Summer courses in humanities
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- 'The future is now', an introduction to video art
Course start date: Thu 5 Jun 2025Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Irina ChkhaidzeExplore the early history of video art, its rise as a medium and its significance as a contemporary art practice. We focus on the influential video works from the 1960s-1980s.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00 - Literary Adaptations: From Page to ScreenCourse start date: Thu 5 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Zoe CrombieSince the inception of film, the medium has been borrowing from literature, transforming novels, plays and poems into audio-visual experiences with varying degrees of success. Through a range of classic films, we will examine the techniques and practices available to filmmakers in the adaptation process, as well as the challenges of translating a story or concept from one form to another.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Literary Landscapes: Black London in Caleb Nelson’s Open Water and Sam Selvon’s The Lonely LondonersCourse start date: Thu 26 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Online
Black London is shifting and ever-evolving. This course explores how Costa award winning Caleb Nelson’s novel ‘Open Water’ and the great 1950’s classic of immigrant fiction, Sam Selvon’s ‘The Lonely Londoners’ reimagined our multicultural metropolis.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00
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