The Spanish Culture of Charles I's Court Heir to the throne Charles I made a secret trip to win the hand of a princess. For eight months he was the guest of the Spanish king in Madrid.
Portugal and England, 1386-2010 Portugal and England, 1386-2010: A complex web of political, economic...
Brazilian Perceptions of Brazil, Past and Present The symposium will look at the country's rapidly developing economy...
Sickle Cell Disease: A Cultural History Please note this lecture was rescheduled from its original date...
Science Fiction as a Literary Genre: Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture This part of the symposium included the following talks: Introduction...
Poetry and Exile: T. S. Eliot, 'Four Quartets' These poems retain a stubborn opacity and no interpretation is...
Slavery - The US perspective: From the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement Dr Alan Sked, The London School of Economics and Political...
Goethe the Musician and his influence on German Song Germany's greatest poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), seemed to...