The Oxford Experience

Programme for 2013

Oxford Experience 2013

30 June - 10 August

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Week one: 30 June – 6 July

An Introduction to Particle Physics David Chappel
Living Buildings: Architecture and Religious Experience Robin Gibbons
British Spies in Fact and Fiction 1900 – 2013 Kees Windland course full
Cathedrals of Britain James Bond
The Elizabethan World Janet Dickinson course full
Oxford Murder Michael Harrison course full
The Real Queen Victoria Annette Mayer course full
From Rasputin to Putin: The Russian Enigma Chris Danziger
The Beatles, Popular Music and Sixties Britain Rikky Rooksby
The Age of Churchill Michael Redley course full
The Victorian and Edwardian Home Antony Buxton course full

Week two: 7 – 13 July

An Introduction to Archaeology David Beard
Charles Dickens the Crime Writer Michael Harrison
Lost Gods and Old Religions Robin Gibbons course full
Mythical Animals: Their Evolution Past and Present Julia Cresswell
Paradise in an English Country Garden Richard Bisgrove course full
Political Philosophy: Fundamental Questions James Panton
Scandal in Paris: Stravinsky, the Rite and the Birth of Modernism Rikky Rooksby course full
Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon Janet Dickinson course full
The Black Death Trevor Rowley course full
The Life and Times of Richard III Jackie Duff
The Wars of the Roses Glen Richardson course full

Week three: 14 – 20 July

Bishop Odo and the Bayeux Tapestry Trevor Rowley
Enjoying the Cotswolds Mike Breakell
From Bismark to Hitler: The Rise and Fall of a Superpower Chris Danziger course full
Henry VIII: Renaissance Monarch Glenn Richardson course full
History of the English Language Julia Cresswell
Jane Austen’s People in their Places: Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park Val Dodd course full
Mutiny and Punishment on the High Seas John Harris
Music at the Court of Queen Elizabeth Jonathan Darnborough & Claire-Louise Lucas
Colleges of Oxford Julian Munby
The English Country House in Film and Literature Rikky Rooksby course full
The Gothic Novel Philip Healy

Week four: 21 – 27 July

Anglo-American Relations and the Making of Modern Britain Tim Barrett
The Architecture and Archaeology of Medieval Churches David Beard course full
Alice’s Adventures in Oxford Edward Wakeling course full
Cotswold Towns Trevor Rowley
The Operas of Verdi Jonathan Darnborough & Claire-Louise Lucas
The Philosophy of Emotion Rachel Paine
The Indian Empire Donal Lowry
The Pleasures of Poetry Rikky Rooksby
The Novel and Growing up in the 20^th Century Val Dodd course full
Treasures of the British Museum Michael Duigan course full

Week five: 28 July – 3 August

Churches of England Kate Tiller
From the Blues to a Symphony Rikky Rooksby
Great Victorians: The Verdict of History Mark Radford
Human Memory and the Brain Gillie McNeill
Jane Austen’s Heroines Val Dodd course full
Reading 20^th Century Poetry Andrew Blades
English Country Houses Nicholas Doggett course full
Books of Hours: Medieval Best Sellers Victoria Condie
Treasures of the Ashmolean Museum Gail Bent
British Scientists and Inventors: Triumph, Tragedy and Inspiration Tim Barrett

Week six: 4 – 10 August

Creative Writing: Page Fright - And How to Overcome It Morag Joss
Music and the Human Brain Gillie McNeill
An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and Relativity Tim Barrett
Spies in British Fiction Val Dodd
The Age of Stonehenge Scott McCracken
The Forgotten Tudors: Edward, Jane and Mary Janet Dickinson
The World of the Vikings David Beard
Without Rules – Contemporary Terrorism Mark Radford
The Modernist Revolution in Britain: from Forster to Woolf, Sickert to Bomberg Henry Mead
A Journey Through Painting 1850 – 1910 Rikky Rooksby course full

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You can find the full online programme here

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