Upcoming courses and events

Magnificent Roman Villas of Tivoli

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

The Knights Templar in Britain

A 2 week online history and heritage course

Joan Beaufort’s second marriage: a cause of the Wars of the Roses?

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

Inflation, Welfare and Pensions

A half-day online social sciences course

Marvellous Medieval Manuscripts: The Lindisfarne Gospels

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

A Brief History of the Library

A half-day online history and heritage course

Modern Art in 100 Works (1900-2015)

A 2 week online history of art course

Mental Health and Social Crisis: The Effects of Contagion, Conflict and the Climate on Psychological Well-being

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

TS Eliot’s Four Quartets

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

Virgil’s ‘Aeneid’: Epic Insight into Augustan Rome

A 2 week online history and heritage course

The Battle of Bannockburn

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

Our National Beverage: Britain and the China Tea Trade From the 17th to the 19th Centuries

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

A History of Animals in York

A half-day online history and heritage course

The Mystery of Existence

A half-day online philosophy/religion course

The Arcane Art of Editing: How to Take your First Draft to a Polished Piece

A half-day online creative writing course

Medieval Palaeography

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

Joan of Arc: God’s Warrior Maiden

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

Kind of Blue: The History of Jazz

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

Beyond the Register: Parish and Probate

A half-day online history and heritage course

Coins in Roman Britain

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

Documenting the Dissolution

A half-day online history and heritage course

The Remarkable History of Islamic Jewellery

A 2 week online history of art course

What is Consciousness?

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

Using Psychology to Shape a Character

A half-day online creative writing course

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians

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

History of Anglo-Saxon Kent

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

The Taiwan-China Diplomatic Rivalry

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

Fossils of the Yorkshire Coast

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

‘Where the world meets the sky': A journey through the poetical landscapes of Alfred Lord Tennyson

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

The Visual Politics of 21st Century Refugee and Migrant Crises in Europe

A 7 week history of art course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Poetry of the Romantic Era

An 8 week online literature course

Magic, Quests and Dragons: Writing Fantasy Fiction

A half-day online creative writing course

The Ratline: Nazi Fugitives

A 10 week online history and heritage course

Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Roman Gossip and History

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

Machines, Monsters, Magic and Murder: Writing Genre Fictions (Accredited Module)

An online 11 week accredited creative writing module

The Age of Justinian (Accredited Module)

An online 11 week accredited history and heritage module

Writing the Climate (Accredited Module)

An 11 week online accredited literature module

What if…? Writing Counterfactual and Alternate History

A 10 week online history and heritage course

The Art of the Mughals in the Indian Subcontinent

An 6 week online history of art course

The Consolations of Poetry: How Words Can Soothe our Stressed Minds

An 8 week online literature course

An Introduction to the Psychology of Music

A 10 week music, stage and screen course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Philosophy of Mind

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

History of Medieval Women II: Mystics, Gentlewomen and Merchants’ Wives

A 10 week online history and heritage course

Ekphrasis (Accredited Module)

An 11 week accredited creative writing module (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Knights, Chivalry and Tournaments: From the Normans to Victorians (Accredited Module)

An online 11 week accredited history and heritage module

Introduction to Political Philosophy (Accredited Module)

An 11 week accredited philosophy module (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Developmental Disorders of Communication and Learning (Accredited Module)

An 11 week accredited social sciences module (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The World of Eleanor of Aquitaine

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)

Andean Art and Archaeology

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

Artistic Exchange in the Medieval Mediterranean

An 8 week online history of art course

Sensory Encounters with the Environment in Contemporary Art

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

Roses are Red and White: Four of Yorkshire and Lancashire’s Finest Writers

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

An Introduction to Human Rights

A 10 week online social sciences course

Medieval Monasteries and Monastic Orders

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

Venetian Painting 1530-1590 (Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese)

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

The Literary Landscapes of Sir Walter Scott

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

The Archaeology of York's Historic Buildings (Accredited Module)

An 11 week accredited archaeology module (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

An Introduction to Art History (Accredited module)

An online 11 week accredited history of art module

A Study in Scarlet: Reading and Writing Crime (Accredited Module)

An online 11 week accredited literature module

History of France: From its Origins to the Renaissance

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

Stephen and Matilda: The First Civil Wars?

A 10 week online history and heritage course

The Apocalyptic Imagination and Visual Culture

A 10 week online history of art course

The International Politics of the Asia-Pacific

A 10 week online social sciences course

Writing Poems About Loss

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

Victoria and Albert's Visits to York

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

The Holy City of Jerusalem Along the Ages

A 2 week online history of art course

A Day with Shakespeare’s Sonnets

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

The Art of Psychic Distance

A half-day online creative writing course

The History of Clifford's Tower and of the Castle of York

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

Life in the Workhouse

A half-day online history and heritage course

Mental Health and Mental-Healthism

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

Dante’s Francesca and Beatrice through the lens of Chaucer’s Wife of Bath

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

Education in Early Modern England (c.1480 - c.1650)

A 2 week online history and heritage course

Alice de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln and Salisbury

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

Schubert’s Settings of Schiller

A 2 week music, stage and screen course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Introduction to the Poetry of RS Thomas

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

Henry VII's Visits to York: A Tale of Pageants and Rebels

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

Identifying Animal Bones: An Introduction

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

A Day with Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A 2 week online literature course

The Death of God

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

Introduction to Nature Writing

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

York’s Medieval City Walls

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

One Hundred Years of Solitude

A 2 week online literature course

Margaret Beaufort 'My Lady the King's Mother'

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

History Through Chinese Export Art

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

A Mad World: An Introduction to the Cultural History of Mental Illness in Britain

A half-day online history and heritage course

Exploring Queer Poetry from South Asia

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

‘A Man Beloved by God’: Oswald, King of Northumbria

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

The Textures of Medieval Embroidery

A 2 week history of art course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Asteroseismology: Dancing with the Stars

A 2 week science and earth science course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Whodunnit? Crafting Convincing Mysteries

A half-day online creative writing course

Pottery in Archaeology

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

Eccentric Poetics

A half-day online creative writing course

The Mystery of Pope Joan

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

When Seville was the Capital of the World

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

Ismat Chughtai’s The Quilt and its Queer Descendant

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

Gems from the Vinyl Vaults: Unsung Heroes and Heroines of Rock, Folk, Blues and Soul

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