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Explore our extraordinary range of History, Culture and Writing courses and lectures. We offer both introductory and specialist in-depth courses to suit all levels of interest and experience, from ‘How to read a film’ and World literature, to Creative non-fiction writing courses and American history and Politics courses.
Our tutors are experts in their fields and experienced educators; many have published, teach in universities or share their expertise in the media. Tutors share their knowledge and passion through presentations, readings, interactive discussion and exercises, analysis, and other activities.
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- History reading group: political biographies
Course start date: Wed 2 Oct 2024 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Zoe QuinnThrough discussion of selected biographies we will explore in depth key individuals in world history , their legacy and the era in which they lived.The first class will discuss The Man on Devil's Island: Alfred Dreyfus and the Affair that Divided France (2011) by Ruth Harris . As this was published a few years ago there are cheap 2nd had copies available.
Dates for sessions are :2/10/24, 20/11/24, 15/1/25 & 12/3/25.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00 - Indigenous Australian art: an introduction Course start date: Wed 16 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Arjmand AhmadIndigenous Australian art has, in recent years, been increasingly exhibited and discussed in Britain. Yet little is known about the history and development of this art movement and the oeuvres of the artists responsible for its creation. This introductory course will provide a history of how Indigenous Australian artists have changed and challenged the course of national and international art fields in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Mughal decorative arts: an introduction Course start date: Wed 13 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Arjmand AhmadExplore the splendour and technical sophistication of the decorative arts during the Mughal era (1526-1857) in South Asia in this introductory course.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Private portraits: painted miniatures in early modern Europe
Course start date: Wed 30 Apr 2025Location on this date: Online
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.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - The US Civil Rights Movement: from Reconstruction to the passing of the 1965 Voting Rights ActCourse start date: Wed 18 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Zoe QuinnExplore the African American Civil Rights movement in the southern states from Reconstruction to the passing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00
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