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- Henry Kissinger and US Foreign PolicyCourse start date: Tue 9 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This course offers an introduction to the diplomacy of one of the most controversial statesmen of the 20th century – Henry Kissinger.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Empresses and KhatunsCourse start date: Tue 16 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vanessa KingTravel across Europe and the Eurasian steppe to compare and contrast the role and status of Greek empresses with Seljuk and Mongolian khatuns.
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 - A history of global capitalismCourse start date: Wed 17 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vina TheodorakopoulouWant to understand the history of global capitalism. Join Dr. Vina Theodorakopoulou to learn about the historical transitions towards what we know as capitalism today – evolution of capital, the role of the state, labour, competition, race, and innovation-automation.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Cultures of El Dorado: Pre-Columbian Civilizations of South America (1)Course start date: Wed 17 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Max CarocciShrouded in mystery and legend, Amazonian and Central American cultures reveal surprising links to societies of the
Andes that defy and challenge common perceptions about the rise of civilisation in the Americas.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Modern France: from the Paris Commune to the Vichy RegimeCourse start date: Thu 2 May 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sebastien ArdouinAfter uncertain beginnings, the Third republic managed to survive numerous crises until the defeat of 1940 sealed its fate. Re(discover) this exciting period, its actors and how their policies shaped modern France.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Magnificence and display under the TudorsCourse start date: Fri 3 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vanessa KingExplore how the Tudors cultivated the art of magnificence in the form of pageants, tapestries, paintings, jewellery and dress to detract from what was essentially a weak dynasty.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Britain: the 1800s- poverty, industry & protestCourse start date: Thu 9 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ellen CarpenterHow did the working classes adapt to the social changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution? Shifting demographics, the rise of industry, child labour and the role of women in the industrial sphere are all themes that we will explore on this course, together with public protests against wages and living conditions.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Global encounters: Europe and the Ottoman Empire, 1206-1368Course start date: Mon 13 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vanessa KingThe Turks entered European consciousness in 1071 when they captured the Byzantine emperor at the Battle of Manzikert. So began centuries of uneasy co-existence between Christians and Muslims on the fringes of Europe.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Cities of Gold: Pre-Columbian Civilizations of North and Central America (2),Course start date: Wed 29 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Max CarocciJoin Dr. Carocci to explore the little known history of pre-Columbian civilizations North of Mexico and their links to Aztec and other Mexican cultures.Full fee £149.00 - Race in American history and politicsCourse start date: Mon 3 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Dale Mineshima-LoweJoin us to explore the issues of race relations and racism in the USA since the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00 - Politics and Poetics of Museums: Repatriation and decolonisationCourse start date: Sat 8 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Yasmin HalesRoutinely, the discussion on how to address the colonial and imperial past in relation to museum artifacts, collections and exhibitions appears in the media landscapes. The questions are difficult and answers are not straightforward. Join us to learn more and discuss this important challenge.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00 - Modern France: from de Gaulle and the Resistance to MacronCourse start date: Thu 20 Jun 2024
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.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - The merry monarch: Charles II & the Restoration eraCourse start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ellen CarpenterJoin us for a six-week course to explore politics, society, religion and culture during the Stuart Restoration era, with reference to the reign of the ‘Merry Monarch’ Charles II (1660 – 1685) and the succession crisis that followed his death in 1685.Full fee £149.00 - Irish history and identity 5: American and European Influences in the Modern EraCourse start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Colm HickeyAlthough inextricably linked to Britain, Ireland’s history, identity, and nationhood has equally been shaped by its relationship with Europe. This course traces Ireland’s the influence of European and American
politics.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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