Dante’s Inferno
<p>“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” are the most famous words from Canto III of Dante Alighieri’s great poem, La Divina Commedia. In the thirty-four cantos of the first book, Inferno, Dante and
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Home Rule Ireland: From the Famine to the Easter Rising (1850-1916)
<p>Irish politics, culture and ethnicity forged a new and potent sense of Irish nationalism in the late 19th century. Epitomised by Home Rule as a parliamentary reform movement, Gaelic and Anglo-Irish
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The Achaemenids: Iran's Greatest Empire
<p>Before the arrival of Islam in the 7th century CE, Iran had been the centre of several of the world’s greatest empires. Of these, the empire of the Achaemenids was the first and arguably the most
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Practise Your German through Short Stories (B2-C1)
Meet important German speaking writers from the 1950s until today. Learn about their biographies. Read and discuss their short stories or book excerpts. This course is held in German. A good knowledge
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Persian Language and Culture
<p>An introduction to Persian language and culture for any student wishing to learn the basics of Persian language and to become familiar with Persian culture, traditions and lifestyle with no prior
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Practise Your French (Beginners) (A1)
This course is for students who have completed all A1 levels of learning with a minimum of recently completed 140 hours of French. The students are at the higher level of French Beginners study with
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Who Was Jesus?
Renowned academic walks students through Christian and non-Christian views of Jesus, finally tackling the controversial debate over his very existence. We shall also expose the false dichotomy that
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Ancient Mathematics: Islamic Science
<p>Islamic mathematics developed under strong influence of the ancient Greek mathematics. During the Abbasid Caliphate, Euclid’s Elements and Ptolemy’s Almagest were translated into Syriac then to
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The Arab-Israeli Conflict - War, Peace and Uprising
<p>In the late 60s the conflict started shifting from a Jewish-Arab to an Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Since then words like occupation and settlements, hijacking and suicide bombing took centre
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Ethics in Focus: Philosophy of Hope
<p>How does ‘hope’ influence our actions, and can it be our moral guide? Compare the following statements with each other: “I hope Coronavirus will end”; “I believe Coronavirus will end”; and “I know
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