Upcoming courses and events

Strathclyde: the Last Kingdom of the Britons?

A half-day online history and heritage course

A History of Islamic Carpets

A 2 week online history of art course

The Story and Characters in the Bayeux Tapestry

A full-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Meaning, Experience and Science: The Philosophy of Edmund Husserl

A half-day online philosophy course

The Queer Middle Ages

An 11 week accredited history module

Aesthetics: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art

An 11 week on campus accredited philosophy module

An Introduction to Social Research Methods

An online 11 week accredited social sciences module

The History and Theory of Archaeology

An online 11 week accredited archaeology module

In Short: Writing the Short Story

An online 11 week accredited creative writing module

Kings of England, Lords of France: The Angevins

An online 11 week accredited history module

Great Adaptations: The Art and Ethics of Re-Writing

An online 11 week accredited creative writing/ literature module

Great Adaptations: The Art and Ethics of Re-Writing

An online 11 week accredited creative writing module

Medieval Art (c.300-c.1500)

An online 11 week accredited history of art module

Great Adaptations: The Art and Ethics of Re-Writing

An online 11 week accredited literature/ creative writing module

The Tudors: Power and Religion (1485-1603)

An online 11 week accredited history module

An Introduction to Psychology

An on campus 11 week accredited social sciences module

Who did it? How? And why? Follow the sleuths on a journey through the crime fiction of Dorothy L Sayers and Agatha Christie

An 8 week online literature course

Philosophy of Time

A 5 week philosophy/religion course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Life and Dispute in Early Modern France and England

An 6 week online history and heritage course

Debating History

An 8 week online history and heritage course

Modernist Women Writers and the Short Story: Woolf, Mansfield, Sinclair

An 8 week online literature course

Free Will

An 8 week online philosophy/religion course

The Romantic Symphony

An 8 week music, stage and screen course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Reading for Creative Writers

An 8 week online creative writing course

The Viking Age

An 8 week online history and heritage course

Homo Sapiens: a Journey through the Ice Age

An 8 week online history and heritage course

Family Life in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century England

An 8 week online history and heritage course

Images and Human Rights

A 5 week online history of art course

York and Canterbury: History of a Rivalry

An 8 week history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

What Exists, and How Many?

An 8 week philosophy/religion course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Writing for Calm and Relaxation

A 6 week online creative writing course

The Hundred Years’ War

An 8 week online history and heritage course

Indonesian Heritage from Time to Time

An 8 week online history and heritage course

“Man, you must be puttin' me on”: Bob Dylan the Nobel Poet

An 8 week music, stage and screen course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Public Speaking for Beginners

An 6 week life skills course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Strange Laws of Medieval Europe

An 8 week history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

English Civil Wars and Revolution

An 8 week online history and heritage course

Writing the Museum

An 8 week creative writing course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Medieval Pilgrims and Pilgrimages

An 8 week online history and heritage course

Hitler’s Public Image: Creating and Sustaining a Myth

An 8 week online history and heritage course

The Value and Meaning of Life

An 8 week online philosophy/religion course

Print in Early Modern England

An 8 week history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Beating the Clock: Strategies for an Ageless Brain

An 8 week online life skills course

The Geography of York

A half-day earth science course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Who Was the Black Prince?

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

The Medieval Village

A half-day online history and heritage course

The History of York’s Merchant Adventurers and their Hall

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Philosophy and Fiction: an Introduction

A full-day philosophy/religion course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Kindness: a Sociological Approach to Understanding Why People and Communities are Compassionate

A half-day social sciences course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

The Poetry of GM Hopkins

A half-day literature course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Climate Conversations

A 6 week science and earth science course

What's Blocking You?

A full-day creative writing course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Archive of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of the City of York

A half-day online history and heritage course

Elizabeth Wydville: The Worst Possible Bride for Edward IV?

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Science vs Poetry in the 19th Century

A full-day literature course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Tracking Your Future, Ensuring Your Social Responsibility: The Surveillance State and the Future of Money

A full-day social sciences course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Archaeology of Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations

A full-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Introduction to Heraldry

A full-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Konya, the Pearl of Central Anatolia

A full-day history of art course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Tales of ETA Hoffmann

A half-day literature course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Poems About Loss

A half-day creative writing course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Edward III and The Order of the Garter

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Britain and the Chinese Communist Party: Often Rivals, Sometimes Enemies, Rarely Friends

A 2 week history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Mental-Healthism: Do We Worry Too Much About our Mental Health?

A half-day social sciences course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

John Barleycorn and Matty Groves: Icons of British Folk Music

A full-day music, stage and screen course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Medieval and Tudor Festivals and Holidays

A full-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Life and Works of Lord Alfred Tennyson

A 2 week online literature course

A History of Animals in York

A half-day online history and heritage course

York Myths: The Legend of St Helena

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Frida Kahlo: between Political Activism and Creativity

A 2 week online history of art course

Introduction to Process Philosophy

A full-day philodophy/religion course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Just for Laughs: An Introduction to Writing Comedy

A half-day online creative writing course

The Heritage of Indonesia and Southeast Asia

A half-day online history and heritage course

Mantegna and Bellini: Elan vs Serenity

A half-day history of art course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Unhealthy Commodities: Nudges, Bans or Laissez-faire?

