Arts and Humanities encompass subjects that are all concerned with cultural expression and how it has come to take the forms that exist today. They include Art History; Classical Studies; English; History (incorporating History of Science, Technology and Medicine); Music; Philosophy; Religious Studies; African and Asian Studies; and Comparative Criminological Research. Studying in the arts and humanities enables you to explore human culture and its history, from the ancient civilisations of Greece and Rome through the Renaissance, to the twenty-first century. In the process you will gain important analytical and critical skills needed for a wide range of occupations.
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| Sub topics: History | History of Art | History of Science, Technology and Medicine | Literature and Creative Writing | Media Studies | Music | Philosophy | Religious Studies | |||
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Analysing European Romanticism Last updated: 27 Oct 2009 Total tracks: 7 |
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Art and architecture Last updated: 10 Feb 2010 Total tracks: 11 |
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Brass Instruments Last updated: 8 Mar 2010 Total tracks: 15 |
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Buildings of ancient Rome Last updated: 7 Oct 2009 Total tracks: 6 |
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Carnival and the performance of heritage Last updated: 7 Jul 2009 Total tracks: 22 |
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Changing approaches to heritage Last updated: 7 Jul 2009 Total tracks: 16 |
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Coastal Walk Last updated: 3 Sep 2008 Total tracks: 24 |
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Composing with MIDI Last updated: 26 Feb 2010 Total tracks: 9 |
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Creative Writing Last updated: 30 Aug 2009 Total tracks: 18 |
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Culture, identity and power in the Roman empire Last updated: 11 Dec 2008 Total tracks: 6 |
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e-Dance Project: Choreography meets e-Science Last updated: 15 Sep 2009 Total tracks: 10 |
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Ethics Bites Last updated: 8 Mar 2010 Total tracks: 15 |
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Ethics in real life Last updated: 12 Oct 2009 Total tracks: 4 |
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Exploring History: Medieval to Modern 1400 - 1900 Last updated: 28 Feb 2010 Total tracks: 8 |
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Exploring the classical world Last updated: 26 Jul 2009 Total tracks: 12 |
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Greek Theatre Last updated: 21 Sep 2009 Total tracks: 5 |
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Handel: A Classical Icon Last updated: 27 Mar 2009 Total tracks: 10 |
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Heritage, whose heritage? Last updated: 8 Mar 2010 Total tracks: 7 |
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Imperial Rome and Ostia Last updated: 8 Sep 2009 Total tracks: 15 |
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Indian Raga Music Last updated: 8 Mar 2010 Total tracks: 11 |
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Introducing Religions Last updated: 11 Sep 2009 Total tracks: 13 |
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Inuit Throat Singing Last updated: 8 Sep 2009 Total tracks: 6 |
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Islam in the West Last updated: 15 Nov 2008 Total tracks: 13 |
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Learning from human remains: Seianti's skeleton Last updated: 9 Oct 2009 Total tracks: 5 |
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Museums in contemporary society Last updated: 7 Jul 2009 Total tracks: 23 |
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Music in Code Last updated: 8 Mar 2010 Total tracks: 16 |
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Music Printing Last updated: 8 Mar 2010 Total tracks: 6 |
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Norma Waterson: English Folk Singing Last updated: 8 Mar 2010 Total tracks: 11 |
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Philosophy and the Human Situation Last updated: 9 Oct 2009 Total tracks: 13 |
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Power and people in ancient Rome Last updated: 3 Dec 2009 Total tracks: 8 |
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Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade Last updated: 14 Oct 2009 Total tracks: 5 |
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Reading Political Philosophy: From Machiavelli to Mill Last updated: 23 Aug 2009 Total tracks: 9 |
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Reith Lectures 2009: A new citizenship debate Last updated: 11 Jun 2009 Total tracks: 1 |
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Religion in history: conflict, conversion and coexistence Last updated: 11 Aug 2009 Total tracks: 5 |
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Religion Today Last updated: 12 Aug 2009 Total tracks: 11 |
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Roman funerary monuments Last updated: 10 Nov 2009 Total tracks: 8 |
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Social housing and working class heritage Last updated: 7 Jul 2009 Total tracks: 18 |
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Start writing essays Last updated: 28 Feb 2010 Total tracks: 18 |
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Start writing fiction Last updated: 28 Feb 2010 Total tracks: 10 |
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Start writing plays Last updated: 7 Jul 2009 Total tracks: 8 |
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Take away Science Last updated: 29 Dec 2008 Total tracks: 11 |
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Textiles in Ghana Last updated: 15 Nov 2008 Total tracks: 7 |
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The Acropolis and the Parthenon Last updated: 7 Oct 2009 Total tracks: 7 |
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The Arts Past and Present: Diva Last updated: 8 Mar 2010 Total tracks: 8 |
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The Arts Past and Present: Ireland Last updated: 10 Feb 2010 Total tracks: 10 |
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The Arts Past and Present: Mosaics Last updated: 10 Feb 2010 Total tracks: 8 |
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The Arts Past and Present: the Benin Bronzes Last updated: 3 Dec 2009 Total tracks: 3 |
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The Graeco-Roman city of Paestum Last updated: 7 Oct 2009 Total tracks: 5 |
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The history of the police control room, 1909-1970 Last updated: 22 Jun 2009 Total tracks: 8 |
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The Italian Cantastorie Last updated: 8 Mar 2010 Total tracks: 10 |
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This Sporting Planet Last updated: 23 Mar 2009 Total tracks: 6 |
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Thought and Experience Last updated: 8 Mar 2010 Total tracks: 14 |
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Voice of Indian Song Last updated: 8 Mar 2010 Total tracks: 7 |
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Wordsworth re-visited Last updated: 27 Oct 2009 Total tracks: 4 |
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World Archaeology Last updated: 5 Mar 2010 Total tracks: 8 |
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Writing family history Last updated: 28 Feb 2010 Total tracks: 7 |
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Writing Poetry Last updated: 31 May 2009 Total tracks: 4 |
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