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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.
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- Spanish beginners intensive: module 1
Course start date: Thu 13 Feb 2025 (and 5 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: María IsaltLearn to speak Spanish on this lively, communicative course for complete beginners. Taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills.
Based on Units 1-3 of Nos Vemos Hoy 1; publisher: Campus Difusión (please see the relevant section for the ISBN).Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Irish history and identity 4: American and European Influences in Irish History 1798-1924Course start date: Thu 13 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Colm HickeyAlthough inextricably linked to Britain, Ireland’s history, identity, and nationhood has equally been shaped by its relationship with Europe. This course traces Ireland’s the influence of European and American
politics.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Spanish 4/5: Spanish through theatreCourse start date: Sat 15 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Diego IudicissaDo you wish to challenge yourself and explore the Spanish language through theatre? If yes, then this fun course is for you!
Designed for higher intermediate and advanced level students, it will provide a platform for practicing your Spanish skills through theater games, reading texts, and preparing mini-performances.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00 - Introduction to Egyptian and Arab cinema Course start date: Tue 18 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gillian McIverAre you curious about world cinema? Do you want to learn more about a dynamic but often neglected region of cinema culture – the Arab world? This course will introduce you to some of the classic films of the of the Egyptian cinema and its stars like Omar Sharif, including The Land (1970) and Cairo Station (1958), alongside recent films such as Chaos, Disorder (2012) and Lebanese film Capernaum (2018). Each session will include a film screening, short lecture and group discussion.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £123.00 - Westerns on Wednesday: fifties Westerns Course start date: Wed 19 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: John WischmeyerWesterns reinvented themselves in the 1950s, reaching their absolute high point both in the cinema and on television. You couldn’t move for westerns in the fifties. War films and comedies were increasingly anaemic but Westerns had an artistic renaissance as many now-canonic films were released: from Red River (1948 Howard Hawks) to Rio Grande (1950 John Ford) to Rio Bravo (1959 Howard Hawks). Westerns continued to flourish throughout the 50s both in cinemas and then at scale on television: The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Cheyenne, Wagon Train, Bonanza, and Gunsmoke, the first ‘adult western’.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Masters of cinema: Ousmane SembeneCourse start date: Wed 19 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jean-Baptiste de VaulxThe trailblazing Senegalese film director Ousmane Sembène remains the most famous filmmaker of Sub-Saharan Africa. As well as a filmmaker, he was also a celebrated literary figure, an activist, and a modern-day bard for Africa, utilising cinema as a vehicle for social change. This course offers an examination of his filmography which spanned over four decades, his distinctive style and his recurrent themes.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £110.00 - Bowers of Bliss? Gardens in PoetryCourse start date: Thu 20 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sophie OxenhamThis poetry course considers some of the many ways in which poets have written about gardens to explore a range of concerns, including sexuality and desire; corruption, decay, and mortality; retreat and consolation; growth and renewal; cultivation and wildness; and changing perspectives on the relationship between humans and nature.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Art and revolution: in the long 18th century Course start date: Fri 21 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayFrom the absolute monarch to the beheaded king, discover how artists contributed to the cultural revolutions of the ‘long 18th century’ (1630s-1800). We explore how shifts in artistic style and subject matter reflected dramatic social change. Through reading the philosophy of the age we uncover how this era’s complex notions of beauty and justice still impact art and society today. - French beginners: module 1 Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Isabelle FontanLearn French on this lively interactive course for beginners. The course will be taught in French, with an emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Memories of European colonial empireCourse start date: Fri 21 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Olivia DurandWe live in a world that still defined by different forms of imperial subjugation, but the former colonies and metropoles remember the colonial and imperial past very differently. Join us for an introduction to how the different communities and populations around the world remember and live with their imperial pasts.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Start bookbinding Course start date: Sat 22 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ina BaumeisterDiscover the art of handmade books! Progressive projects will guide you through core techniques and prepare you to experiment, design and craft your own unique books.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Voice technique: improversCourse start date: Thu 27 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate MontagueThis course will support your extended vocal development with a focus on resonance, tonality and pitch. Open to those who have completed at least one voice course previously as well as professionals looking to refresh their skills. This course will be taught in the college.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00 - Acting: scenework Course start date: Fri 28 Feb 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lawrence LambertConsolidate your techniques as you rehearse and perform in a duologue and/or a monologue from a published play text in this intensive practical course.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00 - The future of democracy Course start date: Mon 3 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Christian SchneeWant to think about and discuss what makes and breaks a democracy? Join Dr. Christian Schnee to engage in this vital discussion.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Leadership in British politics and societyCourse start date: Wed 5 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ian McGarvieThis course explores the central themes, policies, and personalities of some of Britain’s most noted political leaders in politics and society. The approach will encompass assessment of the leadership of leader from the wider political community and will incorporate the political, social, and economic context of their times.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
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