Study European History
Courses Online & In London
From emperors to émigrés, revolutions to superpowers, look at the events that shaped and are shaping modern Europe. With the continent’s rich history of conflicts, cultures and coalitions – courses offer detail into the most significant events and periods in European history.
- The emergence of Europe 300-1000
Course start date: Mon 14 Sep 2026Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vanessa KingExplore reasons for the fall of Rome and the emergence of the ‘barbarian’ kingdoms of western Europe. Was it really ‘the Dark Ages’? Were the Vikings simply long-haired tourists who occasionally beat up the natives?
Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Medieval Women: Nuns, Tarts, Trouble and StrifeCourse start date: Mon 14 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vanessa KingFrom labourers to tavern-keepers, mothers to rebels, this seven-week course uncovers the many roles medieval women played, revealing how they navigated, influenced, and survived in a male-dominated world
Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £110.00 - The Stalin Regime: 1928-1941 Course start date: Mon 14 Sep 2026
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.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - From the Congress of Berlin of 1878 to 1914: how Europe went from peace to warCourse start date: Tue 15 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sebastien ArdouinWhat led to the Great War? Come and analyse the territorial, political, diplomatic and socio-economic transformations of Europe from the last quarter of the 19th century to understand how the continent descended into hell in 1914.
Full fee £329.00 Senior fee £263.00 Concession £214.00 - The Great (European) Powers and the Ottoman Empire: the Eastern Question, 1768-1914 Course start date: Wed 16 Sep 2026
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 £329.00 Senior fee £263.00 Concession £214.00 - Eastern Europe during the Cold War, 1945-1990Course start date: Thu 17 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sebastien ArdouinWhat led to the establishment of the communist regimes of Eastern Europe, how did they evolve, and why did they collapse? What was life like for citizens of the Eastern bloc?
Full fee £329.00 Senior fee £263.00 Concession £214.00 - Remodelling Europe after the Great War: the fate of the vanquishedCourse start date: Thu 17 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sebastien ArdouinThe defeat of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria in 1918 had profound territorial, political and economic consequences on the future of these countries, some of which are still felt today.
Full fee £329.00 Senior fee £329.00 Concession £214.00 - Europe in the Age of Discovery 1400-1500 Course start date: Fri 18 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vanessa KingExplore the growth and expansion of post-plague Europe thatwitnessednot onlythe splendour of Burgundy,the rise of printing,unification of Spainandthe Renaissance,butalsothe Age of Explorationthat led tocolonialism and slavery
Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - European history: from Pen to Print 600-1650Course start date: Fri 18 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vanessa KingFrom medieval manuscripts to explosive print culture, this course uncovers censorship, book markets, pamphlets, and changing readerships between 600 and 1650-revealing how texts shaped belief, authority, and society.
Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Myths and realities of the First World WarCourse start date: Tue 22 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Matthew PowellThe First World War is a contested topic within British popular memory and has led to the emergence of many myths that cloud the reality of Britain during this conflict.
Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £123.00 - Medieval European Pilgrimage part 1: Pilgims and the Long HaulCourse start date: Wed 23 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael BloomfieldAn illustrated introduction to medieval pilgrimage across Europe and the Holy Land, exploring why people travelled, where they went, and what they experienced on some of the most demanding long-distance journeys of the medieval world.
Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00 - Al-Andalus: A History of Muslim Spain Course start date: Thu 24 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael SchraerThis course explores almost 800 years of Muslim Spain, its origins, history and legacy.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00 - German History from Charlemagne to Napoleon (c.800 to 1815) Course start date: Wed 30 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rudolf MuhsThe course offers a broad survey of the history of the German lands under the Holy Roman Empire
(800 to c. 1800).Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Nazi Germany: politics, society, war and genocide Course start date: Fri 2 Oct 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rudolf MuhsThis course offers a broad survey of Nazi Germany, its leaders and its population, its racial ideology, political ambitions and structures of rule, its opponents and its victims, and its ultimate descent into world war and genocide.
Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - The French RevolutionCourse start date: Wed 14 Oct 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Zoe QuinnFew events in history have reshaped the world like the French Revolution. It overthrew a monarchy, challenged centuries-old traditions, and unleashed forces that still shape our lives today-democracy, nationalism, and the rights of citizens.
In this course, we’ll explore the Revolution’s dramatic highs and brutal lows: from the storming of the Bastille and the fall of the monarchy to the Terror and the rise of Napoleon. Along the way, we’ll meet idealists, radicals, reformers, and opportunists, and examine the big ideas-liberty, equality, fraternity-that lit a fire across Europe.
Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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