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.
Delve into the history of song with Richard Stone as he considers the questions: What did Medieval music really sound like? How was it performed and recorded? Why did music become such an integral component of life?
Wednesday, 31st July - 4 classes
Session ID
DNAT2801C
31 Jul - 21 Aug
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$189 / $180 (conc)
$189 / $180 (conc)
Teacher
Richard Stone
Richard Stone
Thursday, 8th August - 1 class
Session ID
DNAT3301C
8 Aug - 8 Aug
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$69 / $66 (conc)
$69 / $66 (conc)
Teacher
Alexander Potocnik
Alexander Potocnik
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.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
Dr Janet Davey explores fashion and jewellery worn by the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
Remedies for everyday complaints, treatment of battle wounds, pregnancy tests and even birth control methods were all known to ancient Egyptian doctors. Join leading Forensic Egyptologist Dr Janet Davey and explore the methods used to stay healthy along the Nile Valley.
About Dr Janet Davey...
Tuesday, 11th June - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAD7001C
11 Jun - 25 Jun
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.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
Historian Pam Chessell presents a series of talks, each concentrating attention on one particular date in history – 1770, 1812, 1871 and 1919 – and explores the lasting, unpredicted and unprecedented impact of apparently disconnected events.
For Example:
In 1812 Britain was at war with...
Wednesday, 19th June - 4 classes
Session ID
DNAT2401C
19 Jun - 10 Jul
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.
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. Covering almost three...
Tuesday, 23rd July - 4 classes
Session ID
DNAT2701C
23 Jul - 13 Aug
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$189 / $180 (conc)
$189 / $180 (conc)
Teacher
Richard Stone
Richard Stone
Follow the route of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII down the Nile River and discover why the Nile was the super highway for kings, queens, trade and troops sailing to war.
Tuesday, 30th July - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAT0301C
30 Jul - 13 Aug
11:30am - 1:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$159 / $152 (conc)
$159 / $152 (conc)
Teacher
Janet Davey
Janet Davey
Join Bruno Zielke, long-time member of the Astronomical Society of Victoria, as he examines a different thought-provoiking topic in cosmology each week.
Why was Einstein so famous?
Formation and life of black holes
Is time an illusion?
Models of cosmology
What do we know for sure?...
Monday, 15th July - 5 classes
Session ID
DNAT4301C
15 Jul - 12 Aug
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$219 / $209 (conc)
$219 / $209 (conc)
Teacher
Bruno Zielke
Bruno Zielke
Explore the conflicting visions of poets and painters struggling with the pressure of internationalism, indigenous culture and colonial legacy, searching for national self-definition through literature and arts.
Thursday, 6th June - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAE0301C
6 Jun - 20 Jun
11:30am - 1:00pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$149 / $142 (conc)
$149 / $142 (conc)
Teacher
Richard Stone
Richard Stone
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.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
The Sixties 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 will all be covered in our ongoing investigation as we address social, political and...
Thursday, 4th July - 4 classes
Session ID
DNAT2601C
4 Jul - 25 Jul
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$189 / $180 (conc)
$189 / $180 (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.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
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.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
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.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
Anna Kortschak celebrates the lives and achievements of intrepid women adventurers who explored the world to its very limits.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email enquiries@cae.edu.au to register your interest.
Talks Courses Coming Up
Ancient Egyptian Medicine
Remedies for everyday complaints, treatment of battle wounds, pregnancy tests and even birth control methods were all known to ancient...
Topics in Moral Philosophy: Envy & Jealousy
Envy and jealousy. How do these differ? Do each of them come in good and bad varieties? Join Dr Douglas Adeney to explore some aspects of...