History
History Short Courses.
We will be offering some in-person courses, as well as a selection of online courses too.
Courses marked as (Credit) are open to everyone. As a credit student, you will matriculate as a student at the University of Edinburgh as part of the registration process for these courses. For more information, please visit the Studying for Credit pages.
In-person courses
Auld Enemies: Scotland and England in the Later Middle Ages
- Monday, 25 September (11:10-13:00) 10 weeks *Credit* (Course fee: £210/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Introduction to Modern European History
- Monday, 25 September (18:30-20:20) 10 weeks *Credit* (Course fee: £210/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
- Tuesday, 26 September (14:10-16:00) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Scottish Handwriting 1: 1500-1700
- Tuesday, 26 September (17:30-19:00) 10 weeks (Course fee: £125/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Edinburgh 1780-1833, Politics, Corruption and Reform
- Wednesday, 27 September (16:10-18:00) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Women in Early Modern Italy 1300-1700
- Wednesday, 27 September (14:10-16:00) 10 weeks *Credit* (Course fee: £210/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
- Thursday, 28 September (11:00-13:00) 10 weeks (Course fee: £180/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Gunpowder, Treason and Plot: The Reign of James VI and I
- Friday, 03 November (10:00-16:00) One Day Course (Course fee: £45/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Burke, Hare and the University of Edinburgh’s Anatomy School
- Friday, 08 December (10:30-16:30) One Day Course (Course fee: £45/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Interested in Archaeology?
An Introduction to Archaeology
- Monday, 25 September (18:30-20:20) 10 weeks *Credit* (Course fee: £210/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Archaeology of Southwest Asia (Online)
- Tuesday, 26 September (19:30-20:30) 10 weeks *Credit* (Course fee: £210/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
- Wednesday, 27 September (18:30-20:20) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
- Thursday, 28 September (14:10-16:00) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
In-person courses
- Monday, 15 January (18:30-20:20) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Introduction to Scottish Social History
- Monday, 15 January (11:10-13:00) 10 weeks *Credit* (Course fee: £210/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
- Tuesday, 16 January (14:10-16:00) 5 weeks (Course fee: £80/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
The Geomythography of Scotland
- Tuesday, 16 January (14:10-16:00) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Scottish Handwriting 2: 1500-1700
- Tuesday, 16 January (17:30-19:00) 10 weeks (Course fee: £125/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
A History of Edinburgh from Earliest Times to 1914
- Wednesday, 17 January (18:30-20:20) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Machiavelli and Politics, Culture and Society in Renaissance Italy
- Wednesday, 17 January (14:10-16:00) 10 weeks *Credit* (Course fee: £210/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
- Thursday, 18 January (11:00-13:00) 10 weeks (Course fee: £180/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
The Company that Broke a Nation: Scotland and the Darien Scheme
- Friday, 15 March (10:00-16:00) One Day Course (Course fee: £45/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Also interested in Archaeology?
Introduction to Ancient Egypt: Myths, Monarchs and Monuments
- Wednesday, 17 January (18:30-20:20) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Introduction to Archaeology: Digging Deeper
- Monday, 29 January (18:30-20:20) 5 weeks (Course fee: £80/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Term 3 (April to June 2024)
In-person courses
- Tuesday, 16 April (18:30-20:20) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
- Thursday, 18 April (11:00-13:00) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discount)
Renaissance and Baroque Gardens in Central and Northern Italy
- Wednesday, 17 April (14:30-16:00) 4 weeks (Course fee: £50/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Scotland and Slavery: A Visit to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
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Tuesday, 14 May (11:00-12:00) One Day Course (Course fee: £10/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Britain’s Forgotten Revolution: The Glorious Revolution of 1688
- Friday, 17 May (10:00-16:00) One Day Course (Course fee: £45/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Scotland: Romance and Reality in the 18th and 19th centuries
- Friday, 24 May (10:30-16:30) One Day Course (Course fee: £45/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Pilgrimage in Late Medieval Scotland
- Saturday, 25 May (10:00-16:00) One Day Course (Course fee: £45/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Also interested in Archaeology?
- Wednesday, 17 April (18:30-20:20) 5 weeks (Course fee: £80/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
- Thursday, 18 April (18:30-20:20) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
World Mythologies (2-day version)
- Thursday, 27 and Friday, 28 June (10:00-16:00) 2-day course (Course fee: £80/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Interested in more options?
View our Art History courses here
Important Information
For enquiries about the content of the courses in this subject area, please contact Course Organiser, Dr Sally Crumplin by email: hist.ahist.arch.col@ed.ac.uk.
For all general enquiries, please contact us by email COL@ed.ac.uk.