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PROGRAMME of SHORT COURSES in JUNE and JULY 2021 Contents PROGRAMME OF SHORT COURSES IN JUNE AND JULY 2021 Contents STARTING IN JUNE The Russians: Identity and culture (Four sessions) Mondays 7 June – 28 June, 10.30 – 12.30 Zoom An Introduction to Virgil’s Aeneid in translation (Four sessions) Thursdays 10 June – 1 July, 10.30 – 12.30 Zoom Tree identification outdoor walks (Four sessions) Fridays 11 June - 2 July, 11.30 – 1pm Outdoors The Artists of Great Bardfield – East Anglia’s ‘St Ives’ (Two sessions) Wednesdays 23 June and 30 June, 10.30am – 12.30 Victoria Hall, HLSI. Medicinal Plants. Tour of RCP garden (One session) Wednesday 23 June, 10.30am – 12.30 Royal College of Physicians, Regent’s Park Architecture: Design for wellbeing and sustainability (One session) Thursday 24 June, 10.30 – 12.30 Zoom STARTING IN JULY London walks: Celebrating 200 years of Regent’s Canal (Two days) A: Monday 5 July, 10.30am – 4.30 Outdoors B: Monday 12 July, 10.30am – 4.30 Outdoors Inside Opera: Rigoletto (Four sessions) Tuesdays 6 July - 27 July, 10.30 – 12.30 Zoom Scientific Enlightenment – from Newton to Maxwell (Four sessions) Wednesdays 7 - 28 July, 10.30 – 12.30 Zoom London Social Housing: Architecture and Evolution (Four sessions) Fridays 9 July – 30 July, 10.30 – 12.30 Zoom HOW TO ENROL 1 STARTING IN JUNE The Russians: Identity and culture (Four sessions) Mondays 7 June – 28 June, 10.30 – 12.30 Zoom Fees: Members: £60; Non-members: £80 This short course is intended for anyone interested in Russian culture with or without prior knowledge of Russian language. The programme is designed around the four themes that shape Russian identity: Distance: We will talk and read about the great journeys that have been made across this mighty country and how these vast distances have shaped Russian literature. Power: How changing regimes have influenced the lives of ordinary Russians, from the Soviet era to the present day. Fate: The importance of ‘fate’ that runs through much Russian writing and film. Gender: We will explore Russia’s attitude to current issues including LGBT. Is there a masculinity crisis? Is Russia a Motherland or a Fatherland? Each session will have a reading recommendation of lesser known authors, as well as the classics, a selection of films to watch and an element of Russian language that illustrates the themes. The students will learn to recognise letters of the Russian alphabet and read some basic words within the context of the lesson (e.g. names of geographical places or personal pronouns). All the course materials (extracts from literary works and links to videos) will be provided. Tutor: Elena Malysheva graduated in Linguistics from the University of Pushkin, Russia, and later moved to London, where she obtained an MSc in Education from Birkbeck, University of London. She has over 15 years of experience as a professional translator in the fields of creative media, art and literature and worked as a consultant for the BBC Radio 4 series on Vasily Grossman “Destiny of a Novel”. She is currently teaching Russian language to native and non-native speakers, as well as history, culture and literature. An Introduction to Virgil’s Aeneid in translation (Four sessions) Thursdays 10 June – 1 July, 10.30 – 12.30 Zoom Fees: Members: £60; Non-members: £80 The Aeneid tells how Aeneas, Prince of Troy, escapes from the burning city and sails westward to found ‘a new Troy’ for his fellow refugees. It follows the pattern of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, but was written some 700 years later, in a different language and for a very different audience. Sometimes seen as the ‘Number Three Epic’, it stands proudly as a masterpiece in its own right, full of poetry, dramatic tension and psychological insight. In other words, ‘a great read’! 2 No translation can do full justice to this extraordinary work, but we shall be using one that is both scholarly and accessible, Robert Fagles’ Penguin edition published in 2006. This is available in bookshops and on Amazon; also online, but this version does not provide page numbers, which can be confusing. You will need to have a copy with you: we shall be doing a lot of reading aloud (strictly optional!) and we need to be all on the same page together. Notes will be provided on background to the narrative and the historical world in, and for, which Virgil wrote. We shall end by looking at the influence The Aeneid has had on literature, art and music, and considering what relevance this great work has to the world we live in today. You could read the excellent Introduction by Bernard Knox as preparation for the course, but this is entirely optional. You can simply come and enter with us the world of Aeneas in all its variety and excitement. There will be breaks for coffee and tea each day. There