TMS - World’s First Superpower:
From Empire To Commonwealth, 1901–Present taught by Professor Denis Judd (London Metropolitan University)
This course will examine the development of the British Empire from the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, via its greatest territorial extent in 1919 to its eventual decline and end in the years after World War II, and its final transformation into the Commonwealth of independent nations.
We shall examine the material advantages that the Empire brought to Britain, and also scrutinize the burdens and anxieties that it imposed. It is important to realize what an extraordinary, complex, and huge organization the British Empire was. One quarter of the human race lived within its borders and it covered about the same amount of the globe.
We shall proceed chronologically, but also look closely at particular themes and interactions. Not every single unit in this huge global organization will be assessed, but we will seek to uncover the basic historical truths overall about what happened and why.
Professor Denis Judd (London Metropolitan University)
Denis Judd is Professor of British and Commonwealth History at London Metropolitan University. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, going on to take his Ph.D. at the University of London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a policy adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Offi...
This practical course bridges the gap between general English and the professional world of working adults. The syllabus is based on the needs of people in work who use English as an international means of communication.
International Express Intermediate, New Edition - A new edition that retains the successful combination of general and work-related English with over 70% new material.
Christianity at the Crossroads: The Reformations of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Thomas F. Madden
Esteemed history professor Thomas F. Madden explores the
reformations that swept across Christendom in the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries.
TMS - Giants of Irish Literature: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett
Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett: These four masters of Irish literature created works of startling innovation and unparalleled literary merit. They defied popular expectations and confounded critics with unique masterpieces that one might think of as puzzles, the solution of which lies at the heart of the modern age.
Understanding the works of these greats, all associated to some degree with the Irish Literary Revival, is fundamental not only to a richer appreciation of Irish literature, but to a better comprehension of modern literature in all its manifestations, for these authors struggled with the idea of modernity and all it entailed, and the fruits of their struggle stand as monuments to the remarkable capacity of literary imagination.
Renowned professor George O’Brien of Georgetown University provides the biographical background of these authors and an in-depth analysis of their greatest works. In the course of these lectures, O’Brien discusses the very qualities that set these works apart and the “Irishness” that characterizes each of them.
Professor George O’Brien
Georgetown University)
George O’Brien is a professor of English. His main scholarly and teaching areas are Irish literature since 1800 and creative writing. Among his numerous publications are three volumes of memoirs and two books on contemporary Irish playwright Brian Friel.
TMS - World’s First Superpower: 
TMS - Giants of Irish Literature: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett
