist Keith McIntosh interviews creative thinkers to better understand the most vexing problems of the day. In a world with infinite facts but little common sense...
Robert Owen and New Lanark - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 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 ...
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...
Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★★ - 1 ratingThis unit examines the philosophical questions surrounding the mind. You will examine how beliefs have changed over the centuries and be able to contrast the views of Descartes with more modern ide...
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...
Introducing consciousness - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoWhat is consciousness? How does the brain generate consciousness and how can a science of the mind describe and explain it adequately? This unit will introduce you to the slippery phenomenon that i...
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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