Weekly class

Weekly class: Weekly classes are part-time classes open to all. Topics are studied in depth over a period of 10 or 20 weeks. They are accredited at FHEQ level 4 and course work is an integral part of each syllabus. Got to the department website to see all our weekly classes.

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Title	Description	Keywords	Full details
'A World Turned Upside Down'? Revolutionary England from Civil War to Cromwell	We will explore one of the most turbulent periods in English history: the Civil War and Cromwellian era. This was a period which lives long in...	Cromwell, History, English Civil War	view
'The Conference of the Birds' by Farīd al-dīn ʿAttar	Conference of the Birds’ (Mantiq al-Ṭayr) by Farīd al-dīn ʿAttar (d.1221) is considered a masterpiece of Persian poetry. It is also one of the...	The Conference of the Birds, Birds, conference	view
19th- and 20th-Century Detective Fiction	Detective fiction is one of the most popular and enduring genres and characters like Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot have become household...	detective fiction	view
A Special Relationship? Anglo-American relations from 1763 to the present	How did Britain’s relationship with the USA alter between the War of Independence and the war in Iraq, and why? We will examine whether it has,...	America, blighty, UK, USA	view
Africa: Cradle Of Humanity	As Charles Darwin rightly predicted, Africa is the cradle of humanity, not only of our own species but also of the very first members of our...	Africa, Archaeology, behavior, Evolution, hominin	view
Arabic 1: Beginners	This interactive course provides an introduction to the language and culture of the Arabic-speaking countries. It is for complete beginners as...	arabic	view
Arabic 4	This communicative course develops the learners’ oral and written proficiency in Arabic in a wider range of situations and with a degree of...	arabic	view
Brief Lives: John Aubrey and the World of Seventeenth-Century Celebrity	This course investigates the biographical writings of John Aubrey and the lives of the people he wrote about, whether famous, infamous or now...	John Aubrey, Magic, Shakespeare	view
Britain and Ireland: The Escalating Conflict 1790-1922	For many centuries Ireland has arguably been Britain's 'Achilles Heel'. Once a Protestant community was established in Ireland, the foundations...	Britain, Ireland	view
Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century: Politics and Society, 1688-1832	The long eighteenth century was a time of profound change for the British Isles. England, Scotland and Ireland would be unified, society...		view

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