Upcoming courses and events

The Origins of the Liberties of York

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Greek Drama - Oedipus and More

A full-day history, heritage and archaeology course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

TS Eliot’s Four Quartets

A half-day literature course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Women’s Work, Women and Art (1550-2000)

A 2 week online history of art course

Emma of Normandy (d.1052), Queen of England

A full-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Rise of the Gothic

A 2 week online literature course

The History of the Bible: Text, Transmission, and Translation

A full-day philosophy/religion course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

An Introduction to Visual Poetry I: Collage Poems

A full-day creative writing course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

A Tour of Morocco’s Four Imperial Cities: Marrakech, Fez, Rabat and Meknes

A 2 week online history of art course

Robert Aske and the Pilgrimage of Grace

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Identifying Animal Bones: An Introduction

A half-day history, heritage and archaeology course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

When was the Protestant Reformation in Tudor England?

A full-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Medici: Bankers, Rulers and Patrons of the Arts

A full-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Medieval Alliterative Poetry: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

A half-day online literature course

Munch and the Fjords

A half-day history of art course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Climate and the Human Environment

An 11 week online accredited archaeology module

Poets on Form: Exploring the Writing of Poetry Using Form

An online 11 week accredited creative writing module

Unravelling the Fabric of York

An online 11 week accredited history and heritage module

Masterpieces of Modernist Literature: 'When human relations changed'

An 11 week accredited literature module (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Henry III, Baronial Revolts, the Growth of Government, and the Rise of Parliament (1207-72)

An online 11 week accredited history and heritage module

Introduction to the Social Sciences

An 11 week accredited social sciences module (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Possibility, Impossibility and Existence

A 4 week online philosophy course

Homo Sapiens: A Journey Through the Ice Age

An 8 week online history and heritage course

The Consequences of the Anglo-Norman Invasion of Ireland

An 8 week online history and heritage course

The Literary Landscapes of Sir Walter Scott

An 8 week online literature course

Introduction to Metaphysics

An 8 week online philosophy course

The Golden Age of the String Quartet (1770-1830)

An 8 week music, stage and screen course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Creative Writing Kick Start

An 8 week online creative writing course

Travelling in the Middle Ages

An 8 week online history and heritage course

Women Artists through the Ages

An 8 week online history of art course

Health and Healthcare in England (1600-1800)

An 8 week online history and heritage course

Natural Wonders: Discovering Nature Writing

An 8 week online literature course

‘I must not saw off the branch on which I am sitting’: Wittgenstein’s Evolution

A 4 week online philosophy course

Hong Kong Under British Colonial Rule

An 8 week history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Middle Ages on the Silver Screen

An 8 week history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Writing the City: Place Writing in York

An 8 week online creative writing course

Printmaking in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Britain

An 8 week online history of art course

Medieval Monumental Churches of Northern England

An 8 week online history and heritage course

Philosophy of Religion

An 8 week online philosophy course

Artistic Exchange in the Medieval Mediterranean

An 8 week history of art course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Who were the Cathars? Life, Beliefs, and Destruction of the Languedoc Heretics

An 8 week online history and heritage course

What was Ancient Greek Art?

An 8 week online history of art course

The Maritime Republics: Venice, Genoa, Pisa, and Amalfi

An 8 week online history and heritage course

The Road to Canterbury: Travelling with Chaucer’s Pilgrims

An 8 week online literature course

Nietzsche

An 8 week online philosophy course

History of the King's Manor

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Medieval Markets and Fairs

A 2 week online history and heritage course

Beyond God: New Approaches in Philosophy and Theology

A full-day philosophy/religion course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Fossils: An Introduction

A half-day science and earth science course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

A Workout for 'Would-Be' Writers

A full-day creative writing course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Islamic Art and Architecture in the Indian Subcontinent

A 2 week online history of art course

The Percy Family in the Middle Ages

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Exploring the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt

A full-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Isabella of France: The She Wolf?

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

August 1920: The Battle of Warsaw and the Salvation of Europe

A half-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Is Everything Conscious?

A half-day online philosophy/religion course

Madness and Murder

A half-day social sciences course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Between the Lines: Poetry and Not Saying Things

A half-day online creative writing course

Introduction to Local History

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Bede the Scientist

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Palaeoenvironments: An Introduction

A half-day science and earth science course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell

A half-day literature course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Bodies, Busks and Baleen: An Exploration of Corsetry from the Early Modern Period to the Early Twentieth Century

A full-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

A Day with William Wordsworth

A 2 week online literature course

Coins in Roman Britain

A half-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Society in Early Modern England

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Medieval Religious Architecture from Byzantine to Gothic

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

A Day with Shakespeare’s Sonnets

A full-day literature course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Gender Puzzles

A half-day online philosophy course

Were Tudor People like Us? Some Thoughts on English Society (1485-1603)

A half-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Legend of St Helena

A half-day online history and heritage course

Philosophy of AI

A 2 week online philosophy course

Mental Health, Mental Ill-Health and Mental-Healthism

A half-day social sciences course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Sandro Botticelli

A half-day history of art course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Lavish Life of the Sultans and Their Entourage at the Ottoman Court

