French season
Join us for our exciting French season, exploring the culture of France across time through art history, literature, film and language. You can dip in with our short lunchtime lectures on topics such as Lunchtime lecture: Berthe Morisot's Impressionist group or Lunchtime lecture: Vincent van Gogh - London, Paris, and Japan.
Or perhaps you'd like to extend your knowledge further with short courses such as Nineteenth Century French Fiction, The art of the French Renaissance or The French Resistance during the Second World War.
You can also support your studies by taking one of our French language courses.
Explore the full French Season programme below.
- French and Russian literatureCourse start date: Tue 30 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Richard NilandExplore classic texts of 19th century French and Russian literature, discussing literary style, themes, and contexts as a way of developing and sharing responses to celebrated European writing. Among the French writers examined will be Stendhal, Baudelaire, Flaubert and Rimbaud, with our Russians including Pushkin, Lemontov, and Tolstoy.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Seventeenth century Europe: the age of monarchyCourse start date: Fri 3 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vanessa KingPost-Reformation Europe saw endemic warfare and plague. It was also an age of absolutism where royal courts reached their apogee as centres of patronage and splendour.
.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - French beginners: module 1
Course start date: Thu 9 May 2024 (and 11 other dates)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pascale VuittenezLearn French in the heart of London on this lively interactive course for beginners. The course will be taught in French, with an emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills.
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 - Friday lates: Agnes Martin - pioneer, painter, iconCourse start date: Fri 14 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Henry MartinThis course examines the unconventional life and artworks of Agnes Martin (1912–2004), regarded as one of the great artists of the Twentieth Century. Topics covered include Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, LGBTQ artists, and the role of the biography in Art History.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - French beginners: an introduction Course start date: Wed 10 Jul 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pascale VuittenezGet ready for a new challenge and join this intensive course for complete beginners.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £90.00 - French beginners at a gentle pace: module 1 Course start date: Thu 26 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Yolande Mallet De ChaunyDo you want to start learning French but worried that you might not be able to keep up? Our French at a gentle pace courses are designed to cover the same material as our standard French courses, but at a slightly slower pace, and with more opportunities for revision built in.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - French rapidement: module 1
Course start date: Wed 9 Oct 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michel WillameThis course for beginners is suitable if you already speak a Romance language like Spanish, French, Portuguese or Romanian. It might also be suitable if you would like to learn at a much faster pace. This course, together with module 2 and module 3 covers year one and two (French 1 and French 2 Lower). Expect more homework than in other courses.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00 - Britain and France in the Hitler yearsCourse start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alison ApplebyThis course will explore how Britain and France reacted to the rise of Hitler and how the Nazi dictatorship led to strife between former allies, but eventual partnership and triumph.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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