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ENGL3103 2028-29
The Origins of Climate Crisis: Ecology in Victorian Literature
Are we living in an age of climate change or climate crisis? In her 2019 speech to the World Economic Forum, Greta Thunberg famously declared “Our house is on fire”: a statement underscored by the Australian bushfire crisis of 2020 and the mass devastation of more than one million acres of ‘gigafires’ in California the same year (worse even than previous seasons of ‘megafires’). But how did we get here? What stories could have been—or were—told about the gradual changes to our global climate over time?
This module returns us to a pivotal moment in the history of climate change: to the rise of a new geological age defined by human influence (the Anthropocene). It charts the course of increasing fossil-fuel consumption, changes to rural and urban economies and, ultimately, the rise of smoke-filled city skies. Over the course of the semester, we will explore how British fiction, non-fiction prose, plays, and poetry from the mid-to-late Victorian age (ca.1850-1900) place empire, economics, and ecology at the centre of an emerging planetary crisis. In learning from the writers of a newly-global, capitalist society on the cusp of massive geologic change, we will explore our own position as critical readers, writers, and thinkers in an era of ‘sustainability.’ -
ENGL3103 2030-31
The Origins of Climate Crisis: Ecology in Victorian Literature
Are we living in an age of climate change or climate crisis? In her 2019 speech to the World Economic Forum, Greta Thunberg famously declared “Our house is on fire”: a statement underscored by the Australian bushfire crisis of 2020 and the mass devastation of more than one million acres of ‘gigafires’ in California the same year (worse even than previous seasons of ‘megafires’). But how did we get here? What stories could have been—or were—told about the gradual changes to our global climate over time?
This module returns us to a pivotal moment in the history of climate change: to the rise of a new geological age defined by human influence (the Anthropocene). It charts the course of increasing fossil-fuel consumption, changes to rural and urban economies and, ultimately, the rise of smoke-filled city skies. Over the course of the semester, we will explore how British fiction, non-fiction prose, plays, and poetry from the mid-to-late Victorian age (ca.1850-1900) place empire, economics, and ecology at the centre of an emerging planetary crisis. In learning from the writers of a newly-global, capitalist society on the cusp of massive geologic change, we will explore our own position as critical readers, writers, and thinkers in an era of ‘sustainability.’ -
PHIL6054 2027-28
The Philosophy of Value
The Philosophy of Value offers students the opportunity to explore in detail some central issues and texts in the Western philosophical tradition that address questions in the philosophy of value broadly construed (i.e. including ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy, etc.). The module may focus on an important text, or on a body of significant literature. -
PHIL6054 2026-27
The Philosophy of Value
The Philosophy of Value offers students the opportunity to explore in detail some central issues and texts in the Western philosophical tradition that address questions in the philosophy of value broadly construed (i.e. including ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy, etc.). The module may focus on an important text, or on a body of significant literature. -
PHIL6054 2025-26
The Philosophy of Value
The Philosophy of Value offers students the opportunity to explore in detail some central issues and texts in the Western philosophical tradition that address questions in the philosophy of value broadly construed (i.e. including ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy, etc.). The module may focus on an important text, or on a body of significant literature. -
PAIR6083 2026-27
The Political Psychology of Crises and Conflicts
This module explores how psychological processes shape political behaviour in contexts of conflict, crisis, and instability. It examines how emotions, identity, leadership, and perception influence decision-making in high-stakes environments, from international crises to domestic political polarisation.
You will engage with key theories and real-world case studies to understand how fear, threat, and uncertainty affect political actors, public opinion, and policy responses. The module also considers the role of political communication, media, and narratives in escalating or resolving conflict.
By combining theoretical insight with empirical analysis, the module equips you to critically evaluate political behaviour in times of crisis and to understand the psychological dynamics underlying contemporary global challenges. -
PAIR6083 2027-28
The Political Psychology of Crises and Conflicts
This module explores how psychological processes shape political behaviour in contexts of conflict, crisis, and instability. It examines how emotions, identity, leadership, and perception influence decision-making in high-stakes environments, from international crises to domestic political polarisation.
You will engage with key theories and real-world case studies to understand how fear, threat, and uncertainty affect political actors, public opinion, and policy responses. The module also considers the role of political communication, media, and narratives in escalating or resolving conflict.
By combining theoretical insight with empirical analysis, the module equips you to critically evaluate political behaviour in times of crisis and to understand the psychological dynamics underlying contemporary global challenges. -
PAIR6083 2025-26
The Political Psychology of Crises and Conflicts
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PAIR3030 2030-31
The Politics and Governance of the EU
This module focuses on the European Union (EU) as a system of public policy-making and aims to provide students with a working knowledge of the history of European integration, the main EU institutions, the EU policy process, main theoretical debates as well as the key EU policies, such as the Monetary Union, Brexit and Enlargement, or the EU’s growing activity in Justice and Home Affairs. Towards the end of the module, students will have the opportunity to discuss some of the key current issues and challenges confronting the EU’s future direction: its democratic legitimacy; the process of Brexit; the Eurozone crisis and Britain’s relationship with the EU. -
PAIR2021 2026-27
The Politics and Governance of the EU
This module focuses on the European Union (EU) as a system of public policy-making and aims to provide students with a working knowledge of the history of European integration, the main EU institutions, the EU policy process, main theoretical debates as well as the key EU policies, such as the Monetary Union, Human Rights and Enlargement, or the EU’s growing activity in Justice and Home Affairs. Towards the end of the module, students will have the opportunity to discuss some of the key current issues and challenges confronting the EU’s future direction: its democratic legitimacy; the process of Europeanization; the Eurozone crisis and Britain’s relationship with the EU.