From the darkest days of the Cold War to the music filled halls of Queen Victoria’s palace, CAE’s ever-changing range of History, the Arts and Culture talks and interactive short courses provide the perfect opportunity to get together with like-minded enthusiasts to examine, discuss and reflect on some of life’s most fascinating topics.
Please note: All courses without ‘online’ in the title refer to a face to face delivery.
Follow the development of European vocal music from its ancient beginnings to the Renaissance.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email customer.care@boxhill.edu.au to register your interest.
An introduction to the generation of French artists who developed distinctive and challenging approaches to painting in the wake of the Impressionist revolution.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email customer.care@boxhill.edu.au to register your interest.
While Victorian Britain had few top-tier musicians, music was central to daily life. We’ll explore works by Tosti, Sullivan, Balfe, and Prince Albert.
Thursday, 3rd December - 2 classes
Session ID
DNBB4501C
3 Dec - 10 Dec
11:00am - 1:00pm
Location
CBD
Session Fees
$215 / $204 (conc)
$215 / $204 (conc)
Teacher
Richard STONE
Richard STONE
Explore the seventeenth-century Netherlands, when Rembrandt and Vermeer produced some of the greatest masterpieces in history.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email customer.care@boxhill.edu.au to register your interest.
Introduction to four French painters of the late 19th and early 20th Century. Each one developed a personal response to the Post-Impressionist generation, and each would inspire the next wave of Modernists.
Thursday, 5th November - 3 classes
Session ID
DNBB2301C
5 Nov - 19 Nov
11:00am - 1:00pm
Location
CBD
Session Fees
$275 / $261 (conc)
$275 / $261 (conc)
Teacher
Richard STONE
Richard STONE
Dr Richard Stone presents an introduction to George Orwell’s extraordinary life and work as a novelist, essayist, social commentator and journalist.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email customer.care@boxhill.edu.au to register your interest.
Explore the critical period 1918-1939, the end of WW1 through the Weimar Republic, and the rise of Nazi Germany. Political events, charismatic leaders, cultural highs and lows, and prelude to war.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email customer.care@boxhill.edu.au to register your interest.
Dr Richard Stone explores the origin and impact of poetry, books, newspapers, propaganda, personal letters and trench journalism from the period of the Great War (1914-1918).
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email customer.care@boxhill.edu.au to register your interest.
An exploration of the Australian postwar art scene, with a focus on artists who explored non-figurative and abstract modes of expression.
Thursday, 10th September - 3 classes
Session ID
DNBB1801C
10 Sep - 24 Sep
11:00am - 1:00pm
Location
CBD
Session Fees
$275 / $261 (conc)
$275 / $261 (conc)
Teacher
Richard STONE
Richard STONE
Dr Richard Stone examines the important role played by music in the life of Louis XIV and his court; both as entertainment and as a demonstration of power.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email customer.care@boxhill.edu.au to register your interest.
Join Garibaldi and the people of 19th Century Italy in their struggle for independence and nationhood.
Friday, 2nd October - 4 classes
Session ID
DNAS4201C
2 Oct - 23 Oct
11:00am - 1:00pm
Location
CBD
Session Fees
$350 / $333 (conc)
$350 / $333 (conc)
Teacher
Richard STONE
Richard STONE
During the 1950s the shaping of a new world order developed into an “us” versus “them” struggle for supremacy. Explore the powerful personalities on each side, influential institutions and key events.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email customer.care@boxhill.edu.au to register your interest.
The 1960s was a decade of challenge and change. The wall in Berlin, the crisis in Cuba, political assassinations, student protests, proxy wars, the space race, colonial collapse and the false Spring in Prague are all covered in our ongoing investigation as we address social, political and cultural...
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email customer.care@boxhill.edu.au to register your interest.
This course explores the reshaping of Europe in the light of World War 2 and the approaching Cold War.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email customer.care@boxhill.edu.au to register your interest.
A political and cultural exploration of the Soviet Union during the period of Stalin’s duplicitous and tyrannical regime.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email customer.care@boxhill.edu.au to register your interest.
Uncover the myth and reality of the Trojan War through its archaeological evidence and its lasting influence on literature, art, and music.
Thursday, 20th August - 3 classes
Session ID
DNBB7202C
20 Aug - 3 Sep
11:00am - 1:00pm
Location
CBD
Session Fees
$275 / $261 (conc)
$275 / $261 (conc)
Teacher
Richard STONE
Richard STONE
History, Culture and Philosophy Courses Coming Up
Four Political Classics
A brief critical introduction to four famous works in political philosophy:
Plato, Republic (c. 380BC), an account of the ideal state,...
Amusing Her Majesty - Queen Victoria's Music
While Victorian Britain had few top-tier musicians, music was central to daily life. We’ll explore works by Tosti, Sullivan, Balfe,...