Online subject tasters: Arts and Humanities
Book your place on one of our upcoming arts and humanities subject tasters.
English Literature: The many loves of Jane Eyre
Date: Wednesday 14 October 2026
Time: 5pm to 6.30pm
Location: Online
This online taster will give you an insight into the intricate relationship between Jane Eyre and the concept of love. After the talk ask any questions you might have of our academic and student ambassadors who have studied on the course.
Spanish: More than Magaluf - Prejudice, persecution and polemic on Mallorca
Date: Wednesday 21 October 2026
Time: 5pm to 6.30pm
Location: Online
What does the Spanish Inquisition have to do with present-day Mallorca? How does the issue of insiders and outsiders play out across history and how can literature challenge dominant historical discourses? This online taster session will give you an insight into what it's like to study Spanish at university. Listen to a taster lecture, take part in a Q&A with our academic and current students and find out about studying Languages at university, including as a dual degree.
Law: Can a country disappear? Climate change, sea-level rise and the future of statehood
Date: Wednesday 28 October 2026
Time: 5.30pm to 7pm
Location: Online
If a country's territory disappears, does it still count as a State? What happens to its international obligations and the nationality of its citizens? This session looks at how international law needs to adapt in light of rising seas, and what a fair response could look like.
East Asian Studies: North Korea on screen - Culture, Division and Power
Date: Wednesday 28 October 2026
Time: 5pm to 6.30pm
Location: Online
Why would a television drama or a smuggled USB stick threaten one of the world's most tightly controlled regimes? Find out in this East Asian Studies lecture, take part in a Q&A and learn something new whilst discovering if this is the course for you.
English Literature: Adaptation - Interrogating Austen's novels onscreen and onstage
Date: Tuesday 3 November 2026
Time: 5pm to 6.30pm
Location: Online
This online taster will discuss the exciting ways in which Jane Austen's novels are adapted for contemporary audiences. Find out about Austen, what it's like to study English Literature, and be a student at the University of Sheffield.
History: Confucianism & modern China
Date: Tuesday 10 November 2026
Time: 5pm to 6.30pm
Location: Online
What is Confucianism and why is it important both historically and politically today? This online taster session will give you an insight into what it's like to study History at university. Listen to a taster lecture and take part in a Q&A with our academic and current students.
Philosophy: Should we scrap the voting age?
Date: Wednesday 18 November 2026
Time: 5pm to 6.30pm
Location: Online
How young is too young to vote? What are the implications for children voting? Do we even need an age limit at all? How can philosophical debates strengthen, support or challenge our democratic processes? This online taster session will give you an insight into what it's like to study Philosophy at university. Listen to a taster lecture, take part in a Q&A with our academic and current students and find out if Philosophy is the right course for you.
German: Are the Nazis back? The far-right "Alternative for Germany" party and its messaging
Date: Thursday 19 November 2026
Time: 5pm to 6.30pm
Location: Online
Are the Nazis back? This pertinent lecture explores the current political climate in Germany and wider European states, examining political populism and the rise of the far-Right. This online taster session will give you an insight into what it's like to study German at university. Listen to a taster lecture, take part in a Q&A with our academic and current students and find out about studying Languages at university, including as a dual degree.
East Asian Studies: Disability and women's liberation activism in modern Japan
Date: Monday 23 November 2026
Time: 5.30pm to 7pm
Location: Online
Does a life earn its value by being productive? Using the history of disability and women's liberation activism in twentieth-century Japan, we'll look at how that assumption shaped attitudes to disabled lives, and meet some of the people who questioned it. Studying East Asia is how you reach their voices.
Criminology: Police misconduct - crossing, not holding, the thin blue line?
Date: Monday 30 November 2026
Time: 5pm to 6.30pm
Location: Online
Ever wondered who polices the Police? Find out in this interactive Criminology taster, where after the lecture you'll have plenty of time to ask any questions to our academic and current students on the course. Learn something new and find out if Criminology is the right course for you.
Music: Why does music matter?
Date: Thursday 3 December 2026
Time: 5pm to 6.30pm
Location: Online
How and why is music important? This online taster session will give you an insight into studying Music at the University of Sheffield. Listen to a taster lecture, take part in a Q&A with our academic and current students and discover if this is the course for you.