Join our History workshops to enhance your understanding of the history and historical events that made Melbourne and the world today.
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, 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
Saturday, 30th May - 1 class
Session ID
DNN23903C
30 May - 30 May
12:30pm - 4:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$129 / $123 (conc)
$129 / $123 (conc)
Teacher
Karen Manwaring
Karen Manwaring
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, 4th March - 4 classes
Session ID
DNAS8401C
4 Mar - 25 Mar
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$189 / $180 (conc)
$189 / $180 (conc)
Teacher
Pamela Chessell
Pamela Chessell
Pam Chessell will consider the behaviour of tyrants and traitors through the ages.
Wednesday, 4th March - 4 classes
Session ID
DNAU0801C
4 Mar - 25 Mar
10:30am - 12:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$189 / $180 (conc)
$189 / $180 (conc)
Teacher
Pamela Chessell
Pamela Chessell
Discover ancient ruins and vibrant city life of the contemporary Italian capital, Rome.
Thursday, 27th February - 1 class
Session ID
DNAU0901C
27 Feb - 27 Feb
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$69 / $66 (conc)
$69 / $66 (conc)
Teacher
Alexander Potocnik
Alexander Potocnik
Follow the path of the socialist experiment in Russia from the revolutionary days of 1917 to the death of Lenin in 1924.
Tuesday, 25th February - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAT9701C
25 Feb - 10 Mar
11:30am - 1:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$149 / $142 (conc)
$149 / $142 (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.
Thursday, 30th January - 4 classes
Session ID
DNAS0501C
30 Jan - 20 Feb
11:30am - 1:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$189 / $180 (conc)
$189 / $180 (conc)
Teacher
Richard Stone
Richard Stone
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...
Thursday, 5th March - 1 class
Session ID
DNAU1001C
5 Mar - 5 Mar
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$69 / $66 (conc)
$69 / $66 (conc)
Teacher
Alexander Potocnik
Alexander Potocnik
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...
Thursday, 12th March - 1 class
Session ID
DNAU1101C
12 Mar - 12 Mar
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$69 / $66 (conc)
$69 / $66 (conc)
Teacher
Alexander Potocnik
Alexander Potocnik
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...
Thursday, 19th March - 1 class
Session ID
DNAU1201C
19 Mar - 19 Mar
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$69 / $66 (conc)
$69 / $66 (conc)
Teacher
Alexander Potocnik
Alexander Potocnik
Talks Courses Coming Up
Rome Through My Eyes
Rome is a mix of ancient ruins and vibrant city life in the contemporary Italian capital. As a tour guide the presenter had to work out...
Exploring Tyrants and Traitors through the Ages
This series of four sessions will consider the behaviour of tyrants and traitors through the ages. The sessions will be discussion...