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- Spain in the twentieth centuryCourse start date: Tue 18 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael SchraerCivil war, dictatorship and democracy – how Spain’s past, present and future clashed on key issues including democracy, fascism, Catalan separatism, conservatism and the Catholic church and the drive for modernisation.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00 - Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
- Radicals and Capitalists in America 1890-1945Course start date: Wed 19 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Dafydd TownleyOn this introductory course we will explore political activists of the period across the political spectrum and the impact of economic fortune and misfortune on American societal developments, including the economic boom of the 1920s, the Wall Street Crash, and the Depression.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £110.00 - Memories of European colonial empireCourse start date: Fri 21 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Olivia DurandWe live in a world that still defined by different forms of imperial subjugation, but the former colonies and metropoles remember the colonial and imperial past very differently. Join us for an introduction to how the different communities and populations around the world remember and live with their imperial pasts.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
- Oral history for beginnersCourse start date: Tue 25 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Qiuyang ChenThis course is all about learning how to collect and preserve people's stories as a way to understand history better. You'll learn the basics of setting up a project, conducting interviews, and making sure everything is done the right way.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - British history: Public Health from the ‘Great Stink’ to MMR VaccinationCourse start date: Wed 26 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: David IngledewThe course examines the development of public health measures and interventions in Britain from the mid-19th Century to the early 21st Century.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00 - The French Fourth RepublicCourse start date: Thu 27 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alison ApplebyThe French Fourth Republic emerged from war-torn after the Second World War. We look at its origins, its
achievements and the crises that led to its replacement in 1958 by De Gaulle’s Fifth Republic.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Friday Lates: SilkCourse start date: Fri 28 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vanessa KingWe trace the history of this most luxurious of fabrics first produced 8,500 years ago in China.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - US controversies: McCarthyism and the Red ScareCourse start date: Sat 1 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Brian KennedyThe years from 1950 to 1954 are often depicted as a time when there was witch hunt for secret communists in the United States. We will study the events of those years, while also placing them in broader context. - Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
- From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe: the Revolution of Imperial PowerCourse start date: Tue 4 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Gabriel Olumide ApataJoin Dr. Gabriel Apata to discover the modern history of Zimbabwe. Why did the state of Rhodesia end, what were its consequences and what key events have taken place in Zimbabwe since then?
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - Indian Women and the RajCourse start date: Sat 8 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: T HussainExplore the representations and reality of Indian women’s lives during the British colonial era. Why does gender history matter and what can it tell us about the history of British colonialism and India? - Cradles of Civilisation: The LevantinesCourse start date: Mon 10 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Hugo CookIn this course, we will explore one of the most influential and remarkable regions of all time: Canaan, including the Israelites, Philistines, Ammonites, and other distinct groups of the region .Join us to learn more!
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00 - We have been here from the start! Black British HistoryCourse start date: Mon 10 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Michele ScottJoin a journey of the examination of the rich historical presence and contribution of Black communities in the British Isles, from pre-history to the 20th century!
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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