Saturday Courses

These courses will all be delivered live via Zoom.

For more information on the courses, please click on the links provided, which will take you to the event page where you will also find a link to the online store so you can register for the course.

Please note that Saturday classes will not be recorded.

Prices: £24 = 1 half day £45 = 2 part course, over two consecutive Saturdays

Saturday 24th April

History and Heritage: An Introduction to the Medieval Household with Alice Bennett (2-5pm, £24)

History and Heritage: Anglo Saxon Kingdoms: Mercia and the Formidable Offa with Cristina Figueredo (2-5pm, £24)

History and Heritage: The Early Church: From Obscure Sect to the Religion of the Empire with Cristina Figueredo (10am-1pm, £24)
*NEW* History and Heritage: Cartimandua, Last Queen of the Brigantes, and the Roman occupation of the North (second cohort) with Gillian Waters (10am-1pm)
*NEW* History and Heritage: Medieval London (second cohort) with John Lee (10am-1pm)
History of Art: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Arab World and Iran with Roberta Marin (10am-1.15pm, 2 part course over 2 consecutive Saturdays, £45)
Religion, Culture and Philosophy: The Awakened Body and Mind: an introduction to Tibetan Meditation with Ana Buede-Fletcher (10am-1pm, £24)
Social Sciences: How to Think About Statistics with Joshua Stubbs (10am-1pm, £24)

Saturday 1st May

Creative Writing: A Writer's Warm-Up with Sue Cooper (10am-1pm, £24)

History and Heritage: Relics: A Brief Introduction with Alice Bennett (2-5pm, £24)
History and Heritage: Victoria and Albert's Visits to York with Gillian Waters (10am-1pm, £24)
History of Art: Picturing Pasts with Marianne M Gilchrist (10am-1pm, £24)
Literature: Behind the Eyes of Big Brother: George Orwell and the English Sensibility with Martin Fletcher (10am-1pm, £24)

Saturday 8th May

Creative Writing: Nature Writing with Alexandra Weston (2-5pm, £24)
History of Art: Picturing the French Revolution with Marianne M Gilchrist (10am-1pm, £24)
History of Art: The Art of Islamic Pottery with Roberta Marin (10am-1.15pm, 2 part course over 2 consecutive Saturdays, £45)
History and Heritage: The Anglo-Saxon Church: From Whitby to the Tenth-century Reform (second cohort) with Cristina Figueredo (10am-1pm, £24)
History and Heritage: The Cistercians and their Yorkshire Monasteries (second cohort) with Cristina Figueredo (2pm-5pm, £24)

Saturday 15th May

History and Heritage: Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians with Cristina Figueredo (2-5pm, £24)
History and Heritage: The Early Church: From Constantine the Great to the Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons with Cristina Figueredo (10am-1pm, £24)
History and Heritage: The Four Horseman: Death and Disaster in Medieval Europe with Alice Bennett (2-5pm, £24)
History and Heritage: The Siege of York in 1644 with Gillian Waters (10am-1pm, £24)
Literature: Tolkien and Religion with Martin Potter (2-5pm, £24)
*NEW* History of Art: The Art of Albrecht Dürer (second cohort) with Peter Finch-Sieg (10am-1.15pm, £45)

Saturday 22nd May

Creative Writing: Rhyme and Reason with Penny Boxall (10am-1pm, £24)
History and Heritage: A Brief Introduction to Medieval Medicine with Karen Brett (2-5pm, £24)
History and Heritage: Beasts of Ebor: A Short History of Animals in York with Clare Rainsford (10am-1pm, £24)
History and Heritage: William the Conqueror, the Conquest of York, and the Harrying of the North (second cohort) with Gillian Waters (10am-1pm, £24)
*NEW* Science and Earth Science: The Geology of the Yorkshire Dales (second cohort) with Liam Herringshaw (2-5pm, £24)

Saturday 29th May

Creative Writing: Character Building: Creating and Revealing Fascinating People in Your Writing with Helen Kenwright (10am-1pm, £24)
History and Heritage: Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: The Greatness of Alfred of Wessex with Cristina Figueredo (2-5pm, £24)
History and Heritage: Nero: Re-examining the Man and the Monster with Gillian Hovell (10am-1.15pm, 2 part course over 2 consecutive Saturdays, £45)
History and Heritage: The Rise of the Normans: Normandy and England with Cristina Figueredo (10am-1pm, £24)

Saturday 5th June

History of Art: Damascus (Syria): A Tribute to the ‘City of Jasmine’ with Roberta Marin (10am-1.15pm, 2 part course over 2 consecutive Saturdays, £45)
Science and Earth Science: Exploring the Landscape of York with Liam Herringshaw (2-5pm, £24)

Saturday 12th June

Creative Writing: Writing in the Blood with Wendy Pratt (10am-1pm, £24)
History and Heritage: ‘Keep This Voucher - It Is Of Value’: Rowntree & Co.’s Marketing Revolution with Martin Fecitt (10am-1.15pm, 2 part course over 2 consecutive Saturdays, £45)
History and Heritage: Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: The Kings of All England with Cristina Figueredo (2-5pm, £24)
History and Heritage: The Rise of the Normans: Southern Italy and the Holy Land with Cristina Figueredo (10am-1pm, £24)
History and Heritage: The Scottish Conquest of the North and the Battle of the Standard with Gillian Waters (10am-1pm, £24)
History and Heritage: York’s City Walls with Barry Crump (2-5pm, £24)
Literature: The Poetry of the Second World War with Stephen Grace (10am-1.15pm, 2 part course over 2 consecutive Saturdays, £45)

Saturday 19th June

Creative Writing: Writers Walking with Phoebe Power (10am-1pm, £24)

History and Heritage: Pliny’s Natural History: An Ancient Roman View of the Natural World with Gillian Hovell (10am-1.15pm, 2 part course over 2 consecutive Saturdays, £45)
History of Art: Chivalric Visions: Camelot, Ruritania and Beyond with Marianne M Gilchrist (10am-1pm, £24)
Science and Earth Science: Exploring the Landscapes of Yorkshire with Liam Herringshaw (2-5pm, £24)
Social Sciences: Introduction to Political Ideologies with Despoina Sampatakou (10am-1pm, £24)

Saturday 26th June

Creative Writing: Secrets of Writing Short Stories with Sue Cooper (10am-1pm, £24)
History and Heritage: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Battle of Culloden with Gillian Waters (10am-1pm, £24)
Literature: The Poetry of Dylan Thomas: The Welsh Language Influence with Martin Potter (2-5pm, £24)

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).