With the evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, CAE has suspended all face-to-face short courses and languages courses as of Wednesday March 25 2020.
Join our History workshops to enhance your understanding of the history and historical events that made Melbourne and the world today.
The course will trace the development of Italian vocal music through the first half of the 17th Century. From the New Music of Caccini and the theatrical experiments of the Florentine Camerata, we will see how opera evolved from a private court entertainment to a successful commercial enterprise in...
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
Explore the art and literature that emerged during the first century of European settlement – from early efforts to refashion an alien land, to the rise of a nationalistic spirit and celebration of Australia’s uniqueness.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
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.
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Pam Chessell focuses on particular years in history, the significant events that occurred within each year and the relationship between the apparently disconnected events.
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The Mediterranean Sea occupies a unique geographical and cultural place in world history. Centrally located between three continents, it has nurtured the growth of great civilisations, encouraged the interchange of goods and ideas and spawned mighty conflicts on water and land. This stage of our...
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Join Pam Chessell as she considers the behaviour of some of the most notorious tyrants and traitors through the ages.
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Explore the radical vision and technical innovations of French Impressionist painters that enabled artists including Monet, Pissarro and Sisley to “paint the weather” throughout the cycle of seasons.
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Discover ancient ruins and vibrant city life of the contemporary Italian capital, Rome.
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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.
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Almost everybody has heard of the Italian region of Tuscany, about its roads lined with cypresses and its excellent wines yet the neighbouring region of Umbria is generally unknown. But even though most tourists flock to Tuscany and as a rule Tuscany wines are twice as expensive as those from...
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This session will introduce you to one of the lesser known but equally bloody front of World War 1 – the Italian front and see it through the eyes of the writer Ernest Hemingway. Fighting high in the Alps meant that this was one of the most peculiar fronts of the war, one where the remains of...
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German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s claim to fame is his World War 2 African campaign that earned him the nickname ‘Desert Fox’. But what is less known is that he also takes credit for one of the most notable German victories in World War 1; the battle of Caporetto. How did it...