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History: Queer History - An Introduction
This short course will take you through a whistlestop tour of places ranging from Victorian Britain to ancient Greece to give a snapshot of just a few of the attitudes to sex, sexuality and gender that have existed across centuries and cultures. We will see how such issues relate to power, politics and religion and how they are affected by social change. You will be able to explore the lives and ideas of queer people in past centuries through diaries, newspaper reports and court records. Throughout the course, we will explore what it means to “queer” history – and how a queer approach to history can affect our attitudes today.
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Dates:Mon 11/11/2024 -
Mon 09/12/2024Times:7:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Symon HillCourse code:Q00017285How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:4 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £37.00
History: Jesus as a Historical Figure - What can we know?
A chance to ask historical questions about the most famous individual in history. Did Jesus even exist? What historical sources do we have about him? Are the gospels reliable? What was Jesus’ attitude to the Roman Empire? Why was he crucified? On this introductory course, you will find out what historians say about Jesus – from the issues on which most scholars agree to those on which they are bitterly divided. You will have chance to apply historical scrutiny to some early texts about Jesus – including from the New Testament – and to draw your own conclusions about what we can know and whether it matters. This course is open to people of any religion and none.
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Dates:Sat 23/11/2024 -
Sat 23/11/2024Times:10:00am - 4:00pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:Reading International Solidarity Centre
35-39 London Street
Reading
RG1 4PSTutor:Symon HillCourse code:Q00017286How you'll learn:In venueStatus:Waiting listFee rangeFree to £25.20
History: How the Vote was Won - Campaigns for Democracy in Britain
An opportunity to explore the fascinating stories of movements and individuals who worked to achieve the right to vote in Britian. Our subjects range from Puritan soldiers in the 17th century to Welsh republicans in the 19th and women mill workers in the early 20th. We will meet Levellers, Chartists, Suffragists and Suffragettes as well as lesser-known groups. As we encounter campaigners divided over tactics, politics and ethics, we will see how the right to vote overlapped with other controversies and ask why advances and setbacks happened when they did.
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Dates:Mon 27/01/2025 -
Mon 24/03/2025Times:7:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:8 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Symon HillCourse code:Q00018050How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £59.20
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