Weekly Evening Courses - Non Language

This course will demonstrate how we can tell new stories of the human past, looking beyond established narratives to engage with previously unstudied people and communities. You will be encouraged to explore beyond conventional areas of study such as capitalism, or the European elite, and instead investigate a more complex, multi-faceted record.

In this course you will learn how archaeologists use storytelling and narrative to unlock and relate events from the past. Archaeological studies today encourage us to challenge traditional sources and even revisit long-standing interpretations. You will see how this is made possible by a physical record of the past obtained from archaeological investigations. This is something the study of traditional sources and evidence from History is unable to imitate.

You will be encouraged to draw on resources from any area of study—such as prehistory, art, literature, and so on—to find that information and tell those stories.

This 6-week course will take place in person from 7pm to 9pm on Wednesday evenings starting on 8th May 2024 and finishing on 12th June 2024.

 Please see our price list below:

Historical Archaeology: A Doorway onto Other Time

• Standard price - £115.00
• Staff/student/alumni price - £100.00

Please note: if you select the staff/student/alumni price option, you must use an online store account that has been set up with your University email address and fill out your University staff, student or alumni ID number when prompted as part of the questionnaire data section.

When booking a course please do consult our Terms and Conditions which set out our cancellation and refund policy. Please note, that should we need to move teaching online, you will not be entitled to any refund other than those already set out in our Terms and Conditions.

“I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote, I love to sail forbidden seas…” 

Are you a ship lover? Starting with the RMS Titanic which departed from the port of Southampton in her maiden voyage, this course takes you on a journey into films that feature a variety of ships in different historical periods across cultures. From Polynesian canoes, Greek triremes and Chinese treasure ships to the 19th century iron steamers and battleship Yamato, from Noah’s Ark to the Flying Dutchman in Pirates of the Caribbean. We will also investigate the behind-the-scenes stories of how they are presented for the screen.