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- Everyday Life in London 1350-1500Course start date: Mon 28 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vanessa KingWhere and how did Londoners live? What did they eat and drink? What illnesses did they suffer from, how were they treated and how did they deal with sanitation? These and other questions will be addressed on this course.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00 - US history for beginnersCourse start date: Mon 28 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Dafydd TownleyThis online course offers a brief examination of, and introduction to, the political, economic, social and cultural aspects of the United States, 1608 - 2001.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00 - From the 1880s to the 1930s: how the new East End was born
Course start date: Tue 29 Apr 2025Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David RosenbergIn an area branded 'the hell of poverty', libraries, theatres, art galleries and social housing were established. Workers went on strike and activists campaigned for better lives. Discover this history by taking actual, guided walks through six tumultuous decades of change. The first session is in the classroom at Keeley Street but all other sessions are guided walks. Full details of the meeting places for each walk will be given at the 1st session. Please note: no class/break week 27 May 2025. 6 guided walks with 2 Zoom sessions. - 'Everybody Hurts': The History of Emotions, Mindsets and MentalitiesCourse start date: Tue 29 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Linsey HunterThis course explores the tantalising history of how people in the past thought and felt about the triumphs and losses they experienced, seeking to view the world through their eyes.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - Discovering Victorian London: empire, enterprise and education Course start date: Tue 29 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Tutors: Eleanor JacksonVictorian London shaped today's city. Discover the lasting legacy of the Victorian age, uncover its secrets, and meet some of the characters who created one of the world's greatest cities.
Initial lecture via zoom followed by 7 guided walks. - Stories of London Course start date: Wed 30 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Tutors: Eleanor JacksonExplore London’s rich history in a series of guided walks. Each week we examine a different neighbourhood & era from the capital’s past. We look at its people, both rich and poor, & the events that shaped the city.
Initial lecture via Zoom followed by 6 guided walks. - The Scramble for Africa Course start date: Wed 30 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Gabriel Olumide ApataHoiw did European nations in the 1800s compete for, come to own and consolidate, power in Africa in what became known as the Scramble for Africa? What was its impact on Africa, Africans and concepts of Africa? Join Dr. Gabriel Apata on this short online course to learn more.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00 - A history of global capitalismCourse start date: Wed 30 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vina TheodorakopoulouWant to understand the history of global capitalism? Join 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 £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - The rise and fall of Empires in Modern Times 1885-1940Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alison ApplebyIn 1885, there were numerous empires, some solely in Europe, others spanning Asia and other parts of the world. Why did some of these empires collapse and others expand as a result of the Great War? N.B. no session on Thursday 29 May 2025.
Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - The British in India II: From Crown Rule to Independence 1858-1947Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ellen CarpenterDiscover how British people lived, worked, socialized and died in India. How did their treatment of India and Indians lead to increasing calls for equal rights and then independence by nationalists across the subcontinent?Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Post-war German history: 1961 to reunification and beyondCourse start date: Fri 2 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rudolf MuhsThis course offers a broad survey of German history from the sealing of the country’s division by the Berlin Wall to its unforeseen reunification in 1989-90 and its aftermath.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - German History: Sites of Memory IICourse start date: Fri 2 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rudolf MuhsBuilding on the exploration of ten Sites of German Memory in the summer of 2024, this course will introduce and discuss ten further locations, concepts and people that enjoy a special significance in the Germany’s collective memory.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Village LondonCourse start date: Fri 2 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Hazel BakerLondon is made up of a series of villages, each with its own individual characteristics. Explore Spitalfields
Shoreditch, Finsbury, Clerkenwell, Islington, Soho, Fitzrovia and Mayfair on these 8 guided walks.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Payback Time: Historical injustices and reparationsCourse start date: Sat 3 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tariq HassanWhat does a society owe to the descendants of people colonised, brutalised or otherwise exploited? The issue of financial compensation – reparations – to make amends for past horrors and their continuing harm remains complex and contentious.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Kenya & Britain: The Mau Mau UprisingCourse start date: Sat 3 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sunday Abraham OgunodeThe Mau Mau revolution,” writes Koster, “was a violent African struggle against colonial rule and a precursor for Kenyan independence in 1963. This course is essentially designed to examine the activities of the British Empire in East Africa using the Mau Mau uprising to complicate conversions on Africans' resistance to foreign domination.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00
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