Explore Histories, Memories & Heritage
This collection of courses invites you to explore histories and memories of diverse communities all around the world.
Join us to learn and engage in conversations about minority communities, migrant communities, women, neurodiverse people, people facing disabilities in certain circumstances, LGBTQI+ communities and more.
Other courses will help you understand transnational memory politics. For example, the politics of heritage in British museum collections, the memory politics in war between Ukraine and Russia, and the post-1945 memory politics of the broader region of East Asia.
On these courses you will develop your historical skills with friendly support from our expert tutors. From oral history courses and storytelling courses; to advanced history courses focused on archival skills and exploring what academic history is and can be.
Curious? Join us!
34 courses available
History and memory in the United States of AmericaLearn how history is remembered and contested in the United States of America. This study day examines key historical narratives, monuments, and the role of public memory in nation-building, highlighting debates over race and ethnicity, identity, and representation.Keeley Street
Sat 3 Oct 2026Olivia DurandFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00- Contested histories: monuments, memory and power
Why do we build monuments? What do they commemorate and what do they leave out? This course explores how memorials shape and are shaped by politics, memory, and power.
Keeley Street
Thu 8 Oct 2026Vincent MarquisFull fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00 - The History of History
What are the tools and techniques used by historians and what influences the practice of writing history and how it is presented from era to era? Join Professor Pamela Pilbeam to learn more.
Keeley Street
Fri 9 Oct 2026Pamela PilbeamFull fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Influential Women of the Islamic Empires
A whistle stop tour of almost 1300 years of Islamic Empires, meeting some of the remarkable women that created Islamic history along the way.
Keeley Street
Sun 11 Oct 2026Tas RahmanFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - What the Islamic Golden Age did for Us
An introductory course on the achievements of the Islamic Golden Age, across all areas of civilisation, how these inspired Europe, and helped to bring about the modern world we live in.
Keeley Street
Sun 1 Nov 2026Tas RahmanFull fee £89.00 Senior fee £71.00 Concession £58.00 - Taster: Why are history and memory important?What is history? What does history mean to you? Is history important to society? Why or why not? Who gets to decide what and whose history is important? What are the implications of this? There are many reasons and ways to engage with history. With this course, we scratch the surface of the vast universe that is history to give you a taster.
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Mon 2 Nov 2026Olivia DurandFull fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - Historical memory in UkraineExplore how Ukraine’s past is remembered and contested. This study day examines key historical events and symbols—including the Cossacks, the Holodomor Famine, and Chernobyl—and how memory shapes Ukrainian identity, politics, and global narratives in the 21st century.
Keeley Street
Sat 7 Nov 2026Olivia DurandFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Taster: What is history? Who is it for?Join this session to discuss history, what it is, what it allows us to do and how we can all use it for excitement, learn new things and expand horisons! History is much more than you think!
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Fri 13 Nov 2026Olivia DurandFull fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - Historical memory in RussiaLearn how Russia’s past is remembered, contested, and rewritten in the present day. This study day explores Soviet and imperial legacies, historical narratives, and how memory is instrumentalised to shape national identity, politics, and contemporary conflicts.
Keeley Street
Sat 21 Nov 2026Olivia DurandFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Science in the Islamic Golden Age
An introductory course on the development of science in Islamic Empires, some of the key achievements, and how these helped to later fuel the Renaissance in Europe.
Keeley Street
Sun 22 Nov 2026Tas RahmanFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Mapping Cultures: European Cartography and Imperial Worlds
Mapping the World: Explore how cartography shapes space, place, and global histories.
Keeley Street
Wed 25 Nov 2026Yasmin HalesFull fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £90.00 - Russia and Ukraine: The memory politics of conflictThe ongoing Russian occupation of Ukraine and the Ukrainian fight for its people, land and sovereignty is not only fought on the battlefield. A significant dimension revolves around how Ukraine as a multi-cultural nation and sovereign state challenges the dominant Russian political representation of the linkage between the history of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and today's Russia. Join us to understand how both history and memory are an integral dimension of the war.
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Thu 26 Nov 2026Olivia DurandFull fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £19.00 - Taster: History and memory work as democratic practice?What is history? What does history mean to you? Is history important to society? How about memory? Who gets to decide what and whose history and memory are important? What are the implications of this? There are many reasons and ways to engage with history and memory. With this session, we scratch the surface of the vast universe that is history and memory to give you a taster of the importance of doing both as democratic practice..
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Fri 4 Dec 2026Olivia DurandFull fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - Payback time: historical injustices and reparationsWhat 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.
Keeley Street
Sat 5 Dec 2026Tariq HassanFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Digital Archaeology: AI and the Preservation of the Past
Explore how AI and digital tools are reshaping archaeology and heritage. Reflect on the ethics, power and promise of preserving the past in a data-driven world. Discuss why heritage still matters.
Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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