Summer courses in humanities

This Anthropology weekend workshop will introduce students to what anthropologists ‘do’ in the field and explore various ways to research the rich diversity of societies and human behaviour. Learners will critically address how ethnographic research methods have changed from 19thc classical to 21st contemporary data and digital research collection today and apply this to their own cultural fieldwork projects.

India, the world’s largest democracy has witnessed substantial growth and progress in the last two decades. Apart from being a vibrant democracy, the country has marched ahead in diverse sectors ranging from an economic growth which has been fast-paced accompanied by effective social welfare policies to path-breaking infrastructural development and space research. The course aims to reflect on India’s success story and challenges as well as examine the ways and means in which it can continue to make a mark on the global stage.

Dr Reshmi Banerjee is a political scientist with specialization in food security, agricultural policies and cross-border studies on North East India/Myanmar. She was previously a visiting research fellow in the King’s India Institute (KII), King’s College, London, an academic visitor in the Asian Studies Centre (Programme on Modern Burmese Studies) in St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, a research associate in the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, a post-doctoral fellow in the department of international relations, University of Indonesia (UI) and a researcher in the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta. Reshmi has been a Visiting Professor in Jamia Millia Islamia, a fellow in the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies (RGICS) and a visiting research fellow in the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi. She has taught in Delhi University and in the University of Indonesia (UI). She has a Masters, M.Phil and Ph.D from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi and a Masters in Museum Cultures from Birkbeck, University of London. She is the author/editor of several books and journal articles. Her research focus areas are: conflict, identity politics and institutional interventions. 

An introductory course on the achievements of the Islamic Golden Age, across all areas of civilisation, how these inspired Europe, and helped to bring about the modern world we live in.

See nature in a whole new way by learning some basic, practical tips for navigating via natural clues and signs. You’ll never be lost without your phone again! Please note that this is a one-off, offsite session. Meeting point: Hampstead Heath overground (Mildmay Line) for the June 2026 session; and meet at Greenwich Park for the October session.

Join us for 4 guided walks around London's former villages - Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, Southwark and Greenwich. Why did these areas grow up as villages and how did they become swallowed up by the city of London?