A 2 week online history of art course

The clue is (not always) in the name: a tour of nearly-vanished York

A half-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The House of Wessex: From Legendary Cerdic to Æthelred the Unready

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Philosophy of Fiction

A half-day philosophy course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

An Introduction to Visual Poetry II: Water Poems

A full-day creative writing course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Joan, the Fair Maid of Kent, Princess of Wales

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Historic Pubs of York

A half-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Medieval Alliterative Poetry: The Death of Arthur

A half-day online literature course

Art for Art’s Sake: The Rise of Impressionism in France (c.1850-1880)

A 10 week online history of art course

A History of Christianity: From the Apostolic Era to the Reformation

A 10 week online history and heritage course

The Writer's Toolkit: Creative Writing Practice and Techniques

An online 11 week accredited creative writing module

The Medieval English House: Hearth and Home (c.1150-c.1500)

An online 11 week accredited history and heritage module

Introduction to Personality Psychology

An 11 week accredited social sciences module (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Painting Nature, Light and Colour: Pre-Raphaelites, Impressionists and more

A 10 week online history of art course

Manuscript Illumination in the Middle Ages: Concealing and Revealing

A 10 week history of art course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Lost Country Houses of the East Riding

A 10 week online history and heritage course

Travelling Light: Writers on Place, Travel, and Belonging

A 10 week online literature course

Existentialism

An 8 week online philosophy course

China and Western Imperialism to 1949

A 10 week history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Brocades and Cloths of Gold: Medieval Textiles and Fashion

A 10 week history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Science at the Edge of Reality

A 5 week online philosophy course

The Hanoverians (1714-1837)

An online 11 week accredited history and heritage module

An Introduction to Criminology

An online 11 week accredited social sciences module

Writing Ecopoetry

A 10 week online creative writing course

Women Artists in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Britain

A 10 week history of art course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Italian Renaissance

A 10 week online history and heritage course

On the Detective Trail in Ancient Rome

A 10 week literature course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Philosophy of Art

An 8 week online philosophy course

An Introduction to Modern Physics

A 10 week science and earth science course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Early Netherlandish Painting: Campin, Eyck and van der Weyden

A 10 week history of art course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Age of the Normans

A 10 week online history and heritage course

The Gothic Cathedral

An online 11 week accredited history of art module

The Copy

A 10 week online history of art course

The Welsh Wars of Independence

A 10 week online history and heritage course

Slow Fashion: Histories of Clothing in Western Europe from the Middle Ages to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century

A 10 week history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Could the Holocaust have been prevented?

A 10 week online history and heritage course

Suleiman, the Magnificent: The Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire

A 10 week online history and heritage course

Introduction to Medieval Philosophy: From Augustine to Aquinas

An 8 week philosophy course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

What is Knowledge?

A 4 week online philosophy course

Writing Short Stories

A full-day creative writing course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Oliver Cromwell: God’s Englishman and ‘Chief of Men’ or a Tyrant and ‘a Brave Bad Man’?

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

A Day at Briggflatts

A full-day literature course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

At the Source of the Image: Prehistoric Art in Europe

An 8 week online history and heritage course

The Life and Works of Tennyson

An 8 week online literature course

Abelard and Heloise: Vessels of Misery, Vessels of Glory

A full-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

English Civil Wars and Revolution

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

The Lady Vanishes: Rediscovering Gladys Mitchell’s Early Detective Fiction

A 2 week online literature course

Nikolai Astrup: from Norway with Love

A half-day history of art course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Printing Revolution

A half-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

A History of Animals in York

A half-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Who Was Lady Godiva?

A half-day online history and heritage course

The Art of the Book in the Islamic World

A 2 week online history of art course

The History of Barley Hall, York

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Introduction to the Poetry of Seamus Heaney

A half-day literature course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Katherine Howard: 'Juvenile Delinquent' or Victim?

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

'Murder by the Throat': The Black and Tans and the Anglo-Irish War (1919-21)

A half-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Representations of the 'girl' in Children’s Books

A half-day online literature course

Introduction to Vorticism

A half-day online history of art course

York’s Medieval City Walls

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Philosophy of Depression

A 2 week online philosophy course

Songs of Travel

A half-day online creative writing course

Arab and Norman Art in Palermo

A 2 week online history of art course

Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, The Last Lancastrian Queen?

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Beginning your Family History

A full-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

The Cistercian Order in England

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Medieval Alliterative Poetry: The Vision of Piers Plowman

A half-day online literature course

Polish Nationalism, Solidarity and the Fall of the Communist Bloc (1980- 1991)

A half-day history and heritage course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

Thomas Cromwell: A Ruthless ‘Agent of Satan’ or Faithful Servant?

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

An Introduction to the Sagas of Icelanders: Warriors, Poets, and Sorceresses

A full-day literature course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

An Introduction to Visual Poetry III: Print Poems

A full-day creative writing course (University of York Campus, Classroom-based)

An Introduction to the Northern Renaissance: Art in the Age of Jan van Eyck

A full-day history of art course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)

Birds in Archaeology

A half-day online history and heritage course

Exploring the Domesday Book

A full-day history and heritage course (The King's Manor, Classroom-based)