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We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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- Stories of London
Course start date: Wed 1 May 2024Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Tutors: Eleanor JacksonExplore London’s rich history in a series of guided walks. Each week we examine a different neighbourhood & era from the capital’s past. We look at its people, both rich and poor, & the events that shaped the city.
Initial lecture via Zoom followed by 6 guided walks.
This course will be delivered online and in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Post-war German history: 1961 to reunification and beyondCourse start date: Wed 1 May 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rudolf MuhsThis course offers a broad survey of German history from the sealing of the country’s division by the Berlin Wall to its unforeseen reunification in 1989-90 and its aftermath.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00 - Sweet Thames, run softly: a cultural exploration Course start date: Wed 8 May 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eleanor JacksonThe Thames runs like a silver thread through London’s history. It has been a muse & inspiration for centuries. This course examines its impact on our city, how it’s enriched & influenced our lives, both upstream & down.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Dickens' London Course start date: Wed 10 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Molly RumbelowFull fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Communism in the USSR: 1945-1991 Course start date: Wed 15 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nick MorganThis course is an introduction to the history of the Soviet regime from the moment of its victory in the Second World
War to its collapse in 1991. - Terrific Tudors: Act Three: Social lifeCourse start date: Wed 15 May 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vanessa KingExplore the everyday life of men and women during the closing years of the Tudors as revealed in the works of local historians and other contemporary material.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Ways into advanced literature: disruptors, transgressors and storytellersCourse start date: Wed 22 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Patricia SweeneyExplore the rewards of close reading analysis, focusing on fiction, drama and the literary essay. Read, analyse and debate works from the mid-twentieth century that challenged the status quo and entered into the debates of the time. Includes 'A Single Man' by Christopher Isherwood, 'A Delicate Balance' by Edward Albee and 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem' by Joan Didion.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - Reading Shakespeare: a director's perspective - Twelfth Night and Two Gentlemen of VeronaCourse start date: Wed 22 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laura BaggaleyTake a fresh look at Shakespeare, exploring selected plays in the company of an experienced theatre director. With performance in mind, we will examine the language of The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Twelfth Night,
and discuss how Shakespeare’s use of verse evolves over the course of his career.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Contemporary women's fictionCourse start date: Wed 22 May 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Fiona McCullochDiscuss a selection of novels written by women in contemporary British society. Focusing on the 21st century, we consider the concerns of fiction in grappling with representing the now. We will make links between literary texts and social context to consider how fiction might be influenced by and influencing the real world beyond its covers. Texts include Bernardine Evaristo's Mr. Loverman (2013), Jenni Fagan's The Panopticon (2013) and Ali Smith's Hotel World (2002).
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00 - Cities of Gold: Pre-Columbian Civilizations of North and Central America (2),Course start date: Wed 29 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Max CarocciJoin Dr. Carocci to explore the little known history of pre-Columbian civilizations North of Mexico and their links to Aztec and other Mexican cultures.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - The Portuguese Empire; establishment, world-making, demise and legaciesCourse start date: Wed 5 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ingrid Aguiar SchlindweinA journey through the rise and fall of the Portuguese Empire. Uncover pioneering navigation, understand colonial societies in Brazil, Africa, and Asia through their economies, culture, independence struggles, and legacies.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Ways of reading: aspects of narrative theoryCourse start date: Wed 19 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jenny StevensWhat do we mean by ‘literary fiction’? What expectations do we bring to the novels we read? Do we really ‘escape’ when we enter fictional worlds? These are just some of the questions addressed in a course which focuses on the analysis of prose fiction. Reading texts as short as one-sentence ‘flash fiction’ to complete short stories, it engages with writing from a wide range of periods and authors, paying close attention to narrative techniques and their effects.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - Further village London
Course start date: Wed 19 Jun 2024Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Paul Sinclair
A further five walks around London's former villages - Hampstead, Highgate, Fitzrovia and Soho.
Why did these areas grow up as villages and how did they become swallowed up by the city of London?
First meeting place: Hampstead, meet at Hampstead tube. - The Mamluks (1250-1517) and the endless war against the Crusaders in the Holy LandCourse start date: Wed 3 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Roberta MarinThis course will trace the political history of the Mamluks, from humble beginnings to the golden age of the sultanate. Special attention will be dedicated to their role as fierce opponents of the Crusaders.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Oral Storytelling and Historical NarrativesCourse start date: Wed 17 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Maame BlueUsing Afro-Caribbean oral storytelling techniques, Black British history and contemporary literature, develop your creative writing and narrative storytelling abilities with this 6-week online course.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £66.00
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