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Saturday Courses

These courses will all be delivered via Zoom.

Students joining our online courses would need access to a computer, laptop or tablet with a microphone (essential) and a webcam (desirable) as well as a reliable broadband connection.

For more information on the courses, please click on the links provided, which will take you to the online store so you can register for the course. 

Please note that Saturday classes will not be recorded.

Prices: £25 = 1 half day £47 = 2 part course, over two consecutive Saturdays

 Creative Writing

• Saturday 30 October: Beginning to Write - with Sue Cooper MA (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 06 November: A Beginner’s Guide to Reading Contemporary Poetry - with Wendy Pratt BSc BA MA (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 20 November: Ten Objects in Your Bathroom (or anywhere!) - with Sue Cooper MA (10am-1pm, £25).

 History and Heritage

• Saturday 09 October: England in the Age of Chivalry - with Karen Brett BA MA PhD (10am-1pm, £25)
• Saturday 09 October: Who Killed William Rufus? - with Gillian Waters MA PGDip PGCE (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 16 and 23 October: An Ancient Mediterranean Tour: The Civilisations of the Ancient Mediterranean - with Gillian Hovell BA ‘The Muddy Archaeologist’ (10am-1pm, 2 part course over 2 consecutive Saturdays, £47).
• Saturday 16 October: An Introduction to Medieval Manuscripts - with Jessica Lamothe PhD (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 23 October: Medieval English Drama before the Mystery Plays - with Cristina Figueredo BA MA PhD (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 23 October: The Arms’ Keepers: The Medieval Heralds - with Cristina Figueredo BA MA PhD (2-5pm, £25).
• Saturday 23 October: Hoaxes and Headlines: A History of Fake News - with Alice Bennett BA MA Mphil MA (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 30 October: History Mysteries: Who is Buried in Sutton Hoo? - with Gillian Waters MA PGDip PGCE (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 30 October and 06 November: Parks and Gardens in Medieval and Tudor England - with John Lee BA MA PhD (10am-1.15pm, 2 part course over 2 consecutive Saturdays, £47).
• Saturday 06 November: Heraldry: Emblazoning the Kingdom - with Cristina Figueredo BA MA PhD (2-5pm, £25).
• Saturday 06 November: The Medieval Mystery Plays in York - with Cristina Figueredo BA MA PhD (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 06 November: Beasts of Ebor: A History of Animals in York - with Clare Rainsford MA MSc PhD (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 13 and 20 November: Classical Sculpture: Beauty and Power - with Gillian Hovell BA ‘The Muddy Archaeologist’ (10am-1.15pm, 2 part course over 2 consecutive Saturdays, £47).
• Saturday 13 November: The Truth About Life in Medieval York - with Barry Crump BA BSc MRes (2-5pm, £25).
• Saturday 13 November: York, King John and the Magna Carta - with Gillian Waters MA PGDip PGCE (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 20 November: The Home Front Household - with Alice Bennett BA MA MPhil MA (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 20 November: The Medieval Illuminated Manuscript - with Jessica Lamothe PhD (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 27 November: St William of York: Life and Miracles - with Cristina Figueredo BA MA PhD (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 27 November: Conquest, Harrying and a Survey: How the Normans became the owners of all the land in England - with Cristina Figueredo BA MA PhD (2-5pm, £25).
• Saturday 27 November: Elizabeth I and the Cult of Gloriana - with Gillian Waters MA PGDip PGCE (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 04 December: Anyone for Tea? - with Alice Bennett BA MA MPhil MA (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 04 December: Clarifying the Commonwealth: Who, What, and Why - with Emily Hansen PhD (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 11 December: The St William Window at York Minster: Art and Iconography - with Cristina Figueredo BA MA PhD (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 11 December: What is the Domesday Book? - with Cristina Figueredo BA MA PhD (2-5pm, £25).
• Saturday 11 December: Chaucer's Visits to York - with Gillian Waters MA PGDip PGCE (10am-1pm, £25).

History of Art

• Saturday 09 and 16 October: Inside Hugo’s ‘Notre Dame’ - with Marianne M Gilchrist MA PhD FSA (10am-1.15pm, 2 part course over 2 consecutive Saturdays, £47).
• Saturday 30 October and 06 November: Cordoba, Seville and Granada: A Short history of Islamic Art and Architecture in Spain - with Roberta Marin MA (10am-1.15pm, 2 part course over 2 consecutive Saturdays, £47).
• Saturday 06 November: Pre-Raphaelitism: The Brotherhood and Beyond - with Karen Brett BA MA PhD (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 13 November: Picturing Pasts - with Marianne M Gilchrist MA PhD FSA (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 20 November: Picturing the French Revolution - with Marianne M Gilchrist MA PhD FSA (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 27 November and 04 December: The Paintings of Giotto - with Peter Finch-Sieg PhD (10am-1.15pm, 2 part course over 2 consecutive Saturdays, £47).
• Saturday 04 December: The Vision of Stanley Spencer - with Tom Bromwell BA MA PhD (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 11 December: Rubens as Collector - with Elena Kashina MPhil MPhil PhD (2-5pm, £25).

Literature

• Saturday 23 and 30 October: The Poetry of the North-East - with Stephen Grace PhD (10am-1.15pm, 2 part course over 2 consecutive Saturdays, £47).
• Saturday 13 November: An Excursion through TS Eliot’s The Waste Land - with Martin Potter PhD (2-5pm, £25).
• Saturday 27 November and 04 December: Richard Wilbur and American Formalist Poetry - with Daniel Gustafsson BA MA PhD (10am-1.15pm, 2 part course over 2 consecutive Saturdays, £47).
• Saturday 11 December: A Day with William Blake - with Maddy Potter PhD (10am-1pm, £25).

Music, Stage and Screen

• Saturday 23 October: Music and the 'Exotic' - with Owen Burton Bmus MA PhD (10am-1pm, £25).
• Saturday 04 December: Strange Fruit: Women Pioneers of Jazz - with Martin Fletcher PhD FHEA (10am-1pm, £25).

Science and Earth Science

• Saturday 09 October: Understanding Geological Maps - with Liam Herringshaw BSc PhD (2-5pm, £25).
• Saturday 20 November: A Geological History of Yorkshire - with Liam Herringshaw BSc PhD (2-5pm, £25).

Social Sciences

• Saturday 16 and 23 October: How to Think About Statistics - with Joshua Stubbs BA MSc (10am-1.15pm, 2 part course over 2 consecutive Saturdays, £47).
• Saturday 13 November: Mental-Healthism: Do we worry too much about our mental health? - with Peter Morrall BA MSc PGCE PhD (10am-1pm, £25).

Learning via Zoom

• Students joining our online courses would need access to a computer, laptop or tablet with a microphone (essential) and a webcam (desirable) as well as a reliable broadband connection.
• For more guidance on joining a session via Zoom - please use our Zoom Guide for CLL Students (PDF , 208kb).