Politics, Culture and Society Courses
Understand the events and movements that shape our world through politics, culture and society courses. Learn about elections, democracy, dictatorships, recessions, and revolutions. Examine the lives and decisions of leaders whose choices changed history.
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The English Republic 1649-1660
<p>Between 1649 and 1660 England was a Republic in which several Parliaments and Cromwell’s New Model Army contested for control of the country – both its political and religious settlement. Under the
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Venezuela Intervention and the Rules-Based International Order: Does It Matter?
<p>The post-WW2 rules-based international order has shaped decades of global stability - but recent events, including US intervention in Venezuela, raise serious questions about its future. This
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Curry Nationalism: Indian Cuisine and Identity in China's Foodscape
<p>Curries have become increasingly popular among young, educated members of China’s middle class. Findings indicate that various curry dishes are widely perceived as distinctly Indian and are closely
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Historic Hawkesbury River Towns
<p>The Aboriginal name for the river was published as Deerubbun in 1870. The two main Aboriginal tribes inhabiting the area were the Wannungine of the coastal area on the lower reaches (below Mangrove
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Venezuela Intervention and the Geopolitics of Oil
<p>The USA has been heavily involved in oil imperialism often in partnership with regime change since 1919. In recent years the USA has been returning to a unilateralist foreign policy and global
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Fishing in the Ocean of Time - the History and Philosophy of History
<p>This engaging session explores how historians have interpreted the past - and how those interpretations have changed over time. From Herodotus and Thucydides to Marx, Ranke, and postmodern thinkers
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Global Chopsticks: Chinese Cuisine and the Illusion of Authenticity
<p>This course investigates the reach of Chinese cuisine in South Asia, with a particular focus on Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It draws on face-to-face and online interviews with restaurant
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Royal Commissions: Remedy, Reflex, or Red Herring?
<p>Do royal commissions live up to public expectations? How might this us better understand the devastating attack at Bondi beach? Royal Commissions hold a unique and critical place in Australia's
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Royal Commissions: Remedy, Reflex, or Red Herring?
<p>Do royal commissions live up to public expectations? How might this us better understand the devastating attack at Bondi beach? Royal Commissions hold a unique and critical place in Australia's
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Behind The Headlines - The Politics of Immigration
<p>The next in my Behind the Headlines series – sorting fact from fiction. Is immigration good or bad? What is its net economic impact, does it drive jobs growth or take jobs, and how does it impact
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The Brighton Bombing 1984, Margaret Thatcher and the IRA
<p>Margaret Thatcher survived the 1984 assassination attempt in Brighton. One MP and 4 Conservative Party workers were killed and 33 injured in the most audacious terrorist attack on British soil
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