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All our courses here at City Lit are taught by expert tutors such as published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals. Our friendly, supportive, and inspiring tutors are here to boost your confidence and motivate you at every step. We always ensure that your journey with us is enjoyable, positive, and thought-provoking.
We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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- Japanese: writing for beginners part 1Course start date: Sat 2 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chikako NakagawaCome and improve your knowledge of the basic Japanese writing system, Hiragana and Katakana. Suitable if you are studying Japanese at beginners level.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Londinium (Roman London 47-457 CE)
Course start date: Sat 2 Nov 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jill HummerstoneA look through archaeology at the spectacular rise and fall of Londinium from c. AD 47 to its abandonment in c. AD 457. Includes an introductory lecture, and a guided city walk.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Japonisme: Japanese influence on European art in the 19th century Course start date: Sat 2 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rachel SandersExplore how 19th century European artists from the Impressionists to Art Nouveau transformed their artistic language with the study of Japanese prints.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - American conservatism from Hoover to Trump Course start date: Sat 2 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Brian KennedyThis is a one-day course which will provide an overview of conservatism in American politics and how the ideology has evolved over time. - A women’s history of modern China Course start date: Sat 2 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Qiuyang ChenDiscover the untold stories and hidden legacies of women in modern China in this illuminating one-day course. Traverse time, from the late Qing Dynasty to the present, to examine how women have shaped and been shaped by social, political, and cultural currents.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Screening the vampire: from Nosferatu (1922) to Renfield (2023) Course start date: Sat 2 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul SuttonF. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) is acknowledged as one of the all-time greats of cinema, expressing as one critic describes it, the ‘poetry of fear’ and as one of the first feature length vampire films it’s influence, and legacy has been widely felt. Chris McKay’s Renfield (2023), comes just over one hundred years after Nosferatu and marks one of the most recent instalments in a genre that continues to renew itself for each generation of film viewers. Exploring a range of key vampire films from across this century of cinema, this course will explore why the vampire film remains such a popular sub-genre of the horror film and it will consider why it continues to exercise such power over its spectators.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Create a website using CanvaCourse start date: Sun 3 Nov 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This is a new course In the Business and Technology department, and we are currently developing the course outline. Please check back soon.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - Meditation for pain relief and wellbeingCourse start date: Sun 3 Nov 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sally PageWhether you experience long term physical or acute pain, unpleasant body symptoms or simply want to understand the pain better or improve your health and wellbeing, this course offers the possibilities available to you. It will also guide you to the direct experience of peace, a relaxed body and improved functioning as well as providing you with the know how to make the choice.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Study day: Velázquez, painter to the King Course start date: Sun 3 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mark Stuart-SmithInvestigate the work of the Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, including enigmatic paintings such as Las Meninas (1656), and learn about how his art relates to his political role as court painter to Philip IV. Includes visit to the National Gallery.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - A short introduction to Apple PhotosCourse start date: Thu 7 Nov 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael HardingLearn how to use Apple’s built in Photos programme to improve your skills in repairing, improving and organising your photographs.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Nature and landscape photography: London locationCourse start date: Fri 8 Nov 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Rachel WeghWidllife in the city is an exciting opportunity to work off-site and enjoy various surroundings focusing on flora and fauna. Travel to some of some of London’s finest open spaces whilst learning the photography skills required in focusing on details, landscape and capturing natures beauty. Ideal for beginners, those who want to broaden their photography skills and those wishing to continue building their photography portfolio.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00 - Pilates Chill Out and Relaxation AfternoonCourse start date: Sat 9 Nov 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cathy NorrisTake time out to relax and de-stress by spending an afternoon performing gentle Pilates movements and learning relaxation techniques. This is taught at a gentle and enjoyable pace and is suitable for all, including complete beginners.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - British history: Healers, health care and hospitals from the Romans to the late 20th Century Course start date: Sat 9 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Explore the development of healers (doctors, nurses, midwives, and others), health care and hospitals in Britain between the early medieval period and the late 20th Century.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Study day: Impressionism – radical style
Course start date: Sat 9 Nov 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rachel SandersExplore the Impressionist movement, focusing on Monet as its key example, considering such issues as stylistic progress, artistic influences, material developments, modern subject matter, and social context.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Payback Time: Historical injustices and reparationsCourse start date: Sat 9 Nov 2024
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
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