Week 3 Seminars OUSSA
Join us in Oxford for a study holiday
Week 3: 26 Jul – 2 Aug 2025
The Oxford University Summer School for Adults (OUSSA) is a residential summer programme held at Rewley House central Oxford, offering more than 60 week-long accredited courses for adult learners (18 years and over) covering a wide range of subjects in Literature, Archaeology, Architectural History, Creative Writing, History of Art, Philosophy, Biological Sciences, Theology and Psychology.
View courses taking place during Week 3 below, or learn more about OUSSA.
Upcoming courses
Summer schools • Short courses
Feel disconnected from the world? This course will help you gain familiarity with your senses while learning about religious practices and rituals in the Classical world, their plurality and how the human body experienced them with different senses.
- Sat 26 Jul 2025 – 02 Aug 2025
- 9:00am – 12:30pm
Summer schools • Short courses
Country houses comprise buildings, artworks, furnishings and gardens. How does one begin to understand them? We will use case studies from the Renaissance to the 19th century to answer this question, and there will be a class visit to Blenheim Palace.
- Sat 26 Jul 2025 – 02 Aug 2025
- 9:00am – 12:30pm
Summer schools • Short courses
Introduction to the content of the books of the Old and New Testament, their religious, cultural, and socio-historical backgrounds, main theological themes and interpretations, with attention to hermeneutics, exegesis, and biblical languages.
- Sat 26 Jul 2025 – 02 Aug 2025
- 9:00am – 12:30pm
Summer schools • Short courses
While many support reducing CO2 emissions, curbing military aggression and eradicating poverty, acting on these beliefs is challenging. Religion has used fear to motivate morality, but can secular approaches do the same?
- Sat 26 Jul 2025 – 02 Aug 2025
- 9:00am – 12:30pm
Summer schools • Short courses
Consider the origins, history and impact of the Arts and Crafts Movement on Victorian and Edwardian architecture. Throughout the week there will be illustrated lectures, visits and walking tours, supported by tutor-led readings.
- Sat 26 Jul 2025 – 02 Aug 2025
- 9:00am – 12:30pm
Summer schools • Short courses
Explore the notion of liberty in both moral and political philosophy. From attempting to balance paternalism and risk, to considering the extent of our freedom of speech and action, we will consider the relationship between law, freedom and morality.
- Sat 26 Jul 2025 – 02 Aug 2025
- 9:00am – 12:30pm
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Oxford University Summer School for Adults
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