European history

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From emperors to émigrés, revolutions to superpowers, look at the events that shaped and are shaping modern Europe. With the continent’s rich history of conflicts, cultures and coalitions – courses offer detail into the most significant events and periods in European history.

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Courses available both in-person and online

We offer a range of long and short courses allowing you to choose between in-person and online learning.

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  1. Modern France: from de Gaulle and the Resistance to Macron
    Course start date:  Thu 5 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sebastien Ardouin
    (Re)discover France's complex politics during the Fourth and Fifth Republics, and the social challenges and tensions the country faced both at times of growth and modernisation and of crisis and doubts.
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
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  2. Europe in the 1920s: between democracy and authoritarianism
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    Course start date:  Thu 11 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sebastien Ardouin
    Throughout the 1920s, Europe struggled with political and economic (re)construction and stabilisation. If some progress was made in part of the continent, wartime promises of a better and democratic Europe were shattered by the Great Depression.
    Full fee £309.00 Senior fee £309.00 Concession £201.00
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  3. French history: The Dreyfus Affair and its legacy
    Course start date:  Thu 18 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sebastien Ardouin
    Miscarriage of justice, anti-Semitism, reason of state and ultimately triumph of justice. There is more to the Dreyfus Affair though, an event that polarised French society like few before and is at the heart of modern France.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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  4. The Vichy Regime
    Course start date:  Thu 30 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sebastien Ardouin
    Born out of the defeat of 1940, the Vichy regime is one of the darkest periods in French history. Even if Marshal Pétain pretended he was sheltering the country from excessive demands by the Nazis, the government and administration offered themselves to the service of the enemy, often for the worst.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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  5. The French Resistance during the Second World War
    Course start date:  Thu 20 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sebastien Ardouin
    Behind the post-war myth, what was the French Resistance? Who resisted against Nazi occupation and the collaborationist Vichy regime, and why? How did de Gaulle emerge as its leader and used it to strengthen his power?
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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