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- Introduction to Egyptian and Arab cinema
Course start date: Tue 18 Feb 2025Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gillian McIverAre you curious about world cinema? Do you want to learn more about a dynamic but often neglected region of cinema culture – the Arab world? This course will introduce you to some of the classic films of the of the Egyptian cinema and its stars like Omar Sharif, including The Land (1970) and Cairo Station (1958), alongside recent films such as Chaos, Disorder (2012) and Lebanese film Capernaum (2018). Each session will include a film screening, short lecture and group discussion.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £123.00 - First Novels Revisited: Amis, McEwan, Barnes, IshiguroCourse start date: Tue 29 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lewis WardMartin Amis, Julian Barnes, Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro are household names of contemporary British fiction. But how did their careers begin in the 1970s and 1980s? And how do their early efforts stand up today?Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £110.00 - Capitalism and its discontents Course start date: Tue 21 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Christian MichelDo we know what capitalism is? Without this knowledge, we can neither harness its potential, nor reform it, nor smash it and move beyond.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £123.00
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