In the year 1600, almost everyone believed that the earth was stationary in the middle of God's universe with the sun, moon and planets revolving around it. A hundred years later, nearly everyone believed that the earth moved, orbiting, along with several other planets, around the Sun. What
Recent years have seen an explosion of empirical and normative scholarly interest in citizenship across many disciplines. This course seeks to provide an overview of some of the main topical issues and scholarly perspectives in citizenship studies, with a special emphasis on the legal and political
The poet Ezra Pound proclaimed that modern writing should 'make it new'. What is the modernist novel? How does it mark itself out as different from previous fiction? This course will ask these questions and more, considering how modernist innovations challenged traditional categories of form, style
Fashion is far more complex than just clothing. Constantly reinventing itself, it both shapes and reflects the society that creates it. Despite globalisation, the world's fashion capitals have distinct identities, with London famous for tradition, innovation and limitless creativity. This course
This business program is a unique blend of business, politics, language and culture, offering business and economics students alike the chance to undertake a demanding, in -depth study of Germany and the European Union. Students will spend four weeks of interdisciplinary study on - Economic Focus:
At the start of the summer of 2011, the Faculty of Geosciences offers prospective bachelor students an opportunity to study different topics in geography, earth, environmental and innovation sciences. Central theme during this one week lasting programme will be 'the Dutch Delta', focusing on
This course starts by examining the academic practice established in 18th Century Europe and evidenced in the painting of J.L David and the politics of enlightenment thinking and the French Revolution in 1789. It then takes a chronological approach through 10th Century painting - Romanticism
What is the avant-garde? Why do artists want to be on the cutting edge and break new ground? Why do they try to shock their audience and risk censorship? Since the radical experiments of the early 20th century, artists have continued to look for new styles and subjects that subvert, attack, or
This two week course is designed to introduce you to the approach of the Cesar kinetics therapy. Cesar Kinetics therapy is an allied healthcare treatment method aimed at preventing, relieving, or curing disorders and limitations that result from incorrect patterns of posture and/or movement or
The Text and Context Literature Course consists of a carefully planned programme of lectures and seminars. Every day, a guest speaker of established academic reputation will lecture on their particular field of expertise. Speakers in the past have included such distinguished figures as Catherine
