Department for Continuing Education Open Day 2014

Back to Downton Abbey? Is the rise in inequality sustainable?

Political Economy - Professor Jonathan Michie Piketty's book on Capital in the 21st Century warns that the growth of inequality in both wealth and incomes witnessed over the past 30 years is set to co...

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44:59

Party games: coalitions in British politics

History - Professor Angus Hawkins This session will look at the history of coalition government in British politics over the past 200 years and discuss some of the constitutional implications of the c...

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35:26

Discoveries in Theology and Religion: Middle Eastern Christianity explored!

Theology and Religious Studies - Rev'd Canon Dr Robin Gibbons Middle Eastern Christianity, particularly in Iraq, is in the news for all the wrong reasons. But how many people really know who these Chr...

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46:30

Art, Design and World War

History of Art - Dr Claire O'Mahony Amidst the commemorations of 1914 and 1944, we will look at how artists and designers represented and participated in the First and Second World Wars. Art and graph...

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11 years ago

48:39

Description

The Department's 2014 Open Day was held on 4 November. This is an annual free event that welcomes hundreds of participants to attend short lectures, workshops, informational sessions and walking tours in Oxford. Participants also join us online from around the world, as each year we broadcast a number of the lectures live, and capture additional lectures for later viewing - a selection of which are below.