Week 4: 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 4 of the programme, Sunday 24 - Saturday 30 July 2022, can be found below.
Upcoming courses
Summer schools • Short courses
The Roman period witnessed a booming economy, with trade and exchange taking place on an extensive scale. This course will examine archaeological evidence from the city of Rome, the ports of Ostia and Portus, and trading posts further afield.
- Sun 24 Jul 2022 – 30 Jul 2022
Summer schools • Short courses
Fascinated with the psychology of serial killers, sex offenders and stalkers? Gripped by the social, familial and environmental reasons for crime? Then join us an enthralling dive into the hearts and minds of killers, conmen and predators.
- Sun 24 Jul 2022 – 30 Jul 2022
Summer schools • Short courses
The course examines the life and career of England's 'Renaissance Cardinal', Thomas Wolsey.
- Sun 24 Jul 2022 – 30 Jul 2022
Summer schools • Short courses
The class will explore the history of chivalry and knighthood, why they developed and what they meant in theory, in practice and as a social and literary phenomenon, and their legacy.
- Sun 24 Jul 2022 – 30 Jul 2022
Summer schools • Short courses
This course examines the historical truths behind four great Britons: the Duke of Wellington, Florence Nightingale, T.E. Lawrence, and Winston Churchill.
- Sun 24 Jul 2022 – 30 Jul 2022