Join our History workshops to enhance your understanding of the history and historical events that made Melbourne and the world today.
Bruno Zielke, long-time member of the Astronomical Society of Victoria presents an informative and thought-provoking examination of the universe.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
Join Alex Potocnik on virtual journey from the birthplace of Venetian painter Titian, high up in Italian Alps, to the town of violinmaker Stradivari in the middle of the Padanian plain.
Thursday, 28th November - 1 class
Session ID
DNAT7701C
28 Nov - 28 Nov
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$69 / $66 (conc)
$69 / $66 (conc)
Teacher
Alexander Potocnik
Alexander Potocnik
Hop on board a virtual journey from Trieste to Vienna, along the ‘great’ Southern Railway – the first ever trans-alpine railway of 1854.
Thursday, 17th October - 1 class
Session ID
DNAT3501C
17 Oct - 17 Oct
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$69 / $66 (conc)
$69 / $66 (conc)
Teacher
Alexander Potocnik
Alexander Potocnik
Croatia and Slovenia may be two ‘young’ nations, but their history is just as old and rugged as that of any other part of Europe. On this virtual journey between their capitals Zagreb and Ljubljana we will visit some fascinating places and delve into their colourful history.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
Bruno Zielke, long-time member of the Astronomical Society of Victoria takes us right back to where it all began; examining the Big Bang
Monday, 30th September - 5 classes
Session ID
DNAT5801C
30 Sep - 28 Oct
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$189 / $180 (conc)
$189 / $180 (conc)
Teacher
Bruno Zielke
Bruno Zielke
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.
Tuesday, 15th October - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAD4301C
15 Oct - 29 Oct
11:30am - 1:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$145 / $138 (conc)
$145 / $138 (conc)
Teacher
Richard Stone
Richard Stone
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, 30th November - 1 class
Session ID
DNN23905C
30 Nov - 30 Nov
12:30pm - 4:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$129 / $123 (conc)
$129 / $123 (conc)
Teacher
Karen Manwaring
Karen Manwaring
Saturday, 18th January - 1 class
Session ID
DNN23901C
18 Jan - 18 Jan
12:30pm - 4:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$129 / $123 (conc)
$129 / $123 (conc)
Teacher
Karen Manwaring
Karen Manwaring
Pam Chessell focuses on four particular years in history – 1815, 1851, 1901, 1904, exploring the lasting, unpredicted and unprecedented impact of apparently disconnected events.
Wednesday, 2nd October - 4 classes
Session ID
DNAT6101C
2 Oct - 23 Oct
10:30am - 12:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$189 / $142 (conc)
$189 / $142 (conc)
Teacher
Pamela Chessell
Pamela Chessell
The long struggle to create a unified nation now behind them, the leaders of the new Kingdom of Italy sought to convince a disparate populace of their achievement, but a deeply entrenched division between North and South, an intransigent Pope, the rise of socialism and a climate of economic...
Friday, 8th November - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAT7401C
8 Nov - 22 Nov
11:30am - 1:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$145 / $138 (conc)
$145 / $138 (conc)
Teacher
Richard Stone
Richard Stone
Explore the origin and impact of poetry, books, newspapers, propaganda, personal letters and even trench journalism from these turbulent times.
Thursday, 17th October - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAD5101C
17 Oct - 31 Oct
11:30am - 1:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$145 / $109 (conc)
$145 / $109 (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 enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
The Battle of Fromelles was Australia’s initiation to warfare on the Western Front. With the recent anniversary of World War I, it’s an ideal time to explore an Australian perspective to the Great War. Why did so many young men and women choose to join a war on the other side of the...
Friday, 29th November - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAB1201C
29 Nov - 13 Dec
11:30am - 1:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$145 / $138 (conc)
$145 / $138 (conc)
Teacher
Richard Stone
Richard Stone
Trade along the shores of Ligurian Sea fostered growth of port cities. Three of them, Genoa, Pisa and Amalfi became medieval super powers fighting with Venice and among themselves for dominance of the Mediterranean. But wealth attracted pirates and people along the Ligurian coast had to find...
Thursday, 12th December - 1 class
Session ID
DNAT7801C
12 Dec - 12 Dec
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$69 / $66 (conc)
$69 / $66 (conc)
Teacher
Alexander Potocnik
Alexander Potocnik
Talks Courses Coming Up
Five Big Philosophical Ideas: From Machiavelli to Murdoch
Dr. Doug Adeney considers five important views of morality and society, advanced respectively by Machiavelli, Rousseau, Mill, Nietzsche,...
Have Brush, Will Travel - 3 Peripatetic Italian Artists
Introductions to three significant artists of the Late Medieval / Early Renaissance period: Giotto di Bondone, Piero della Francesca and...