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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 - Cuneiform. An introduction for beginnersCourse start date: Fri 12 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Hugo CookThis four-week course provides a foundation in Old Persian Cuneiform, allowing students to explore the words and world of the ancient Persians. The class will be held at City Lit and includes visits to the British Museum.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £90.00 - Autobiographical writing: intensiveCourse start date: Tue 20 Feb 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julie GartonThis shorter version of our introductory autobiographical writing course covers the basic elements of the genre, drawing on memories, diaries, photos, dreams and fantasies with a focus on the forms of autobiography, memoir and the personal essay.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00 - Ways into creative writing: intensiveCourse start date: Tue 28 May 2024 (and 12 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Suzannah V. EvansNot sure whether creative writing is for you? Give it a try on one of these fun and supportive short courses covering the basics of fiction and poetry. Increase your confidence and produce work through guided exercises and discussion.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00 - The 60 minute writerCourse start date: Wed 17 Jan 2024 (and 14 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tasha KavanaghFit creative writing into your busy day: a relaxed, informal rolling programme for writers of all levels of experience who enjoy being thrown new ideas and experimenting with poetry and prose.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £55.00 - Writing a memoirCourse start date: Wed 17 Apr 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nick BarlaySome moments in our lives are so powerful they beg to be shared with the world. This six week course will help you plan and craft a memoir that will resonate and inspire.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00 - Understanding racism in BritainCourse start date: Wed 17 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gabriel Olumide ApataThe course examines the history and nature of racism in British society. It asks: how racist is Britain and how is that racism expressed in different areas of life? Join us to engage these difficult but important questions.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - 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 - Autobiography into fictionCourse start date: Thu 18 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nick BarlayThis course will help you develop techniques for transforming personal experience into fiction. You'll have the opportunity to improve your writing skills as well as your ability to give and use constructive criticism in a workshop environment.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £65.00 - Costume and fashion in artCourse start date: Mon 19 Feb 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julie BarlowCostume from the past rarely survives, except in the depiction of it in paintings. Explore 500 years of costume in European art across a range of subject matter and decode the socio-political contexts and cultural identities contained within the choice of dress.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00 - The occult on screenCourse start date: Tue 23 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gillian McIverSurprisingly, not every film that features the occult is a horror film. Certainly, many of them are; we will consider classics such as Haxan from 1922, Rosemary’s Baby, The Craft, Angel Heart, The Witch and Hereditary. Other films, such as Kenneth Anger's Lucifer Rising and A Dark Song, attempt to treat the occult seriously as secret or hidden knowledge. We'll examine the cultural backdrop of occult films and questions of representation, gender relations, and spirituality.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Hell, Heaven and Purgatory in the Middle AgesCourse start date: Tue 23 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Emma Rose BarberWhy were images to do with the afterlife so prevalent in the Middle Ages? Come, face your eternal destinies and look at images such as the Last Judgement, skeletons, filthy flesh, worms, ghosts and Hell mouths.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00 - Introduction to journalismCourse start date: Wed 24 Apr 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
On this course students will explore the basic skills a freelance journalist needs to write and sell news and features to newspapers and magazines. From developing ideas and identifying outlets to interview skills and approaching editors.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00 - Ways into advanced art history: writing historiesCourse start date: Wed 24 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayDevelop a greater understanding of art history and how to analyse the cultural meaning of an artwork by going in-depth with the ideas of prominent art historians. This course is meant to cultivate your personal practice of art history through small, guided research and writing projects.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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