Online subject tasters: Arts and Humanities

After the Second World War, the care of people diagnosed with mental illnesses changed profoundly. The huge and remote Victorian-era asylums were increasingly seen as outdated and hit by scandals of poor care. There was a revolution in how doctors and the general public thought about mental illnesses. 

This was traditionally put down to new psychiatric medication being developed in the 1950s, but was also due to: the new welfare state and National Health Service, new ideas about how personal relationships and family life could impact mental illness, patients' rights groups growing out of wider social protest in the 1960s, and the ever-widening boundaries of psychiatric diagnosis. 

As the nature of mental health and mental illness was transformed, a profoundly unsettling set of questions lurked: what does it mean to be normal, who decides, and what should anyone do about it?

• 7pm - Welcome and housekeeping
• 7.05pm - Overview of the school/department
• 7.20pm - Lecture
• 7.55pm - Time for questions on the topic/student life with a student ambassador supporting. 

Please note all timings are approximate, but the session will be no longer than 90 minutes.

Get ready for a captivating deep-dive into the vibrant world of contemporary East Asian popular culture! In this talk, we’ll uncover how film, television, and music not only entertain but also serve as powerful tools for revisiting the past. Through a nostalgic lens, these cultural forms invite us to reimagine national histories and challenge traditional narratives. We’ll explore how memory and media intersect—revealing popular culture as not just a reflection of history, but as a compelling force in rewriting it.

• 5.30pm - Welcome and housekeeping
• 5.35pm - Overview of the school/department
• 5.50pm - Lecture
• 6.20pm - Time for questions on the topic/student life with a student ambassador supporting. 

Please note all timings are approximate, but the session will be no longer than 90 minutes.