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Legacy of the Romantics
History & The Arts

Legacy of the Romantics

...Spanish Civil War attracted ardent and idealistic supporters. Romanticism did not supersede Enlightenment thought; rather it offered alternative outlooks and horizons. In promoting the imagination over reason, the Romantics encouraged individuals to experiment boldly, to question things instead of blindly accepting them. If we pause to think for a moment about the 1960s,...
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Article 10 mins
Between humanity and space
Science, Maths & Technology

Between humanity and space

...Spanish Galleon, Space Shuttle, strip of land with palm trees.]From the sixteenth-century galleon to the twentieth-century Space Shuttle, we’ve used colonial ideas of ‘discovery’ and ‘exploration’. But often that language is used to cover up historical tragedies, such as proclaiming the westward push across America in the nineteenth century as ‘manifest...
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When Edward met Bertha: Mental Health, Colonialism, Race and Patriarchy in Jane Eyre
History & The Arts

When Edward met Bertha: Mental Health, Colonialism, Race and Patriarchy in Jane Eyre

...Spanish Town’, and he thought he loved her before he married her. Alas for Bertha. The marriage breaks down, and Edward has all the power in a patriachial society. His story is of a woman whose excesses have driven her to madness and who makes his life a living hell, but whom he cannot divorce as she is not ‘of sound mind’. Rochester chillingly asserts that ‘of...
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Languages

Describing language

...Spanish, Italian, and Arabic.] Figure 2 Greetings in different languages. In this course you’ll mostly be considering examples from English, but much of what you learn here will also apply to other languages. To illustrate similarities and differences, you’ll also see some examples from other languages. If you know any other languages in addition to English, you might...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The interplay of language and culture in times of crisis: COVID-19 and beyond
Languages

The interplay of language and culture in times of crisis: COVID-19 and beyond

...Spanish Island of La Palma) in 2021 and its aftermath, the public were given a crash course on scientific terminology. However, a more colloquial word from the Canary Islands proved to be the favourite: ‘fajana’, generally meaning flat terrain at the foot of a steep slope, created by fallen debris. It refers specifically to the new coastal territory formed by lava on...
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Article 5 mins
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...Spanish] NARRATOR: Lorenzo Hernandez and his wife [? Genovena ?] Olivera look after their grandchildren during the day, while the rest of the family work in the coffee fields. LORENZO CANSECO HERNANDEZ: [Speaks Spanish] NARRATOR: Food price volatility on this scale has been linked directly to speculation. MURRAY WORTHY: Food speculation is basically the way in which banks...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...Spanish - Arabs ruled the Iberian Peninsula for a long period of nearly eight centuries (711–1492), and this period was full of cultural, scientific, literary and architectural achievements, some of which we are still witnessing until the present era. [Described image] Figure 2 The influence of Arabic on Spanish seems clear in many aspects, as some Spanish cities still...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...Spanish thinker Joaquin Xavier de Uriz, writing in 1801, “who does not accept the clear fact that the greatest possible number of law-abiding and hard-working men constitutes the happiness, strength and wealth of any state”. Statesmen and public-spirited individuals therefore devoted attention to building this healthy population. It was the productivity puzzle of the...
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