Week 4 Seminars OUSSA
Join us in Oxford for a study holiday
Week 4: 2 – 9 Aug 2025
The Oxford University Summer School for Adults (OUSSA) is a residential summer programme held at Rewley House central Oxford, offering more than 60 week-long accredited courses for adult learners (18 years and over) covering a wide range of subjects in Literature, Archaeology, Architectural History, Creative Writing, History of Art, Philosophy, Biological Sciences, Theology and Psychology.
View courses taking place during Week 4 below, or learn more about OUSSA.
Upcoming courses
Summer schools • Short courses
Is the modern economy good? A simple question with a complicated answer. We will look at theory and practice, seeing how current arrangements of labour, production and consumption do and do not serve the common and the individual good.
- Sat 02 Aug 2025 – 09 Aug 2025
- 9:00am – 12:30pm
Summer schools • Short courses
A course for historians who are interested in learning more about the potential of Victorian painting and design as historical documents, and for art historians who want to learn more about the historical context in which art of the period was produced.
- Sat 02 Aug 2025 – 09 Aug 2025
- 9:00am – 12:30pm
Summer schools • Short courses
We explore Plato's concept of 'philosopher-king' in relation to historical examples. By discussing critiques of the concept and associated ideas in modern political philosophy, we determine whether a philosopher-ruler is possible or desirable today.
- Sat 02 Aug 2025 – 09 Aug 2025
- 9:00am – 12:30pm
Summer schools • Short courses
Explore the trends and themes of architecture in the City and University of Oxford, from the Saxon era to the present day.
- Sat 02 Aug 2025 – 09 Aug 2025
- 9:00am – 12:30pm
Summer schools • Short courses
Exploring nature through writing is becoming more popular as concern for the environment increases, and poetry has always been the form individuals reach for to describe the world and how it affects them.
- Sat 02 Aug 2025 – 09 Aug 2025
- 9:00am – 12:30pm
Summer schools • Short courses
The 18th century Grand Tour is a familiar theme, but British people were experiencing Europe long before this time, and afterwards. Using letters, journals and autobiography, explore the political, cultural and religious dimensions to their journeys.
- Sat 02 Aug 2025 – 09 Aug 2025
- 9:00am – 12:30pm
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