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Introduction to the history and culture of Oxford University, where the Stanford Programme is located . How the University¿s 800-year history has left its mark on the buildings for which Oxford is famous and how it also helps explain the unique characteristics of the modern University: its collegiate structure, individualistic method of tutorial teaching, and idiosyncratic culture celebrated by writers such as Lewis Carroll, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Evelyn Waugh. Lectures and walking-tours, mostly in the first three weeks of the term.

The influence of classicism and the Renaissance. Insights into European art and architecture and the history of Britain from the Tudor era to the Industrial Revolution. Field trips; joint study trips to London and Florence.

Literary and moral value of transgressive sub-genres of the novel; what they reveal about Victorian society's anxiety over prohibited elements in the domestic and public spheres. Sources include gothic and detective novels.

UK and U.S. What should society look like? How should incomes be distributed? How should it be taxed? How much inequality is acceptable? The overlap of economics with practical politics through political philosophy behind the government decisions; how public policy ought to be formulated. Issues include poverty, environmental policy, trade and globalization, and transport.

Introduction to the study of constitutions and constitutional systems of government. The workings of the British and American systems of government. Comparative study of the most important constitutional issues facing Britain and the U.S. such as how suspected terrorists should be treated in a time of war. How to think about fundamental constitutional questions.

How thinking about the brain and the functions of thought and sensation evolved from ancient times to present. How scientific development was influenced by political and religious history, with a focus on the period of the 16th and 17th century when developments in Oxford played a central role in the birth of neurology as a field within medicine. Thomas Willis and natural philosophers with whom he interacted. Selected topics in modern neuroscience and role of new techniques in addressing questions in brain function.

Authors who have been or are physicians or with medical training, including John Keats, Anton Chekhov, Mikhail Bulgakov, William Carlos Williams, Atul Gawande, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Works about medicine or characters who have medical conditions affecting their lives and interactions with others. Practice of medicine and its effects on both physicians and patients, with attention to the ethical and moral issues intrinsic to health and disease. Topics: doctor patient relationship; infectious disease such as plague and TB; mental illness; death and dying; disability; surgery.

Background of main political systems in Europe and recent developments in European politics. Topics: Blair¿s constitutional reforms; the consequences of the German reunification; Berlusconi¿s rise to power in Italy; the extreme right in France and elsewhere; the single currency; the enlargement of the EU; and proposals for a constitution and their recent rejection by the French and Dutch electorates.

Independent study projects in one of the following topics: British painting 1780 to present; representation of women in British theater; Renaissance drama; post-WW II existential drama (Becket, Pinter, Bond); Shakespeare's late works; Shakespeare's tragic vision.