History and Heritage
Our 2019/20 courses are listed below, and can all be booked online (click on the link on the course page).
Autumn Term Courses
Online Courses
- The History of London’s Transport (1860-1962) (Autumn) - from 30 September 2019
Daytime and Evening Courses
- A Brief History of the Medieval Papacy - Monday evenings from 30 September 2019
- Feminists before Feminism: A History of Women's Thought Before 1895 - Monday evenings from 30 September 2019
- From Friend to Foe: Byzantium and Venice (c.900-c.1300) - Monday evenings from 30 September 2019
- 'No more brain than I have in mine elbows'? Neanderthals in Perspective - Monday evenings from 30 September 2019
- Illuminated Manuscripts - Tuesday afternoons from 1 October 2019
- Splendid Isolation? Britain and the World from the First World War to Brexit - Tuesday evenings from 1 October 2019
- The Making of Europe - Tuesday evenings from 1 October 2019
- Die DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik): Life and Culture - Wednesday afternoons from 2 October 2019
- Medieval Yorkshire Monasteries - Wednesday afternoons from 2 October 2019
- Opium Wars, Unequal Treaties, Gunboats and Rebellions: Britain and China (1685-1949) - Wednesday afternoons from 2 October 2019
- Britain During the Reign of George III (1760-1820) - Wednesday evenings from 2 October 2019
- The Archaeology of the River Nile: Egypt to Ethiopia - Wednesday evenings from 2 October 2019
- The Gothic Cathedral - Wednesday evenings from 2 October 2019
- The Queen and the Sultan: England and the Ottoman Empire - Wednesday evenings from 2 October 2019
- Germany (1871-1949): From Unification to Division - Thursday evenings from 3 October 2019
- Rome and Byzantium: Everyday Life in the Imperial Cities - Thursday afternoons from 3 October 2019
- Thatcherism - Thursday afternoons from 3 October 2019
- Writing to the King: Petitioning in Medieval England - Thursday evenings from 3 October 2019
Saturday Courses
- History Mysteries: Was Edward II Murdered? - 5 October 2019
- The Grammar School in England (c.1480-c.1650) - 5 October 2019
- The Viking Age - 5 October 2019
- Identifying Animal Bones: An Introduction - 12 October 2019
- The Truth about Life in Medieval York - 12 October 2019
- 'The Year of Miracles': 1759 and the Founding of the British - 12 October 2019
- Markets and Fairs Over Eight Centuries - 26 October 2019
- The British and French Campaigns in Egypt and Syria (1798-1801) - 26 October 2019
- Who was King Harold? - 26 October 2019
- History Mysteries: The Death of Richard II - 2 November 2019
- Sainte-Chapelle: The Making of France - 2 November 2019
- History of Grays Court: The Oldest Inhabited House in York - 9 November 2019
- September 1939: A Not Unexpected War? - 9 November 2019
- People and Place Names - 16 November 2019
- Troy and the Mycenaean World - 16 November 2019
- ‘Art in Little’ at the Tudor Court - 23 November 2019
- The Mysteries of Mother Shipton and her Links to York - 23 November 2019
- Simon de Montfort and the Origins of Parliament - 30 November 2019
- Working on the Line: the Life and Times of York's Early Railway Families - 30 November 2019
- A Mad World: An Introduction to the Cultural History of Madness and Mental Health in Britain - 7 December 2019
- 'Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive!' The Berlin Wall Falls - 7 December 2019
- The Story and Characters in the Bayeux Tapestry - 14 December 2019
- 'Purloined by Travelling Antiquaries' and other Peculiar Tales of Medieval Pavements - 14 December 2019
Spring Term Courses
Online Courses
- The Development and Impact of Britain’s Railways (1825-1914) - from 20 January 2020
Daytime and Evening Courses
- Education in Early Modern England (c.1480-c.1650) - Monday evenings from 20 January 2020
- Fascism(s): Past and Present - Monday evenings from 20 January 2020
- Behind the Front Door: A Glimpse into York's Social History - Tuesday afternoons from 21 January 2020
- The First North Americans - Tuesday afternoons from 21 January 2020
- The Twelfth-Century Renaissance - Tuesday afternoons from 21 January 2020
- Heretics and Inquisitors in Thirteenth Century Languedoc - Tuesday evenings from 21 January 2020
- Intertwined Lives: A Short History of Animals in the Past - Tuesday evenings from 21 January 2020
- Medieval Ships and Shipping: From Viking Longboats to Venetian Galleys - Tuesday evenings from 21 January 2020
- Berlin Wintergarten (1895) to Babelsberg, Potsdam (1940) - Wednesday afternoons from 22 January 2020
- Norman Abbeys in Normandy, England and Italy - Wednesday afternoons from 22 January 2020
- Other People’s Money: Swindles, Manias, Bubbles and Crashes - Wednesday afternoons from 22 January 2020
