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- The 60 minute writer
Course start date: Fri 12 Jan 2024 (and 9 other dates)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Yvonne SinghFit 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.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £55.00 - The life and times of George I Course start date: Fri 12 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: William SterlingFrom being the ruler of an obscure German electorate George I suddenly became king of on the most powerful nations in the world in his fifties. He was never popular in his new kingdom but established a constitutional monarchy which has survived to today. Explore his life and world on this online interactive lecture course.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - The East African Kingdoms and Empires of Aksum, Dongola and AbyssiniaCourse start date: Fri 19 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Martin JorgensenOften overlooked, the history of East Africa is rich, complex and still not known in full. Want to know more about East Africa from 100 CE to 1900 AD? Join us for 4 weeks of exploring the links with neighbouring regions, waterways and oceans.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Japanese novellas and short storiesCourse start date: Fri 26 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Lewis WardShort stories offer a brief window into a variety of other lives, places, and situations. This literary form has remained popular in Japan over several centuries, with topics as diverse as natural disasters, the beauty of everyday life, hellish curses and the consequences of fame. We’ll explore the history of this medium through a selection of short stories by some of Japan’s most popular short story authors.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - Writing poetry: getting started Course start date: Fri 2 Feb 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Billie ManningThis short, fun taster course is the perfect starting point for students who are writing for the first time or new to the poetry path. Join us for thought-provoking writing exercises and poetry theory for beginners.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £35.00 - Privateering, the buccaneers & piracy in the CaribbeanCourse start date: Fri 9 Feb 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ellen CarpenterJoin us to explore the history of privateering, buccaneering and piracy in the Caribbean region. In what ways did each impact on global mercentile trading and the expansion of colonial power in the region?Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - Life writing: getting startedCourse start date: Fri 23 Feb 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Lucy PopescuThis inspiring workshop encourages students to explore a range of techniques and prompts in order to create vivid and engaging life writing.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £35.00 - New nature writing in fiction and poetryCourse start date: Fri 1 Mar 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: David BarnesIn a world of ever-increasing ecological awareness, nature writing has taken on a new importance. It explores what it means to be human, bringing us face to face with our environmental fears. But what is new nature writing? In this course, we take a global look at a range of writers (including Amitav Ghosh and Kathleen Jamie) who explore the changing meanings of ‘nature’ in our modern world.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - The Congo Basin from 1400 to the presentCourse start date: Fri 19 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Martin JorgensenNot ‘primitive’ and ‘chaotic’ as argued in 20th century Europe, the history of the Congo Basin, or most of the area we today know as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is both rich and central to understand Central Africa. Join us for a brief introduction.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Italian cinema: from Neorealism to the genre filmCourse start date: Fri 26 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cristina MassaccesiThis cinema course focuses on Italian cinema in the years between 1945 and 1980. It will provide you with an overview of the main historical, cultural and social aspects of Italian filmmaking in Italy by looking at the work of some of its most influential author/directors.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - Private portraits: painted miniatures in early modern Europe Course start date: Fri 26 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Elizabeth EyresPortrait miniatures are some of the most exquisite and beguiling likenesses ever produced. Their tiny scale and painstaking creation give them an intricacy, intimacy and sense of intrigue. These often reflect the circumstances in which they were gifted to their new owners by the person commissioning them, and both the images and their wider contexts repay our close study on this course.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - An introduction to film Course start date: Fri 3 May 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jon WisbeyDevelop your critical understanding of cinema through a range of concepts and critical approaches in film studies, including narrative, genre, spectatorship, authorship and directors, popular cinema, art cinema, national cinema and early film, along with technological developments including the transition to sound, while we view and discuss a range of key films from cinema's history as examples.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - The Norwich School - a unique society of landscape painters Course start date: Fri 7 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Elizabeth EyresOn this course you will study the fascinating work of the 19th century Norwich School, a loose association of generations of painters from artistic families who worked in Norwich, Norfolk, one of the most important and wealthy regional capitals of the day. You will explore the beautiful landscapes produced by these artists and also discover work produced by remarkable women in the group.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Micropoetry: small poems, big ideas
Course start date: Fri 12 Jul 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jennifer WongExplore the emerging art form of micropoetry in this fun but informative day workshop. Compose your own poetry and learn how to make every word on the page count.
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