Courses in war and society

War both affects and springs from society and is therefore something we need to understand and challenge. 

City Lit was established to offer learning opportunities in the humanities after the First World War, with veterans being amongst our first learners. Our courses also ran in air raid shelters during the Second World War. In this way, City Lit shares with humanity how war has been part of our journey.

There is a need for us all to understand the causes, impacts and legacies of conflict and wars, past, present and future. To support that commitment and apply our heritage, this collection of inter-disciplinary courses explores the relationship between philosophical, historical and sociological perspectives of war and society.