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- London at war - guided walks
Course start date: Tue 10 Sep 2024Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eleanor JacksonLondon has been shaped by war, conflict and unrest. It's buildings, monuments and even street names reflect our embattled past. These walks examine London's wartime legacy from mediaeval fortifications to the War on Terror.
London guide: Eleanor Jackson
First lecture will be delivered via zoom followed by 8 guided walks.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Europe in the 1920s: between democracy and authoritarianismCourse start date: Tue 10 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sebastien ArdouinThroughout the 1920s, Europe struggled with political and economic (re)construction and stabilisation. If some progress was made in part of the continent, wartime promises of a better and democratic Europe were shattered by the Great Depression.Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00 - The Great (European) Powers and the Ottoman Empire: the Eastern Question, 1768-1914 Course start date: Wed 11 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sebastien ArdouinThe decline of the Ottoman Empire shaped the relations with and between the Great Powers, giving birth to new countries and spheres of influence, the legacy of which is still felt to this day.Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00 - Latin America: From the independence wars to the mid-20th century Course start date: Wed 11 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sebastien Ardouin(Re)discover the troubled but exciting history of Latin America from the emergence of new countries to the political and socio-economic consequences of their integration into the world economy and of the Great Depression.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Revolutions and counter-revolutions in Europe and beyond at the end of the First World War and after Course start date: Thu 12 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sebastien ArdouinAs WWI ended and empires came down, a new world emerged. Revolutionary and counter-revolutionary forces,
inspired or frightened by the Russian Revolution, vied for power in parts of Europe and beyond with lasting consequences.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £289.00 Concession £188.00 - Global Encounters: The Early Crusades 1095-1204 Course start date: Tue 17 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vanessa KingWe chart the fortunes of the first four crusades and the rise and fall of the kingdom of Jerusalem using Christian and Muslim sources. Why did these events occur and what were the consequences?
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Global encounters: the Silk Roads Course start date: Tue 17 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vanessa KingTravel nearly 2000 years of history along the Silk Roads across Eurasia and China and explore the cross-cultural impact generated through the expansion of trade.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Colonial America 1492-1776 Course start date: Wed 18 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Dafydd TownleyOn this interactive lecture introductory course we will explore the political, social, and cultural development of colonial America in the period 1492-1776.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £110.00 - The lords of the Isles - introduction to the Irish Sea World Course start date: Wed 18 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Linsey HunterThe Lords of the Isles were a Gaelic-Norse descended aristocracy whose power base was centred around the Irish Sea via territories such as the Isle of Man and the Western Isles. This course explores the history of the Lords of the Isles- the political and cultural rivals to the kings of Scots from their Irish Sea base from the late Viking Age to 1493.
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 £119.00 Concession £77.00 - 19th Century Britain and Ireland: Parliament, people and protest, 1812-32 Course start date: Wed 18 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Online
Explore the main developments in British political history between 1812-1832 from the formation of Lord Liverpool’s government to the Great Reform Act.
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 £119.00 Concession £77.00 - The Stalin Regime: 1928-1941 Course start date: Wed 18 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nick MorganThis is an introduction to the history of the Stalin regime in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1941. Students will learn about key events during the Stalin years and how historians approach them. - Medieval England & Europe: England and the Continent in the Age of Bede Course start date: Wed 18 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael BloomfieldThis interactive lecture-based course examines the changes and achievements across England and Europe during the earlier medieval period. We consider the cultural, political, and religious environment in which was changing during the time of Bede. Tutor: Michael Bloomfield.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Irish history & identity 1: from the coming of Christianity to the Battle of Clontarf Course start date: Thu 19 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Colm Hickey
Although inextricably linked to Britain, Ireland’s history, identity, and nationhood has equally been shaped by its relationship with Europe. This course traces Ireland’s development from the advent of Christianity to the Battle of Clontarf in 1014.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Europe 1848 to 1919 Course start date: Thu 19 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alison ApplebyThis course examines how Europe was reshaped between the revolutions of 1848 and the outbreak of the First World War. Nationalism became a powerful force, transforming the continent, alongside movements towards liberal
democracy and socialism .Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00 - Rebels, Parliament: England in the 13th Century
Course start date: Fri 20 Sep 2024Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vanessa KingThe thirteenth century saw immense socio-political and economic change with the rise of towns, conflict between king and parliament, and the advent of the mendicant orders, the Dominicans and Franciscans, offering a new form of spirituality.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00
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