A half-day online social sciences course

Preparing to Submit Your Manuscript

A half-day creative writing course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Emotional Ties that Bind: Exploring Love in the Old Norse Family

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Alcuin of York: In Search of Wisdom

A full-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Rebooting the Classics

A half-day online literature course

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Time

A full-day philosophy/religion course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Who Was Macbeth?

A half-day online history and heritage course

How to Write a Page-Turner: Finding and Keeping Narrative Tension

A 3 week online creative writing course

How did the Middle Ages Feel?

An 8 week history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Persons and Personal Identity: What Are We?

A half-day philosophy/religion course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Medieval Money, Trade And Banking

An 8 week online history and heritage course

At the Source of the Image: Prehistoric Art in Europe

An 8 week online history and heritage course

Philosophy and Fiction

An 8 week online philosophy/religion course

What If… Speculative Fiction

An 8 week online creative writing course

York Medieval Stained Glass in situ

A 10 week history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based and in in situ churches)

To Whomsoever it May Concern: Creating fiction through diaries, letters and other forms of communication

An online 11 week accredited creative writing module

A History, Rise and Demise of Western Monasticism (c.600-c.1500)

An online 11 week accredited history module

Writing the Climate

An online 11 week accredited literature module

Reconsidering Society: Learning to Think Sociologically

An online 11 week accredited social sciences course

The Gestapo in Germany

A 10 week online history and heritage course

Art and Fascism in Italy

A 6 week online history of art course

The Body in the Library: An Introduction to Crime Writing

A 10 week online literature course

An Introduction to Icelandic Literature, Past to Present

A 10 week literature course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Ancient Greek Philosophy

A 10 week online philosophy/religion course

Opium Wars, Unequal Treaties, Gunboats and Rebellions: Britain and China 1600-1949

A 10 week history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

History of Spain: Roman, Visigothic, Muslim, Jew and Christian

A 10 week online history and heritage course

Writing Middle Grade Fiction

An on campus 11 week accredited creative writing module

Becket's World: Thomas Becket and the Twelfth Century Renaissance

An online 11 week accredited history module

Victorian Art

An online 11 week accredited history of art module

An Introduction to Health Psychology

An online 11 week accredited social sciences course

The History of Normandy: From the Vikings to D-Day

A 10 week online history and heritage course

Following the Way: Insights into Pilgrimage

A 10 week history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Rethinking Violence through Images

An 8 week online history of art course

From Lyonesse to Launceston: The Literary Landscape of Cornwall

A 10 week online literature course

Between the Sheets: Literary Liaisons of 20th century Women Writers

An 8 week literature course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Current Issues in Philosophy

An 8 week online philosophy/religion course

The Age of Chivalry

A 10 week history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Raphael and his Circle

A 10 week history of art course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

An Introduction to British Archaeology

An online 11 week accredited archaeology module

Scholasticism: An Introduction to Medieval Philosophy

An on campus 11 week accredited philosophy module

By Right or by Might? The Wars of the Roses in the North

A 10 week online history and heritage course

A Fresh Look at the Borgias

A 10 week online history and heritage course

The Neo-Romantic Vision in British Art

An 5 week online history of art course

Unreliable and Unhinged

A 10 week online literature course

Having Rights and Doing Right

An 8 week online philosophy/religion course

The Embryo Unfolding: an Introduction to Becoming You

A 9 week online natural science course

How to Transform 'An Idea' into a Story

A half-day online creative writing course

Hands-on Archaeology - Understanding the Past through Objects

A full-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Who Wrote the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle?

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

The Making of Modern China

A 2 week online history and heritage course

Anger and Anxiety Management

A full-day social sciences course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Suleiman the Magnificent and the Knights Hospitaller

A full-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Clarifying the Commonwealth: Who, What, and Why

A half-day online history and heritage course

Ravenna as the Capital of the Byzantine Empire

A two week online history of art course

King Arthur, History and Legend

A full-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Who Killed Amy Robsart?

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Songs of Travel

A half-day online creative writing course

Interpreting Landscapes: Maps and Plans at the Borthwick Institute

A half-day online history and heritage course

Introduction to the Poetry of Dylan Thomas

A half-day literature course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Happy Ever Afters: An Introduction to Writing Romance Fiction

A half-day online creative writing course

Roman Britain - A History through Coins

A full-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Lady Jane Grey: 'The Nine Days Queen'

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Do I Dare to Eat a Peach? A Date with TS Eliot

A full-day literature course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Life and Times of Eleanor of Aquitaine

A full-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Adapting Frankenstein

A full-day literature course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

A Mindful Morning: Bringing Awareness to Everyday Life

A half-day life skills course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Writing Historical Fiction

A half-day online creative writing course

Henry IV: Treason, Heresy and Lollardy

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

An Introduction to Sea Literature

A 2 week online literature course

Animal Matters

A full-day philosophy/religion course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Benedictines and Cistercians in Yorkshire

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

A Short History of Islamic Gardens

A full-day history of art course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

A Beginner’s Guide to Writing a Novel

A full-day creative writing course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Eleanor Cobham: a Royal Witch?

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

York’s Medieval City Walls

A half-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)