is a lunch break of an hour and a quarter. Tutor: Isabel Raphael has a Cambridge MA in Classics and English, and has been teaching Latin, Greek and Ancient History for some 40 years. For the last 19 years she has run a popular class called Latin for Pleasure at the HLSI, and more recently Latin and Greek adult classes in Hammersmith also. She is an experienced lecturer on a variety of Classics-based topics. Tree identification outdoor walks (Four sessions) Fridays 11 June - 2 July, 11.30 – 1pm Outdoors Fees: Members: £45; Non-members: £60 This four-week course takes place outdoors in various nearby parks, namely Waterlow Park, Kenwood Estate, Hampstead Heath and Golders Hill Park. Who is the course for? This is a course in tree identification for beginners and for those with some knowledge. It is for people who want to improve their ability to observe, describe and identify trees. There will be some uneven terrain, but most walking is on paths and grass. What will you learn? We will be looking at broad-leaved trees and conifers, at deciduous and evergreen trees. We will be concentrating on leaves, fruit and buds and bark. Some aspects of tree taxonomy will be explained, including the concepts of genus, species, cultivar and hybrid. How is the course taught? Each session will take place in one of the parks. We will meet on site. The exact location will be announced prior to the start of the course. Teaching will be interactive with high student participation. Students will be encouraged to share their observations, make comments, ask questions and engage in discussions. 3 Students will be asked to consolidate what they have learned between the weekly sessions. The parks we will visit have outstanding collections of trees and you will learn to identify a great number of species accurately. In order to do this, the students will develop skills, such as practical precise observation, comparison and the use of a methodology. What to bring Please bring a hand lens of magnification x10 and a notebook and pencil. If you have a tree identification book, please bring it to the sessions. If you are thinking of acquiring one, Collins Tree Guide by Owen Johnson is recommended. Tutor Bettina Metcalfe is a dendrologist with a keen interest in observing and identifying trees in ornamental settings in historic parks and gardens. She is an active member of the International Dendrology Society and has extensive experience of leading tree study walks. The Artists of Great Bardfield – East Anglia’s ‘St Ives’ (Two sessions) Wednesdays 23 June and 30 June, 10.30am – 12.30 Victoria Hall, HLSI Fees: Members: £30; Non-members: £40 In 1931 Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious cycled through Essex looking for a cheap place to work – they discovered Brick House, Great Bardfield. A few months later they moved in with their wives, Tirzah Garwood and Charlotte Bawden, both artists in their own right. Over the years the town became known as the ‘St Ives of East Anglia’ - an artist’s town where Ravilious painted some of his best work, artist friends gathered, moved in, painted, moved on – Grayson Perry grew up there; John Aldridge lived and painted there most of his life. Their wide circle of friends included Paul and John Nash, Enid Marx, Barnett Freedman and Peggy Angus. We will look at some of the wonderful art they produced, and explore the influences and associations of the Great Bardfield group. What were their concerns? Interests? Was there a Great Bardfield style? The Fry Art Gallery in Saffron Walden now has a permanent exhibition of Great Bardfield Artists. Tutor Jenny Vuglar has previously taught at the HLSI. She holds an MA in History from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and an MA in Art History from the Open University. She specialises in 20th Century British Art. She teaches Art History at Morley College and is an associate lecturer at the Open University. Medicinal Plants. Tour of RCP garden (One session) Wednesday 23 June, 10.30am – 12.30 Royal College of Physicians, Regent’s Park Fees: Members: £15; Non-members: £20 This tour is planned for those interested in plants and their past, present and possible future uses in medicine. Although herbal medicine will be discussed, the tour is not designed for those primarily seeking information regarding herbal medicine. No knowledge of botany will be assumed. 4 The Royal College of Physicians is housed in a stunning Grade 1 listed building designed in the 1960s by Denys Lasdun of National Theatre fame. It is situated at the bottom of Regents Park near the Euston Road. The Medicinal Plants Garden was started about 15 years ago and has an outstanding collection of over 1000 different plant species of medicinal interest with a further 200 that are named after famous doctors.
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