St Edward's Super Curriculum

Oxford is widely recognised as a literary hub, and our pupils benefit from this with talks by leading academics across literature and philosophy. FOR THE LITERARY CRITICS AND PHILOSOPHERS ‘ Love is

complicated, difficult and amazing ’ Josh Whitaker, Paddy Brett, Aleksey Delunas, Fourth Form pupils

Dr Sophie Duncan, Research Fellow at Magdalen College, visited during Valentine’s week to explore love in Romeo and Juliet , helping pupils see that ‘love is complicated, difficult and amazing’ (Josh Whitaker, Paddy Brett, Aleksey Delunas, Fourth Form pupils). Professor Julie Curtis from Oxford’s Faculty of English gave two lectures on Chekhov, Darren Ormandy spoke on Tolkien and Professor Paul Cartledge of Cambridge discussed English and Classics. In philosophy, Sebastian Herdt from the Blavatnik School of Government gave a talk for the Philosophy Society, and Dr Alexander Greenberg offered a compelling insight into the philosophy of law when he spoke on the philosophical justifications of legal defences to murder and ‘challenged the usual thinking on morality, law and justice’ (Eva Botbol, Upper Sixth pupil).

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