History, Culture & Writing Courses in London
We offer an extraordinary range of courses during the day, in the evening and at weekends, from the most popular subjects to the completely unique, including film studies, creative and non-fiction writing courses and American history courses. Many of our tutors are nationally recognised in their fields, including published authors, and practising professionals in the media. As a learner you can also benefit from our partnerships with organisations such as the British Film Institute and close links with The British Museum, the London Transport Museum and many others.
Want to speak to a member of the Humanities Team to find out more about our courses? Call us on 020 7492 2652 or email us on humanities@citylit.ac.uk.
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The Stalin Regime: 1928-1941
Course Date: Mon 16 Sep 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThis is an introduction to the history of the Stalin regime in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1941. Students will learn about key events during the Stalin years and how historians approach them.Full fee: £89.00Senior fee: £89.00Concession: £39.00 -
Afternoon cinema: Alfred Hitchcock & Christopher Nolan - are you watching closely?
Course Date: Mon 16 Sep 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetCompare two British directors (Hitchcock/Nolan) who found fame and fortune in Hollywood: is Christopher Nolan is a modern day Hitchcock? Expect dreams, obsessions, and unreliable narrators in Memento, Vertigo, The Prestige, The Lodger, Inception, and Blackmail. Also, a weekly ‘what’s on’ and the latest film gossip.Full fee: £219.00Senior fee: £175.00Concession: £96.00 -
'Dominance, decline and discovery': a social, economic and cultural history of rural Britain, 1815-1914
Course Date: Mon 16 Sep 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThis interactive lecture course traces the varying fortunes, diversity and changing significance of 19th century rural Britain alongside the problems, prospects, life and leisure of those which it supported – from the country house to the work house.Full fee: £219.00Senior fee: £175.00Concession: £96.00 -
Proust Vol 2: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
Course Date: Mon 16 Sep 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetProust’s masterpiece comes to life with supportive resources and invigorated discussion. Through close reading of the second volume, we are immersed in the life of this most introspective narrator in the modernist classic.Full fee: £219.00Senior fee: £175.00Concession: £96.00 -
Chinese philosophy in a nutshell
Course Date: Mon 16 Sep 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThere is great richness of thinking in Chinese Philosophy. From the nature of nature to the human condition, Chinese thinkers offer much to ponder.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £69.00Concession: £30.00 -
France in revolution: 1789-1799
Course Date: Mon 16 Sep 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetIn 1789 ordinary French people successfully rebelled against the absolute monarchy and privileged nobility. Find out
how the struggle over the social and political system which would replace the Ancien Regime would divide both France and Europe. Tutor: Zoe Quinn.Full fee: £89.00Senior fee: £71.00Concession: £39.00 -
Phenomenology: an introduction
Course Date: Mon 16 Sep 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetPhenomenology, one of the most influential approaches in contemporary philosophy, asks: how do we constitute experienced reality? Following Husserl and Heidegger, phenomenologists try to understand what it means, if anything, to be in the world.Full fee: £219.00Senior fee: £175.00Concession: £96.00 -
Beginners' anthropology
Course Date: Mon 16 Sep 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThis introductory course gives you the basic tools for an elementary understanding of anthropology. We will identify methods and areas of concern that distinguish it from sociology, history and other disciplines.Full fee: £119.00Senior fee: £119.00Concession: £52.00 -
Hitchcock and Christopher Nolan: are you watching closely?
Course Date: Mon 16 Sep 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetCompare two British directors (Hitchcock/Nolan) who found fame and fortune in Hollywood and consider if Christopher Nolan is a modern day Hitchcock. Expect dreams, obsessions, unreliable narrators and Macguffins in Memento, Vertigo,The Prestige, The Wrong Man, Inception, Suspicion, The Dark Knight, Lifeboat and Dunkirk. Are you watching closely?Full fee: £219.00Senior fee: £219.00Concession: £96.00 -
Modern Irish and British drama
Course Date: Mon 16 Sep 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetRead and discuss some key drama texts from the last 50 years in terms of theme, character, language and as performance texts. Plays studied will include 'Betrayal' by Harold Pinter, Top Girls by Caryl Churchill and Translations by Brian Friel.Full fee: £179.00Senior fee: £143.00Concession: £79.00 -
Introduction to philosophy
Course Date: Mon 16 Sep 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThis problem-based introduction to philosophy explores key themes of modern philosophy, including truth, knowledge, ultimate reality and the mind-body problem.Full fee: £229.00Senior fee: £229.00Concession: £101.00 -
1919: The peace conferences, the remodeling of Europe and its consequences
Course Date: Tue 17 Sep 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetBy shifting borders, creating new countries, and blaming the vanquished, the peace treaties (1919-23) modified dramatically the map and balance of power in Europe and the Middle East, with consequences that are still felt today. Course tutor: Sebastien Ardouin. Tutor: Sebastien Ardouin.Full fee: £219.00Senior fee: £175.00Concession: £96.00 -
Philosophy for the guilty
Course Date: Tue 17 Sep 2019
Location on this date: International HouseWhat can philosophy offer us once we have transgressed, fallen or sinned? You could say that philosophy only truly comes alive to us once we have betrayed our own values. Only then are we ready for philosophy's interrogation.Full fee: £89.00Senior fee: £89.00Concession: £39.00 -
Alchemy as philosophy
Course Date: Tue 17 Sep 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetMeet the alchemists, astrologers, Cabbalists proto-philosophers and almost-scientists of the 16th century. On this course you will read their own words and explore their cultural and historical context.Full fee: £219.00Senior fee: £175.00Concession: £96.00
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