Humanities and culture courses
Humanities and culture courses. We don’t just teach, we inspire.
Humanities and culture short courses at CCE invite you to engage with music, philosophy, and psychology.
Designed for curious learners, these courses offer space to explore ideas, reflect on culture and connect with different ways of thinking. They’re ideal for those seeking fresh perspectives in a welcoming and thoughtful environment.
Whether for personal growth or intellectual development, these courses provide an opportunity to deepen your knowledge and learn alongside others with shared interests.
Enrol now to begin exploring humanities that inform and inspire.
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Examine philosophy’s enduring engagement with art, from Plato and Aristotle to Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Marx and Postmodernism. Explore how art shapes emotion, society and imagination, and its power to critique, transform and redefine human life.
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Examine the philosophy of Hannah Arendt in this course. Explore her ideas on power, evil, truth, thought, and narrative while considering her analysis of totalitarianism, ethics, activism and their relevance to contemporary political life.
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Explore the meaning and power of music through a philosophical lens. This course examines music's emotional, cultural and political significance, from the Ancient Greeks to opera, jazz, pop and film music in the modern age.
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Examine today’s most urgent questions through contemporary philosophy. Explore ecology, genetics, law, religion, ethics, language, politics and human nature, engaging with thinkers such as Nussbaum, Taylor, Singer, Schaffner and Monbiot.
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Trace the evolution of Latin American philosophy from Pre-Columbian roots to the present. Explore themes of identity, politics, ethics, and imagination through the works of Mistral, Borges, Neruda, GarcÃa Márquez, Villoro, and more.
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Journey into the medieval mind through Dante, Chaucer, angels and beasts. Explore Islamic, Jewish and Christian philosophy, political thought from Aquinas to Machiavelli, the rise of universities, and the optimism of Renaissance Humanism.
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Examine the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes in this course. Explore his ideas of the social contract, human nature, security and freedom, and consider the ongoing relevance of Leviathan to modern politics and international law.
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Explore the rich, nationalistic strands of late 19th-century European music. This course surveys key works by Brahms, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, the 'Mighty Five', and more, charting opera and orchestral developments at the dawn of the Fin de Siècle.
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Tackle five urgent philosophical topics shaping today’s world—human nature, conspiracy theories, political ethics, animal cognition and environmental affectivity. Engage with leading thinkers and explore how philosophy responds to modern challenges.
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Explore early 20th-century music as Puccini, Strauss, and Mahler take centre stage. Discover new works by Debussy, Elgar, and Sibelius, and follow the final masterpieces of Brahms, Dvorak, and Bruckner in a period of rich tradition and innovation.
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