Archive of (2) April - June | LeisureCourses.net - short courses & residential study breaks in great locations - Part 6
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The Grand Tour
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesThe Grand Tour was an artistic and cultural phenomenon of the 18th century. This course analyses its effect upon portraiture, landscape, architecture and the art of collecting. We will also focus on the significance of Italian culture to the Englishman abroad and the impact of his patronage upon artistic development in both Italy and England.
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Intermediate Spanish: Barcelona, cultural capital
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesThis course provides an opportunity for total immersion in the Spanish language and Hispanic culture as well as plenty of speaking practice in a sound and supportive environment. It offers a mixture of language and culture - learning through topics such as Spanish and Latin American art, cinema, cuisine, fiestas, history, literature, etc. - thus...
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Reading Classical Greek: Advanced (verse)
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesThis weekend course is part of a series designed for those who want to learn Classical Greek. Over a series of weekends, Beginner students are introduced to the basic elements of grammar through reading passages adapted from ancient Greek authors. At Intermediate level, students move onto collections of passages selected from major Greek writers, and...
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Reading Classical Greek: Advanced (prose)
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesThis weekend course is part of a series designed for those who want to learn Classical Greek. Over a series of weekends, Beginner students are introduced to the basic elements of grammar through reading passages adapted from ancient Greek authors. At Intermediate level, students move onto collections of passages selected from major Greek writers, and...
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Flash fiction
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesFlash fiction is the art of the very short story and is a great place for beginners to start and old hands to refine their skills. These sessions expose students to a range of styles, subjects and approaches and aim to build both confidence and expertise through writing short complete pieces of fiction. Challenging and...
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Writing with confidence
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesThis short series of stimulating workshops aims to take the isolation and frustration out of creative writing, and inject enthusiasm and confidence in their place. The basic nuts and bolts of good fiction will be scrutinised, with attention to constructing a satisfying plot, writing believable characters, developing a narrative voice, creating effective dialogue, building atmosphere,...
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Everyday ethics
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesDo animals have moral standing? How ought we treat the environment? What ethics do we need in a consumer society? This course offers an introduction to the basic positions in normative ethics, namely virtue ethics, deontology and utilitarianism, and then looks at some ethical issues of pressing contemporary concern. It is a stimulating introduction to...
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IT to computer science: teaching in transition
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesA weekend course for current teachers of IT to assist in transitioning to teaching Computer Science. This is an intensive course which is designed to help IT teachers make the leap into teaching Computer Science at GCSE and first year A-Level. A basic standard of mathematics will be required and some preparatory work will be...
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The American musical: Broadway to Hollywood
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesCome and explore the history, development and genre of the American musical, from the iconic Showboat, to the Broadway and Hollywood smash hit film musicals by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, George and Ira Gershwin, Kander and Ebb, and Sondheim, through DVD and CD recordings, group and solo singing if desired.
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Strong-minded women: the 19th-century women’s rights movement
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesThis weekend meet some strong-minded Victorian women to discover how their life's work, in a variety of spheres, changed public attitudes towards women and their role in society, influenced government policy and paved the way for winning the vote. Using biographical material and discussion groups we shall investigate how the women's rights movement worked alongside...
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The poetry of D H Lawrence
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesBest known for his ground-breaking novels, D H Lawrence was also a remarkable poet, sharply observant and possessed of a highly individual poetic voice. This course will examine a selection of his poems, relating them to the wider context of his life and times.
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The Cambridge Five and the Soviet espionage offensive against Great Britain
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesFive of the most successful spies in history, the Cambridge Five, generate both interest and controversy. The Soviet intelligence offensive against Britain, however, was much greater. This course examines why, how and where Soviet espionage took place and looks at the true nature of Soviet espionage in Britain which operated across all classes and posed...
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Beginners’ Portuguese (Brazilian)
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesA course to lay the foundations or develop existing language skills. The main focus will be on speaking, listening and reading the relevant language at the appropriate level. Authentic materials will be used as far as possible to ensure that language use is embedded in its cultural context. Learners will be provided with grammatical building...
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The exotic Universe
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesFrom exploding stars to dark matter, join us for a non-mathematical exploration of some of the strangest places in the Universe. Each session will introduce a type of astronomical object (e.g. pulsars, quasars, supernovae), then we will investigate its extreme behaviour and explore how it fits into our understanding of the lives of stars and...
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Poetry masterclass: the play of memory
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesIt is fascinating to follow the play of memory across the rich body of work that Richard Wilbur, a poet who can fairly be called a modern master, has built up over 75 years. In shadowing him we may well find our own memories taking us by surprise.
