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- Art and society in the early modern NetherlandsCourse start date: Thu 6 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Thomas BalfeThis course focuses on Flemish and Dutch (Netherlandish) art of the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The course will examine well-known artists such as Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Rembrandt and Vermeer, as well as the role of artworks and visual images in the formation of religious, class, gender and national identities, in early science, and in cultures of collecting.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Writing a memoirCourse start date: Wed 17 Apr 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julie GartonSome 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 - Representing nature in early modern EuropeCourse start date: Fri 7 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Thomas BalfeExplore the links between the visual image and ideas of nature in early modernity (c.1500-1750). At this time, tools like the microscope were visualising nature in new ways, changes were afoot in how humans related to animals, and the environments of Asia and the Americas were becoming more familiar to Europeans. We will focus on how artists and skilled artisans engaged with these subjects.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00 - A brief history of printmakingCourse start date: Fri 7 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayDiscover the complexity of printmaking through this introduction to its history. Explore the cultural contexts, social ideas and artistic methods that make printmaking distinct to other forms of art.
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 terrible beauty is born': poetry in revolutionary timesCourse start date: Mon 10 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laurie SmithIs Auden right that “poetry makes nothing happen”? We look at how poets have helped people to understand, cope with and sometimes resist oppression in revolutionary periods from the late18th century to the present.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Ways into Islamic artCourse start date: Tue 11 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Anita ChowdryAn introductory course providing an overview of the development of the visual language of Islamic cultures in Asia, Africa and Europe.
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 - Autobiographical writing: intensiveCourse start date: Tue 16 Apr 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul LaffanThis 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 - Travel writingCourse start date: Wed 18 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Susan GrossmanMake travelling pay. Learn how to get a commission, finance a trip and put your adventures into words, led by practical exercises and expert industry guidance.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Starting your novel (a fortnightly course)Course start date: Sat 5 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Got a great idea for a novel? Jump start your project in this supportive course that covers craft basics such as character and plot. Ideal for writers of fiction with some experience who have an idea for a novel.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £269.00 Concession £135.00 - Languages of the ancient Near East: Sumerian, Akkadian, EgyptianCourse start date: Tue 8 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vaughan PilikianThis unique and wide-ranging course provides a broad introduction to the three major languages of the Ancient Near East, which together traverse a vast history of four millennia. In them were written some of the great landmarks of world literature, such as the Babylonian epic of Gilgamesh, the Egyptian Book of the Dead and the Sumerian Descent of Inanna.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Introduction to journalismCourse start date: Wed 19 Feb 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Allis MossOn 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.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00 - Ancient Greek dramaCourse start date: Tue 12 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Maria ContosHave a taste of exploring the ancient Athenian stage, and how they still speak to us about the challenges we face today.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - The future of democracyCourse start date: Mon 15 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Christian SchneeWant to think about and discuss what makes and breaks a democracy? Join Dr. Christian Schnee to engage in this vital discussion.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - Women in art: 1900-1960Course start date: Tue 16 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Elizabeth EyresOn this course we shall explore and examine the considerable, and significant, contributions of women painters and sculptors to the avant-garde art world during the first half of the 20th century.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - 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
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