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  1. Black British Studies: Ethnicity, Race and Society
    Course start date:  Mon 30 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Michele Scott
    Join our journey, examining modern day complexities. The critical deconstruction of race, ethnicity, inequalities, life chances and Institutionalised racism in contemporary Black British Life and society.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00
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  2. Indian Women and the Raj
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 5 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  T Hussain
    Why does gender history matter and what can it tell us about the history of British colonialism and India? Join this six-week course to explore the representations and reality of Indian women’s lives during the British colonial era.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  3. Prison Labour & Prisoners' Rights in British West African Colonies
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 5 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sunday Abraham Ogunode
    This course focuses on the political economy of prison labour, what constitutes rights, and whether the prisoners had access to any form of rights given their limited agency behind the prison walls in British West African colonies.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  4. Spices, Trade, and Traditions of the Indian Sub-Continent - The Story of Food from Ancient Times to the Colonial Era
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 12 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ketan Varia
    Join us to discover the history of food on the subcontinent, from the ancient period to the colonial era.How did local climates, agricultural practices, and cultural interactions shape regional cuisines?
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00
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  5. Partition in India and Pakistan
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 12 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  T Hussain
    In 1947 British India was partitioned. This resulted in an estimated one million deaths, the largest migration of people in modern history and the formation of India and Pakistan. What were the forces which led to Partition? When did the political and cultural factors that precipitated Partition emerge and accordingly, when did partition begin?
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  6. In the footsteps of London's rebels
    Course start date:  Tue 9 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  David Rosenberg
    Explore London's places of protest and discover the stories of radicals, agitators and campaigners who fought for social justice, equal rights and better lives for all from the 1830s to the 1930s.



    The first session will be in the classroom at Keeley Street followed by 11 guided walks.
    Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00
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  7. The life and work of Sir Thomas More
    Course start date:  Tue 9 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ellen Carpenter
    Humanist scholar, Lord Chancellor of England, advocate for women’s education, opponent of Luther, careful in his avoidance in acknowledging Anne Boleyn as Henry VIII’s wife…Since the 1520s Thomas More has been celebrated, commemorated and vilified as a shrewd ‘man for all seasons.’ With such a contended reputation, how can we best understand and situate his life, work, and politics in history?
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  8. The Great (European) Powers and the Ottoman Empire: the Eastern Question, 1768-1914
    Course start date:  Tue 9 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sebastien Ardouin
    The 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 £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £201.00
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  9. Remodelling Europe after the First World War: the fate of the vanquished
    Course start date:  Wed 10 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sebastien Ardouin
    The 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 £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £201.00
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  10. Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
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  11. City of words: London's literary landscape
    Course start date:  Thu 11 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Blended (learn both online and in-person)

    Tutors:  Eleanor Jackson
    London has been muse, magnet and mecca to writers for 400 years, home to Shakespeare's successes, Dickens' dramas and Wilde's witticisms. After an introductory lecture (via zoom) we walk a different London neighbourhood each week exploring its literary connections.Break week/No class: 09/10/25. Initial lecture is on zoom . This is followed by 7 guided walks.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  12. The Ottoman Empire in world history
    Course start date:  Fri 12 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Martin Jorgensen
    Want to know more about the history of the Ottoman Empire and its legacies in the modern Middle East? Join us on this course to get an introduction.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00
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  13. Weekend Study: A short History of Subcontinent (With British Museum Visit)
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 13 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ketan Varia

    The India subcontinent is unique in its heritage and history. It has lasted through invasion, political change and assimilation. It is home to the one of the world’s oldest civilizations, the Indus Valley. Join us on this 2-day study weekend to learn more. 

    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
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  14. The Smashing Saxons: 600-1066
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Vanessa King
    Why did Offa build his dyke? Were the Vikings just ‘long-haired tourists who occasionally roughed up the natives’? Was Alfred really that great? These questions and more will be answered as we study the rise and fall of pre-Conquest England.
    Full fee £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £201.00
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  15. Tudor London
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Vanessa King
    This course will explore the dynamic development of London during the Tudor century, an era shaped by the twin influences of the Renaissance and the Reformation, and marked by the growth of London both as a capital city, the royal chamber or Camera Regis, but also as a growing port and centre of trade and craft based industry.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00
    Rating:
    93% of 100
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