2020 Spring Term

Ancient World:

• What lies beyond: Conceptions of the afterlife in the ancient world
• The Art of Conflict: Ancient Egypt and The Roman Empire
• The Descent into Madness: the problems of the period 223-265
• The Archaeology of Roman Serbia
• Ostia II – Portus, Isola Sacra and the via Salaria

Archaeology:

• Footsteps through the Past – 40 Years of Archaeology in Greater Manchester
• Travelling through the Past
• The archaeology and history of the Eastern Baltic

Art History:

• Painting in the Low Countries – Part 4 : The Rise of Genre

Biology:

• The Fly Room : early history of genetics

Egyptology:

• The Many Faces of Hatshepsut: Princess, Queen and Pharaoh
• The Lives and Loves of the Ancient Egyptians: The Artisans of Deir el-Medina

Literature:

• Poetry & Pollution: The Prospect of the Silent Spring

Medieval History:

• Chaucer’s Pilgrims

Modern History:

• British Rule in India: Origins, The Raj & Consequences
• The Death of Old Europe: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age

Music:

• Brahms and his world
• Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas

Theology and Religious Studies:

• Paul’s Earliest Letters