Week 2: Oxford Experience
Experience Oxford life
The Oxford Experience is a residential summer programme aimed at non-specialists, providing more than 80 week-long courses in a range of subjects.
Seminars meet each weekday morning, with afternoons free for course-related field trips, individual study, or exploring the many places of interest in and around the city.
Courses that will take place during Week 2 of the programme, Sunday 10 - Saturday 16 July 2022, can be found below.
Upcoming courses
Summer schools • Short courses
The course looks at the evolution of the English garden from the Norman Conquest to the present day and the people and ideas that have influenced that evolution, with visits to Cliveden and Cedar Lodge.
- Sun 10 Jul 2022 – 16 Jul 2022
Summer schools • Short courses
The pungent melodies and rich harmonies of Brahms's music ensure his continuing popularity in the concert hall. In this course we will look at Brahms's life and music, from humble beginnings in Hamburg to the fame of his later years in Vienna.
- Sun 10 Jul 2022 – 16 Jul 2022
Summer schools • Short courses
The course aims to offer an overview of the political, cultural, artistic and everyday life in Constantinople, the most glorious capital in Europe in the Middle Ages.
- Sun 10 Jul 2022 – 16 Jul 2022
Summer schools • Short courses
The novel Great Expectations is the story of Pip, the poor orphan who becomes a man of means. This course traces Pip's social mobility through a haunting Bildungsroman of comedy and of tragedy.
- Sun 10 Jul 2022 – 16 Jul 2022
Summer schools • Short courses
The Country House has been described as England's most distinctive contribution to European culture. This course will examine the growth of the country house phenomenon from the Middle Ages, up to the present day.
- Sun 10 Jul 2022 – 16 Jul 2022