HUMANITIES
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SCOTTISH BORDERS HISTORY
Minibus fieldtrips exploring the rich and layered history of the English and Scottish borderlands. Visit historic sites in the Scottish Borders, Dumfries and Galloway and Cumbria. A journey though time – from the medieval period up to more recent cultural heritage including a few famous (and sometimes infamous) locals. Fiona Stoddart Residential: £535 Non-residential: £380
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FROM MINING TO MOUNTAINEERING: INDUSTRY AND CULTURE IN THE LAKE DISTRICT
This course explores the cultural and environmental history of the English Lake District, and investigates how perceptions of the region have influenced modern ideas and attitudes about the natural world. We’ll begin by reading accounts by 17th century travellers to the Lake District (many of whom found the region terrifying) before considering the causes of
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FULLY BOOKED: MYTHICAL RINGS: THE STONE CIRCLES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Stone circles have always stimulated the imagination and generated debate. This course will explore the long history of the study of these ‘mythical rings’, including attempts to understand how they were built and their original purpose, the folklore they have inspired, modern interpretations, and issues of presentation and management. We will travel from Orkney to
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PRE-RAPHAELITISM: DREAMS OF AN EARTHY PARADISE
Following on from last year’s course on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, we look at some of the later Pre-Raphaelite pictures which proved to be the perfect vehicle for the dreams and aspirations of Victorian society. This course will investigate attitudes to women, men and relationships through the key preoccupations which emerged in painting and literature of
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NORWEGIAN ART: THE EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN
19th century Norway was culturally impoverished by 600 years of foreign control, but by the mid-1800s art was becoming a potent expression of national pride, culminating in the realism of Christian Krohg and the exuberant celebrations of Norwegian landscape of Harald Sohlberg and Nikolai Astrop. Tim Stimson Residential: £350 Non-residential: £245