本课程的重点是全球最伟大的城市之一的发展, 伦敦, 从十九世纪到二十一世纪,并调查其“全球性”的性质和影响,其建筑环境和社会地理. 这包括考察这座城市是如何被工业化力量所改变的, 帝国主义和全球化,并考虑伦敦及其居民是如何被他们与世界其他地区的关系所塑造的. 讲座, 活动和实地研究提供了对伦敦作为世界城市不断变化的身份的洞察, 特别强调了对城市帝国的分析, postcolonial and transatlantic connections; the ways in which past and present, 当地的, and global intertwine in the capital; and comparative study of urban change worldwide. The course is organised chronologically: themes include the Victorian metropolis; 伦敦 as an imperial space; representations of the city in media, 电影, and popular culture; multicultural 伦敦; 伦敦 as a commercial centre of global capitalism; and the impact of the Olympics and other urban 'mega-events'.