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Humanities Courses
Explore ideas that shape culture, society, and how we understand the world.
Humanities courses at WEA Sydney bring together philosophy, politics, society, literature, science, and culture to explore the ideas that shape human experience. With a mix of short talks, discussion-based classes, and in-depth courses, this category encourages curiosity, reflection, and critical thinking across a wide range of topics.
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Temples of India: Architecture, Culture and Faith
Temples of India: Architecture, Culture and Faith
<p>India's temples are among the world's most remarkable architectural achievements and continue to play a central role in religious and cultural life. This course introduces the foundations of
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Philosophy Club: The Flourishing Life - Perspectives on Eudaimonia
Philosophy Club: The Flourishing Life - Perspectives on Eudaimonia
<p>This 10‑week Philosophy Club explores the concept of a <em>Flourishing Life.</em> Few philosophical questions have proved as enduring—or as relevant—as this: <em>What does it mean to live a
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Modern Zionism: History, Conflict and Contemporary Debates
Modern Zionism: History, Conflict and Contemporary Debates
<p>Modern Zionism has played a major role in shaping the modern Middle East and continues to influence global politics, diplomacy and international debate. This course traces the origins of Zionism in
...Modern Zionism: History, Conflict and Contemporary Debates
<p>Modern Zionism has played a major role in shaping the modern Middle East and continues to influence global politics, diplomacy and international debate. This course traces the origins of Zionism in
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Writing for All-Comers: A Practical Workshop (Including AI Tools)
Writing for All-Comers: A Practical Workshop (Including AI Tools)
<p>Do you have the right words in your head but struggle to get them onto the page? Perhaps an important email, a letter to a good friend, a heartfelt message in a Christmas card to a loved one, maybe
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Philosophy as Intellectual Drama: A Battleground of Ideas
Philosophy as Intellectual Drama: A Battleground of Ideas
<p>Philosophy has always been an active conversation rather than a collection of isolated ideas. This course explores how influential philosophers responded to one another across the centuries,
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Learn to Debate: Join the WEA Debate Club
Learn to Debate: Join the WEA Debate Club
<p>Debating is both an intellectual challenge and great fun. This practical and interactive course introduces the principles and techniques of formal debate, including constructing arguments,
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What is Consciousness?
What is Consciousness?
<p>Consciousness is the one thing each of us knows most intimately, yet it remains one of the greatest mysteries in philosophy, science and human thought. Every experience, memory, emotion and
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The Europeanisation of NATO: Can Europe Lead Its Own Security?
The Europeanisation of NATO: Can Europe Lead Its Own Security?
<p>NATO is entering one of the most significant periods of change in its history. Shifting American priorities, changes in global military deployments and growing uncertainty about long-term US
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Cinema of the 1970s: A Decade in Four Nights
Cinema of the 1970s: A Decade in Four Nights
<p>The 1970s was one of cinema's most turbulent and transformative decades - a period when Hollywood tore up its own rulebook and reinvented what movies could be. Across four evenings, this series
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Cinema of the 1970s: A Decade in Four Nights
<p>The 1970s was one of cinema's most turbulent and transformative decades - a period when Hollywood tore up its own rulebook and reinvented what movies could be. Across four evenings, this series
...Cinema of the 1970s: A Decade in Four Nights
<p>The 1970s was one of cinema's most turbulent and transformative decades - a period when Hollywood tore up its own rulebook and reinvented what movies could be. Across four evenings, this series
...Cinema of the 1970s: A Decade in Four Nights
<p>The 1970s was one of cinema's most turbulent and transformative decades - a period when Hollywood tore up its own rulebook and reinvented what movies could be. Across four evenings, this series
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Halloween: History, Myth and Modern Culture
Halloween: History, Myth and Modern Culture
<p>Halloween is far more than costumes and trick-or-treating. Its origins stretch back to ancient seasonal rituals, religious observances and centuries of folklore and superstition. This course traces
...Halloween: History, Myth and Modern Culture
<p>Halloween is far more than costumes and trick-or-treating. Its origins stretch back to ancient seasonal rituals, religious observances and centuries of folklore and superstition. This course traces
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