This first week is devoted to an introduction to the course. Students' tasks for the week are to:

1. Watch the following introductory lecture, which explains some of the main themes for the course:

NOTE: There will not be any regular zoom meetings during this year's course, despite Martin mentioning these in his lectures. If the need for zoom discussions arises, I will schedule such meetings for small groups. These will not be mandatory, however.

2. Course discussions will take place in online discussion forums. Students will be divided into groups for these discussions during the first couple of days of the course. Introduce yourself in the discussion forum by using the following link: Introductions no later than by midnight 7th June.

3. Work on the reading for week 24. A discussion response regarding the text for week 24 is due by midnight on Wednesday 12th June - it would be a good idea to get started on the reading now!