420 history, culture & ideas classes in London
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| Classes | Provider | Next start | Schedule | Duration | Price | Teacher | Venue | |
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 A taste of physics | 11 Sept 2026 | 18:30 - 20:302 hour class | One-day class1 day | £19.00 | ||||
 A taste of philosophy | 12 Sept 2026 | 10:30 - 12:302 hour class | One-day class1 day | £19.00 | ||||
 The East India Company & India | 12 Sept 2026 | 10:30 - 16:306 hour class | One-day class1 day | £79.00 | ||||
City Lit Silver Sunday: what is history and memory and who is it for? | 13 Sept 2026 | 10:00 - 11:001 hour class | One-day class1 day | £0.00 | ||||
City Lit Silver Sunday: a taste of global history | 13 Sept 2026 | 11:30 - 12:301 hour class | One-day class1 day | £0.00 | ||||
Buddhist philosophy | 14 Sept 2026 | 12:30 - 14:302 hour class | Short course12 weeks | £329.00 | ||||
The Stalin Regime: 1928-1941 | 14 Sept 2026 | 12:45 - 14:452 hour class | Short course6 weeks | £189.00 | ||||
The emergence of Europe 300-1000 | 14 Sept 2026 | 15:15 - 17:152 hour class | Short course7 weeks | £209.00 | ||||
Introduction to philosophy | 14 Sept 2026 | 17:30 - 19:302 hour class | Short course12 weeks | £329.00 | ||||
Medieval Women: Nuns, Tarts, Trouble and Strife | 14 Sept 2026 | 18:00 - 19:3090 min class | Short course7 weeks | £169.00 | ||||
History taster: India Post Independence (1947-2004) | 15 Sept 2026 | 10:30 - 12:302 hour class | Taster class1 day | £19.00 | ||||
 Rising powers: China, from Mao to Xi | 15 Sept 2026 | 12:45 - 14:452 hour class | Long course13 weeks | £329.00 | ||||
From the Congress of Berlin of 1878 to 1914: how Europe went from peace to war | 15 Sept 2026 | 15:00 - 17:002 hour class | Long course13 weeks | £329.00 | ||||
 Literature taster: poetry | 16 Sept 2026 | 10:30 - 12:302 hour class | Taster class1 day | £19.00 | ||||
Tales from Everywhere | 16 Sept 2026 | 12:45 - 14:452 hour class | Short course11 weeks | £279.00 | ||||
The Great (European) Powers and the Ottoman Empire: the Eastern Question, 1768-1914 | 16 Sept 2026 | 12:45 - 14:452 hour class | Long course13 weeks | £329.00 | ||||
History of economic thought: part 1 | 16 Sept 2026 | 18:00 - 19:3090 min class | Short course12 weeks | £259.00 | ||||
 Composing for Film and Media 1: Basic Techniques | 16 Sept 2026 | 19:30 - 21:302 hour class | Short course12 weeks | £315.00 | Film StudiesTeacher | |||
An Accidental Empire? The British Empire 1500-1850 | 17 Sept 2026 | 10:15 - 12:152 hour class | Short course8 weeks | £239.00 | ||||
 Art History: Insights at Tate Britain | 17 Sept 2026 | 11:00 - 13:002 hour class | Short course3 weeks | £85.00 | Art HistoryTeacher |
- Starts Fri 11 Sept
A taste of physics
Fri 11 Sep, 18:30 - 20:301 day1 dayFri 18:30£19RadmilaTopalovicKeeley Street - Starts Sat 12 Sept
A taste of philosophy
Sat 12 Sep, 10:30 - 12:301 day1 daySat 10:30£19JohnGoffKeeley Street - Starts Sat 12 Sept
The East India Company & India
Sat 12 Sep, 10:30 - 16:301 day1 daySat 10:30£79THussainKeeley Street - Starts Sun 13 Sept
City Lit Silver Sunday: what is history and memory and who is it for?
Sun 13 Sep, 10:00 - 11:001 day1 daySun 10:00£0MartinJorgensenKeeley Street - Starts Sun 13 Sept
City Lit Silver Sunday: a taste of global history
Sun 13 Sep, 11:30 - 12:301 day1 daySun 11:30£0MartinJorgensenKeeley Street - Starts Mon 14 Sept
Buddhist philosophy
Mon 14 Sep, 12:30 - 14:3012 weeks12 weeksMon 12:30£329JohnGoffKeeley Street - Starts Mon 14 Sept
The Stalin Regime: 1928-1941
Mon 14 Sep, 12:45 - 14:456 weeks6 weeksMon 12:45£189NickMorganKeeley Street - Starts Mon 14 Sept
The emergence of Europe 300-1000
Mon 14 Sep, 15:15 - 17:157 weeks7 weeksMon 15:15£209VanessaKingKeeley Street - Starts Mon 14 Sept
Introduction to philosophy
Mon 14 Sep, 17:30 - 19:3012 weeks12 weeksMon 17:30£329KarlWhiteKeeley Street - Starts Mon 14 Sept
Medieval Women: Nuns, Tarts, Trouble and Strife
Mon 14 Sep, 18:00 - 19:307 weeks7 weeksMon 18:00£169VanessaKingKeeley Street - Starts Tue 15 Sept
History taster: India Post Independence (1947-2004)
Tue 15 Sep, 10:30 - 12:301 day1 dayTue 10:30£19ReshmiBanerjeeKeeley Street - Starts Tue 15 Sept
Rising powers: China, from Mao to Xi
Tue 15 Sep, 12:45 - 14:4513 weeks13 weeksTue 12:45£329SebastienArdouinKeeley Street - Starts Tue 15 Sept
From the Congress of Berlin of 1878 to 1914: how Europe went from peace to war
Tue 15 Sep, 15:00 - 17:0013 weeks13 weeksTue 15:00£329SebastienArdouinKeeley Street - Starts Wed 16 Sept
Literature taster: poetry
Wed 16 Sep, 10:30 - 12:301 day1 dayWed 10:30£19SophieOxenhamKeeley Street - Starts Wed 16 Sept
Tales from Everywhere
Wed 16 Sep, 12:45 - 14:4511 weeks11 weeksWed 12:45£279AamerHusseinKeeley Street - Starts Wed 16 Sept
The Great (European) Powers and the Ottoman Empire: the Eastern Question, 1768-1914
Wed 16 Sep, 12:45 - 14:4513 weeks13 weeksWed 12:45£329SebastienArdouinKeeley Street - Starts Wed 16 Sept
History of economic thought: part 1
Wed 16 Sep, 18:00 - 19:3012 weeks12 weeksWed 18:00£259ChristianMichelKeeley Street - Starts Wed 16 Sept
Composing for Film and Media 1: Basic Techniques
Wed 16 Sep, 19:30 - 21:3012 weeks12 weeksWed 19:30£315Film StudiesTeacherWaterloo Campus - Starts Thu 17 Sept
An Accidental Empire? The British Empire 1500-1850
Thu 17 Sep, 10:15 - 12:158 weeks8 weeksThu 10:15£239ColmHickeyKeeley Street - Starts Thu 17 Sept
Art History: Insights at Tate Britain
Thu 17 Sep, 11:00 - 13:003 weeks3 weeksThu 11:00£85Art HistoryTeacherOff-site location