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Che Guevara
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesErnesto 'Che' Guevara became a mythical figure during his lifetime. This course examines his career from the famous motorcycle journeys via his role in the Cuban Revolution to his death in Bolivia in 1967. It also explores his writings on revolution and guerrilla warfare and his influence on a generation of young Latin American revolutionaries...
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Reading prehistoric figurines
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesPrehistoric figurines elicit many reactions and emotions. They show the human body in a variety of fascinating ways and, in many ways, are the closest we can get to seeing prehistoric people. This visual tour of prehistoric figurines will explore their complex diversity and show how figurines played an active role in people's lives.
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Rocks, minerals and fossils: an introduction to geology
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesThis wide-ranging, practical introduction to geology, with a field trip, is an opportunity to study many different rocks, minerals and fossils. We will also see the part played by volcanoes and earthquakes, mountains and oceans in the making of Britain on its long journey from south of the equator to its present position.
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The glory of Rome
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesFew nations left such a lasting legacy on our world as the Roman Empire. In this course we will analyse the legacy of Rome through its politics, laws, religions, military, engineering, and art and architecture. What are the crucial achievements of the Romans? How did the Romans innovate and which elements of the Roman world...
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The golden age of Elizabethan music and culture
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesThe Elizabethan period was a true 'golden age' in music, where great composers like Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons and Dowland worked in a cultural environment that cherished their talents. They were surrounded by a host of other excellent musicians, and together created works for voices, viols, lutes and keyboard that are still heard and appreciated today.
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Early Christian ethics: slavery, sex and salvation
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesDid the early Christians present an ethical challenge to the society of their day or leave it unchanged? Did they practise equality or provide a religious justification for patriarchy and slavery? Did they really turn the other cheek and share their possessions? What did their non-Christian contemporaries make of their behaviour? An introduction to current...
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Writing non-fiction: bringing the past to life
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesThe past might be your grandfather's experience of the Great War, the secret life of your house or your parents' early years as newcomers to post-war Britain. Whether you're just starting out or have already begun writing, this weekly course will help you to think more deeply about the past and the most compelling way...
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Research at the museums
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesTaking a behind-the-scenes tour of a different Cambridge museum each week, this course will explore how the collections housed across Cambridge are still being used in cutting-edge research. We will see that, far from being a record of past discoveries, Cambridge collections are still leading to surprising discoveries about the past, as well as helping...
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Intermediate German: Die Berliner Mauer – DDR und Wiedervereinigung
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesThis weekend course, conducted in German, is designed for those who can already speak some German, but who wish to gain more confidence in their use of the language. The level of linguistic competence expected is a B1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Through the medium of short non-fictional and...
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In the merry company of Dutch Golden Age art
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesArt was a key element in the 17th-century Dutch Republic's process of self-definition, with domestic life pictures clarifying the values that underpinned the emerging culture. By the time of Dutch independence from Spanish rule in 1648 the United Provinces had the highest standard of living in Europe, so who were the people who had achieved...
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English medieval towns: Norwich, King’s Lynn, Canterbury and Cambridge
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesFour towns will be examined, all in Eastern England, each with a different story. Norwich was largely swept clear by the Normans in a dramatic exercise of royal authority. Canterbury evolved more slowly and came to be dominated by the Church and the Cult of Becket. King's Lynn was totally invented by the Normans, a...
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Divided kingdom: Social class and inequality in modern Britain
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesAll complex societies are characterised by the unequal distribution of resources. In this course, we will take a fresh look at the extent to which Britain is united or divided in the early 21st century by exploring social class, ethnic and gender inequalities. We will consider definitions of social class and its impact on life...
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Gloriana: the life and times of Elizabeth I, 1533-1603 (online)
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesShe was called Gloriana! The Virgin Queen! Elizabeth created a propaganda image of herself embodying English victories and English power which has endured into the 21st century. But what was the reality of her reign? This course will seek to explore the life and times of this extraordinary woman and, in the process, uncover something...
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How did Christianity begin? (online)
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesThe appearance of Christianity is one of the great events in world history but how should it be explained? This course will introduce the latest thinking by scholars in the field and is intended to help participants arrive at their own, informed, conclusions. Each unit will focus on a question key to making sense of...
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An introduction to design thinking and design process (online)
Listed on January 29, 2016 by Madingley Hall in Featured CoursesThis short course aims to provide participants with an insight into design, design thinking and how that translates into a design process through a variety of disciplines. In developing an open way of thinking about design, problem solving, and design process, participants will be able to connect with design in a variety of active ways;...
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