University of Glasgow

This course introduces the principate of Augustus (27 BCE - 14 CE) as a pivotal moment in the political and cultural history of Rome and its subsequent influence. This course helps students understand the creation and design of the Principate in the context of the late Republic, its experiments in one-man rule, and the Civil Wars; explores the literature and art of the Augustan period, above all Virgil's Aeneid, with particular attention to their cultural and political backgrounds, and discusses the development of the Principate over the course of Augustus' reign.

This course introduces students to the study of the novel in English. Focusing on a mixture of established and contemporary texts by a diverse range of authors, it melds critical exploration with skill-acquisition via a series of interactive workshops, alongside seminars and lectures. Students are encouraged to refine their appreciation of the novel as an art-form, and develop transferable skills in communication, critical reflection, and digital fluency.

The course covers core areas of biomolecular sciences, in particular the genetic, molecular, and cellular processes that underpin biological systems. The course equips students with a general knowledge and understanding of the fundamental concepts that form the basis of these subject areas, revealing the complexity of biological systems, aspects of the molecular basis of life, and how molecular mechanisms are regulated in healthy organisms but may fail in disease. The thematic areas of the course are genetics, environmental perception, developmental biology and energetics, enzymes and proteins. They cover topics as diverse as the control of genetic information, the use of model organisms, the control of cell shape, cell division and movement, organogenesis and the development of drugs. The course also teaches basic experimental approaches and specific laboratory skills. 

The course tackles a highly topical issue - nationalism and its relationship to gender - enabling students to critically engage with current public debates on the global surge of right-wing populist forces and, more specifically, with recent gendered developments in anti-immigration politics in European societies. The course engages with feminist theories of nationalism, which have conceptualized the ways in which women are mobilized by nationalist movements as well as the relationship between feminisms and nationalisms across different contexts including Europe, the Americas, and Asia.