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- US Vice PresidentsCourse start date: Tue 21 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Mark MalcomsonIn light of current events, the course will explore of the evolution of the role of Vice President in the US political landscape. We will also look at Vice Presidents over the last two centuries - successful and otherwise.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £19.00 - Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan 1917-21: Revolution, Conflict and Experiments in IndependenceCourse start date: Thu 23 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: David RowsonJoin our tutor David Rowson to discover the fascinating history of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, otherwise known as the South Caucasus. What impact might the Russian Revolution have on these states?Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £110.00 - The life and times of Ignatius Sancho: slave, composer, man of letters, grocer and first Black British voter
Course start date: Sat 25 Oct 2025Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: William SterlingExplore the life of the 18th century black Londoner, Ignatius Sancho. Orphaned on a slave ship bound for South America he had many lives in London: in service to noble family in Greenwich, a businessman, elector, correspondent with Laurence Sterne and others and composer of music. After his early death many of his letters were published and helped to raise awareness of the plight of black slaves and ex-slaves and fuel the drive to the abolition of slavery.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - The Spanish Empire: Power, Conquest, and LegacyCourse start date: Tue 28 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Maisa EdwardsJoin Dr. Maisa Edwards to explore the rise, global reach and fall of the Spanish Empire from the 1400s to the 1800s.
Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00 - The London of Bram Stoker and DraculaCourse start date: Tue 28 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Diane BursteinAlthough born in Ireland, Bram Stoker came to London to work with the great Actor Manager Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre and spent the rest of his life here. While working at the Lyceum he published his most famous and enduring novel “Dracula” in 1897. This virtual tour takes us to the London locations of that novel so we cover a wide range of ground from Hendon to Hampstead and Piccadilly to Pimlico tracing the footsteps of the fictional vampire and his creator. Learn about the places Stoker visited, the people he knew, the library where he researched and the history of the book on stage and screen.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - The Soviet Union and the Second World WarCourse start date: Tue 28 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Nick MorganThis course focuses on the Soviet experience of the Second World War, dating from the diplomacy of the late 1930s to the defeat of Germany and Japan in 1945.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - 'Death became a constant companion’: a history of epidemics from the Black Death to CovidCourse start date: Wed 29 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: David IngledewJoin us to discover the history of key pandemics over the centuries, from the Black Death of 1346-53, to the Covid-19 of our present day.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Latin America: From the Cold War to the presentCourse start date: Wed 29 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sebastien Ardouin(Re)discover the troubled but exciting political and socio-economic history of Latin America since the beginning of the Cold War, between dictatorship and democracy, boom and recession, and gain a deeper understanding of the current situation in the continent.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Philosophy reading group: Descartes's MeditationsCourse start date: Wed 29 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Karl WhiteDescartes’ Meditations is arguably the foundational text of modern Western philosophy influencing not only the what of philosophy, but the how and the why. Reading it together, we’ll discover the stone that created ripples still affecting our thinking today.
Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00 - Contemporary Black BritainCourse start date: Wed 29 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Michele ScottJoin a journey of the examination of the rich historical presence and contribution of the Black African and Caribbean Diaspora in Britain, from the 20th to the 21st centuries with an emphasis on key historic and influential black figures and events.
Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00 - Greek philosophy: the Hellenistic periodCourse start date: Thu 30 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: John GoffThe pursuit of happiness is ongoing. In the ancient Greek world this gave rise to several ‘philosophies of life’ that remain the cornerstone of contemporary attitudes. Join this course to explore their key sources. - Global history for beginnersCourse start date: Thu 30 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Olivia DurandWhat is global history? How is it different from other ways of understanding history? This introductory course will give you a sense of what it means to study global history.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Irish history & identity 2 : From the coming of the English invasion in 1169 to the Coronation of Henry VIII as King of Ireland in 1541.Course start date: Thu 30 Oct 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 development from the coming of the English invasion in 1169 to the Coronation of Henry V111 as King of Ireland in 1541.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - The Vichy RegimeCourse start date: Thu 30 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sebastien ArdouinBorn out of the defeat of 1940, the Vichy regime is one of the darkest periods in French history. Even if Marshal Pétain pretended he was sheltering the country from excessive demands by the Nazis, the government and administration offered themselves to the service of the enemy, often for the worst.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Historical memory in UkraineCourse start date: Sat 1 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Olivia DurandExplore 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.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00
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