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- Developing your novel
Course start date: Mon 18 Sep 2023 (and 6 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah LeipcigerHave you started work on your novel? This course is suitable for experienced creative writers who want to make progress with a novel draft. Learn more about the art of novel writing and move your project forward in a supportive workshop environment.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £110.00 - Being in the world: Heidegger's philosophyCourse start date: Mon 8 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: John Goff“The being of 'being' is itself not a being”. Questioning the meaning of ‘Being’ lies at the root of Heidegger’s critique of the ‘crisis’ of Western culture that his philosophy sought to overcome. - Philosophy and memoryCourse start date: Tue 9 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Anita KasabovaWhat is memory? How does memory impact our sense of self and time? Why does memory often go wrong? If our memory is unreliable, can it provide knowledge of our personal past? What is collective memory? This course explores memory from philosophical and psychological perspectives.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Jews in London from the 1650s to the 1950s: a closer lookCourse start date: Tue 9 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David RosenbergThis course will provide an exploration of 300 years of Jewish life, culture and history in London from the small scale resettlement in the 1650s through to the 1950s when the borough of Hackney was home to London’s largest and most diverse Jewish community.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Autobiographical writing Course start date: Wed 10 Jan 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julie GartonWhether writing for self-discovery, testimony or to tell your story, this term-long course explores how to ensure your autobiographical work is both evocative and powerful.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £110.00 - The art and culture of 18th century London Course start date: Fri 12 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Elizabeth EyresExplore Georgian painting, sculpture and architecture, and consider them within the context of the history and culture of the 18th century exploring museums, galleries and other places in London. - Philosophy and cultural theoryCourse start date: Fri 12 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Barrie SelwynWe will look the philosophical underpinnings of culture through the writings of key philosophers who engage critically with the self images of the post enlightenment era. In particular we well look at Ideology, language and art in the context of cultural reproduction. - Advanced poetry workshop Course start date: Fri 29 Sep 2023 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah WardleDevelop your poetry, taking it in new directions and maturing your poetic voice. Various approaches and techniques will be explored, and new poetry can be workshopped. For experienced poets only.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £115.00 - Discover North London through walksCourse start date: Sat 13 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Diane BursteinUncover the history of North London’s historic districts including Highbury , Friern Barnet and North Finchley, High Barnet, Tottenham, Muswell Hill, Wood Green, Golders Green and the Northern Heights, Hampstead Garden Suburb, Kentish Town, Camden Town and Belsize Park
First meeting place: Saturday 13 January at 11am: Meet outside Highbury and Islington Tube Station (this could be altered if there are engineering works on the Victoria Line. The line closure list for weekend engineering work is only published six months in advance so doesn’t yet go up to January 2024!).Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Craft focus: introduction to novel plotting Course start date: Sun 14 Jan 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Gurnaik JohalIf you've made a start on your novel, but need help getting it into shape, this course provides a flexible template that will help you to overcome the obstacles ahead.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £105.00 - An introduction to the art of seventeenth-century Europe: 1590–1690 Course start date: Mon 15 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Elizabeth EyresOften referred to as “the Baroque”, the seventeenth century embraces some of the most dramatic, dynamic and acclaimed artworks ever produced, yet also some of the most tranquil and gentle. We will explore a wide range of paintings and sculptures from this period, discover why they look as they do, and investigate the powerful religious and historical contexts that influenced its artists.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Weird and wondrous: the strange art of Bosch, Brueghel and the Surrealists Course start date: Tue 16 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Emma Rose BarberWelcome to the weird and wonderful world of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Breughel the elder – two northern Renaissance artists and a larger group of 20th-century artists known as the Surrealists who share many similarities with the strange and curious subjects that they conjured up to ignite discussion and even outrage.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - The seven ages of poetry
Course start date: Tue 16 Jan 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julian BirkettJoin us to get an overview of how English poetry has developed over the centuries by looking closely at some classic poems and seeing how ideas of the time shaped their form and their subject matter – from epics made to be sung in the mead hall to the concentrated elegance of the Renaissance sonnet to the melancholy of the Romantic ode to the free verse of modern times.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Civilisations of Ancient Egypt: the Middle Kingdom - from Senuseret II to the 2. Intermediate PeriodCourse start date: Tue 16 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael DuiganDiscover the civilisations of Ancient Egypt during the Middle Kingdom, an age of great power and influence for the Pharaohs.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - The Trojan War (continued): history or myth?Course start date: Wed 17 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael DuiganThe poetry of Homer and other myths tell us about the ‘abduction of Helen’ and the destruction of a city. Do archaeology and contemporary state archives support this epic tradition?Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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