“Fierce Landscapes: Listening to the People of Appalachia” January 1-11, 2016 Hosted by Wake Forest Divinity School, Winston-Salem, NC and sponsored by AMERC This 12-day immersion is followed by 3-4 interactive distance learning sessions and a 15-20 page integrative paper. The immersion finds its home among the people of Western North Carolina and Southwest Virginia. …
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Latin Second Steps 5th September – 9th September 2016 Aimed at those who have completed Latin in a Week or have knowledge of Latin to GCSE standard. You will start reading and understanding extracts from the poets, comic playwrights and prose writers of Classical Latin literature. Residential prices (bed & breakfast, morning and afternoon coffee, lunch and dinner) start …
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Welsh in a Week 22nd August – 28th August 2016 Arrive with little or no knowledge of the Welsh languageand Julie Brake will ensure you leave at the end of the week able to carry on a conversation in Welsh. Residential prices (bed & breakfast, morning and afternoon coffee, lunch and dinner) start from £586, non-residential from …
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Latin in a Week 15th August – 21st August 2016 This successful approach to learning Latin aims to take complete beginners to the point where they can read short extracts of poetry and prose. It can also be enjoyed by those who know some Latin and wish to revise and improve their ability but no prior knowledge is assumed. …
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Hebrew in a Week 8th August – 14th August 2016 Enjoy and understand Biblical Hebrew in this week-long course with Lyn Bechtel. For those who know a little Hebrew and wish to revise and improve their knowledge or those who have no prior knowledge at all. All we ask is that you familiarise yourself with the Hebrew …
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Greek in a Week 1st August – 7th August 2016 Kalyan Day teaches New Testament Greek in this week-long course. Ideal for those wishing to learn New Testament Greek or for those wanting to revise or improve their knowledge of it. No prior knowledge of Greek is assumed -all we ask is that you try …
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Gladstone Umbrella 15th July – 17th July 2016 A favourite of the Gladstone’s Library calendar returns for another year! Whether you’ve grown up with a healthy love of history and Victoriana or you’re an academic with a penchant for the ‘Grand Old Man’, no matter your background the Gladstone Umbrella is the colloquium for you. …
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Fractured Feminism with Political Writer in Residence Emma Rees 18th June – 19th June 2016 2016 Political Writer in Residence Emma Rees discusses the role and relevance of feminism today, considering how infighting and media representations have fractured feminism. She also looks at key feminist debates: how is the ‘personal’ in fact ‘political’? And is ‘choice’ …
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Demfest 2016 13th May – 14th May 2016 DemFest is a new festival of democracy taking place 13th – 14th May 2016 in the beautiful surroundings of W.E. Gladstone’s library at Hawarden in North Wales. At DemFest you will meet people developing fairer and more participatory forms of politics, enjoy a range of exciting democracy-related …
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Ways of Seeing: Art and Faith 1st April – 3rd April 2016 The relationship between Christian faith and visual art is an immensely rich one, but it can also be challenging. This course will explore some great (and some less great) art from the Middle Ages to the present and use seeing as a means to …
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