Join our History workshops to enhance your understanding of the history and historical events that made Melbourne and the world today.
Follow the development of European vocal music from its ancient beginnings to the age of the Renaissance.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
Cosmology expert Bruno Zielke discusses the beginning and the end of the universe, from the Big Bang to the future.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
This hands-on course provides an introduction to family history for people wanting to search their Australian and British ancestry from home.
Saturday, 27th April - 1 class
Session ID
DNS04701C
27 Apr - 27 Apr
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$169 / $161 (conc)
$169 / $161 (conc)
Teacher
Helen King
Helen King
Dr Janet Davey explores fashion and jewellery worn by the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.
Tuesday, 2nd April - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAS7301C
2 Apr - 16 Apr
11:30am - 1:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$159 / $152 (conc)
$159 / $152 (conc)
Teacher
Janet Davey
Janet Davey
Experienced Camino trekker, Karen Manwaring, provides practical advice about how to prepare for the terrain, accommodation, food, culture and language plus what to pack and when to go.
Saturday, 1st June - 1 class
Session ID
DNN23903C
1 Jun - 1 Jun
12:30pm - 4:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$129 / $123 (conc)
$129 / $123 (conc)
Teacher
You have spent much time researching your family history and obtained all this fascinating information. But how do you record it safely in an attractive style that you can enjoy and share with others? In this session you will learn the skills to prepare and compile information, documents and...
Saturday, 25th May - 1 class
Session ID
DNY48103C
25 May - 25 May
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$169 / $161 (conc)
$169 / $161 (conc)
Teacher
Helen King
Helen King
Discover the life and work of the ill-fated Andalusian poet, playwright and musician Federico Garcia-Lorca, set against the historical heritage and cultural traditions of southern Spain.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
Join historian Alex Potinick as he delves into the geographical, political and historical origins of Central Europe and takes you on a short journey between two of its ancient capitals, Graz and Prague.
Thursday, 11th April - 1 class
Session ID
DNAS8601C
11 Apr - 11 Apr
11:00am - 1:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$85 / $81 (conc)
$85 / $81 (conc)
Teacher
Alexander Potocnik
Alexander Potocnik
Historian Pam Chessell focuses on particular years in history, the significant events that occurred within each year and the relationship between the apparently disconnected events.
Wednesday, 27th March - 4 classes
Session ID
DNAS8401C
27 Mar - 17 Apr
10:30am - 12:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$189 / $180 (conc)
$189 / $180 (conc)
Teacher
Explore the Mediterranean Sea, located between three continents, nurturing the growth of great civilisations, encouraging the interchange of both goods and knowledge, and spawning mighty conflicts on water and land.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
Travel back to the momentous years of the French Revolution – a pivotal period of social and political upheaval. The unfolding drama will be illuminated by examples of music, art and literature of the era.
Thursday, 21st March - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAM4901C
21 Mar - 4 Apr
11:30am - 1:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$149 / $142 (conc)
$149 / $142 (conc)
Teacher
Richard Stone
Richard Stone
Richard Stone discusses the aftermath of World War II, shaped and reshaped by political, economic and social pressures of the day.
Friday, 10th May - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAL8701C
10 May - 24 May
11:30am - 1:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$149 / $142 (conc)
$149 / $142 (conc)
Teacher
Richard Stone
Richard Stone
The Alps were always a majestic natural protective wall for the Apennine peninsula, the home of present day Italy. But there is a gap in the wall… Explore the history of this passageway with author and historian, Alex Potocnik.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
Consider the major issues pertaining to the Spanish Civil War – the key players, the importance of propaganda in selling their cause both locally and abroad, as well as the various responses to the conflict.
Thursday, 2nd May - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAB3401C
2 May - 16 May
11:30am - 1:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$149 / $142 (conc)
$149 / $142 (conc)
Teacher
Richard Stone
Richard Stone
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi is a prominent Baroque composer, whose abundant secular and religious works immediately precede (and sometimes equal) the masterpieces of Handel and Bach. In this course, music of these three composers will be compared and contrasted.
Friday, 26th April - 4 classes
Session ID
HWAS4401C
26 Apr - 17 May
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$169 / $161 (conc)
$169 / $161 (conc)
Teacher
Peter Larsen
Peter Larsen
Anna Kortschak celebrates the lives and achievements of intrepid women adventurers who explored the world to its very limits.
Wednesday, 3rd April - 1 class
Session ID
DNAS9201C
3 Apr - 3 Apr
10:30am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$85 / $81 (conc)
$85 / $81 (conc)
Teacher
Talks Courses Coming Up
Topics in Moral Philosophy: The Vice & Virtue of Pride
Pride is often condemned as a vice or sin, and indeed – in some moral traditions – the most important or fundamental one of...
Exploring Central Europe
Central Europe has a strong sense of common identity, but for half a century it was divided by the Iron Curtain.
Since the end of the Cold...