Saturday classes
Our 2017/8 courses are listed below, and can all be booked online (click on the basket icon on the course page).
Autumn
Professional Studies
Creative Writing
- A Writer’s Workout: Part One
- Plotting and Planning a Novel
- From Spark to Page: Developing Ideas in Fiction Writing
History and Heritage
- Genocide or Gross Incompetence: The Irish Famine Reconsidered (1845-49)
- Henry VII’s Visits to York: A Tale of Pageants and Rebels
- The Story of Roman Britain through Coins
- Travelling in the Middle Ages
- Passchendaele (July-November 1917): Hell on Earth?
- Rebellious York: York and the Pilgrimage of Grace (Fully Booked)
- Life after Death: Mummification in the Ancient Andes
- Making and Marketing Cloth in Medieval England
- Rebellious York: York and the Pilgrimage of Grace (Second Cohort)
- Historic Photographic Processes and How to Preserve Their Image
- The Camera in China: The Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Centuries
- Venice, Florence, and Palermo: The Making of Italy (Fully Booked)
- York: Conquest, Cathedral and Chocolate (Fully Booked)
- 1066, The Year of Three Battles: Fulford, Stamford Bridge and Hastings (Fully Booked)
- Unlocking the Past: Skills and Methods for Historical Research
- Venice, Florence, and Palermo: The Making of Italy (Second Cohort)
- Alcuin of York and the Carolingian Renaissance (Fully Booked)
- Discovering Victorian Families
- The Truth About Life in Medieval York
- ‘Seeking Utopia’: The Russian Revolutions of 1917
- What is a Knight?
History of Art
- How to Read a Medieval Tile Pavement
- Leonardo as Painter
- An Introduction to Pre-Raphaelitism: The Early Decades
- The Architect Ernesto Basile and his Clients
- Altarpieces in Action
- Art History in 100 Paintings (c.20,000 to 1900) - Fully Booked
- Russia’s Domestic and International Politics During the Reign of Ivan IV the Terrible
- Cordoba, Seville and Granada: A Short History of Islamic Art and Architecture in Spain (Fully Booked)
- The Arab Hall at Leighton House, London
- Cordoba, Seville and Granada: A Short History of Islamic Art and Architecture in Spain (second cohort)
- German Art in Twenty Works (Fully Booked)
Literature
- Poetry and Propaganda: Forgotten Voices from The Great War
- Six Poems for Comfort
- From Ovid to Oz: A Brief Cultural History of Werewolves
Religion, Culture and Philosophy
- Exploring Human Values: Human Being Between Authenticity and Identity
- An Introduction to the New Testament: The Synoptic Gospels
- An Introduction to the New Testament: St John’s Gospel
- How to Understand the Qur’an
- An Introduction to the New Testament: The Life and Letters of St Paul
Science and Earth Science
Social Sciences
Spring
Professional Studies
Creative Writing
- A Writer’s Workout: Part Two
- ‘We’re Not in Kansas Anymore’: Creating Engaging Worlds in Fiction Writing
History and Heritage
- Towton: Yorkshire’s Bloodiest Battle?
- Alcuin of York and the Carolingian Renaissance (second cohort)
- York: Conquest, Cathedral and Chocolate (Second cohort)
- Byzantine Art in Western Europe: Ravenna and Sicily
- It Takes One to Know One: Medieval Insults and How to Use Them
- Leisure and Pleasure: The Advent of Consumerism
- Were Tudor People Like Us? Some Thoughts on English Society (1485-1603)
- Bede the Scientist
- ‘Keep This Voucher - It is of Value’: What Was Rowntree & Co.’s Marketing Revolution?
- The English Countryside in the Age of Richard III
- Mary Queen of Scots and the Rebellion of the Northern Earls
- ‘Bloody Butcher’ or the ‘Man who won the War’: Field Marshal Douglas Haig and First World War Generalship
- Preserving and Conserving our Historic Collections
- An Introduction to Roman Coins in Britain
- Prophecy, Propaganda and Portraits: How to Rule a Nation?
- The Twelfth-Century Renaissance
- Medieval and Elizabethan Worldviews
History of Art
- The Weight of Images and Words: Social Realism
- Modern Art in 100 Works (1900-2017) (Fully Booked)
- Villa Malfitano and the Whitaker Collections, Palermo
- German Art in Twenty Works (Second Cohort)
- The Renaissance in Art
- The Painting of Giovanni Bellini
- Revolutionary Opulence: Russia’s Art Expression in the Eighteenth Century
- Damascus (Syria): A Tribute to the ‘City of Jasmine’
Literature
- A Day with Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
- A Day with Hans Christian Andersen
- Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
- An Introduction to the Pre-Raphaelites
- A Day with William Blake
Music
Religion, Culture and Philosophy
- Christianity in a World Come of Age: The Life and Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Exploring Human Values: Human Being Between Fact and Fiction
Science and Earth Science
Social Sciences
- Companion Animals: Exploring the Significance of Pets
- Introducing Behavioural Insights
- Valuing Health: Where Does Economics Come in?
Stage and Screen
Summer
Professional Studies
Creative Writing
- Creative Writing for the Terrified
- How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy Fiction
- Writing with News Flair
History and Heritage
- The Martyrdom of Margaret Clitherow
- Medieval York: An Archaeology of Power
- ‘Straws in the Wind?’ British Attitudes to Total War (1914-1918)
- York, King John and the Magna Carta
- St Mary’s Abbey (1088-1539)
- Life in the Workhouse
- The Origins of the Liberties of York
- York Minster: History, Art and Architecture
- A Day in Medieval Bruges
- Beginning your Family History
- Before the Storm: England (1910-14)
History of Art
- Casa Cuseni: Its Hosts and Famous Guests
- British Art in the 1930s
- A History of the Islamic Carpets
- Pre-Raphaelites, Impressionists and More: A Passion for Nature, Light and Colour
- The Paintings of Titian
- Paris: The Art and History of the City of Light
Literature
Music
Religion, Culture and Philosophy
Social Sciences
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