Brazilian Perceptions of Brazil, Past and Present The symposium will look at the country's rapidly developing economy...
The Question of Beauty in Architecture Alain de Botton, writer, broadcaster and producer, ponders the question...
The Age of Dictatorship: Europe 1918-1989 - The little dictators The third lecture in the series asked why so many...
Tudor Health Reform: The Politics of Health Reform from a Medieval Perspective Is the NHS medieval? Is this an insulting claim to...
Rare and Endangered Languages - 'Why should we protect endangered languages?' Dr Nicholas Ostler argues for the preservation of the world's...
Sickle Cell Disease: A Cultural History Please note this lecture was rescheduled from its original date...
Enemies at home: from class war to the war on crime Hostility and demonisation in party political rhetoric in Britain. The...
Science Fiction as a Literary Genre: Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture This part of the symposium included the following talks: Introduction...