- ‘This Nation’s Saving Grace’: The Politics of Popular Culture in Post-War Britain - Wednesday evenings from 22 January 2020
- Gender and Work Through the Ages (c.1300-c.2000) - Wednesday evenings from 22 January 2020
- Historical Drama on Screen - Wednesday evenings from 22 January 2020
- The Dreyfus Affair - Thursday afternoons from 23 January 2020
- Travelling in the Middle Ages - Thursday afternoons from 23 January 2020
- Great Stately Homes in Northern England - Thursday evenings from 23 January 2020
- The Wars of the Three Edwards (1272-1377) - Thursday evenings from 23 January 2020
Saturday Courses
- Medieval Merchants - 25 January 2020
- A Brief Introduction to the Medieval Parish Church - 25 January 2020
- An Unquiet Peace: Europe (1918-23) - 25 January 2020
- Medieval Festivals and Holidays - 1 February 2020
- The Enlightenment: A Crash Course - 1 February 2020
- History Mysteries: Who was Jack the Ripper? - 8 February 2020
- The Archaeology of Roman Britain - 8 February 2020
- Who was William the Conqueror? - 15 February 2020
- 'Murder by the Throat': The Black and Tans and the Anglo-Irish War (1919-21) - 15 February 2020
- A Brief History of the Library - 22 February 2020
- Yorkshire and the Industrial Revolution - 22 February 2020
- The Conservation and Care of Historic Stained Glass - 22 February 2020
- Inside the Museum - 29 February 2020
- Medieval York: An Archaeology of Power - 29 February 2020
- The Complete Pompeii: Digging Deeper - 29 February 2020
- History of Spain: From Roman Hispania to the Caliphate of Cordoba - 7 March 2020
- Strathclyde: The Last Kingdom of the Britons - 7 March 2020
- The Medieval Colour Palette - 7 March 2020
- York's Churches and Chapels - 14 March 2020
- 29 October 1929: The Great Crash and its Consequences - 14 March 2020
- Building the Mansion House - 21 March 2020
- The Industrial Revolution: A Crash Course - 21 March 2020
- The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon and Viking Britain - 28 March 2020
- The Gothic Cathedral in France and England - 28 March 2020
Summer Term Courses
Online Courses
- The History of London’s Transport (1860-1962) (Summer) - from 13 April 2020
Daytime and Evening Courses
- Tracing the History of York Through its Buildings - Tuesday afternoons from 14 April 2020
- Nuns: A Cultural History - Tuesday evenings from 14 April 2020
- The French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon (1789-1815) - Tuesday evenings from 14 April 2020
- ‘Prose Like A Window Pane’: George Orwell for Beginners - Wednesday afternoons from 15 April 2020
- The Knights Templar: History, Myths and Legends - Wednesday afternoons from 15 April 2020
- Making a Multicultural Nation: Race, Immigration, and Citizenship in Twentieth Century Britain - Wednesday afternoons from 15 April 2020
- The History of Normandy: From the Vikings to D-Day - Wednesday evenings from 15 April 2020
- The Holocaust - Thursday afternoons from 16 April 2020
- York Medieval Stained Glass in situ - Thursday afternoons from 16 April 2020
- Democracy... and its Decline? Government and the People in Britain (1914-2010) - Thursday evenings from 16 April 2020
- The Maritime Republics: Venice, Genoa, Pisa and Amalfi - Thursday evenings from 16 April 2020
- The Jews of England - Friday mornings from 17 April 2020
- By Right or By Might? The Wars of the Roses in the North - Monday evenings from 20 April 2020 (later start due to Easter Monday)
- Stepping on the Stage of History: Modern Humans in the Upper Palaeolithic - Monday evenings from 20 April 2020 (later start due to Easter Monday)
Saturday Courses
- History Mysteries: Who is Buried in Sutton Hoo? - 18 April 2020
- The History of St Mary’s Abbey and the Abbot’s Manor - 25 April 2020
- How Did Britain Become Roman? - 2 May 2020
- Flashpoints and Candy Bombers: Assessing the Berlin Blockade (1948-49) - 2 May 2020
- The Conquests of Wales - 9 May 2020
- History of Spain: The Reconquest (1000-1500) - 16 May 2020
- York: Conquest, Cathedral and Chocolate - 23 May 2020
- Building the Guild Hall - 30 May 2020
- The Winter of Discontent, Mrs Thatcher and the 1979 May Election - 30 May 2020
- ‘Wonderful Things’: Ancient Egypt - Collected, Curated and Displayed - 6 June 2020
- 'Keep This Voucher - It Is Of Value': What Was Rowntree & Co.'s Marketing Revolution? - 6 June 2020
- The History of York’s Merchants Adventurers and their Hall - 13 June 2020
- Prophecy, Propaganda and Portraits: How to Rule a Nation? - 20 June 2020
- August 1920: The Battle of Warsaw and the Salvation of Europe - 20 June 2020
- Durham Cathedral: History Set in Stone - 20 June 2020