Literature course list | Professional and Continuing Education

Course listing

A close-up of a suit of armour in a darkly lit room.

Short online courses

A Knight in Borrowed Armour: an introduction to Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene'

08 Jan 2026 22 Feb 2026

A person holds an open book, reading its pages.

Weekend courses

Iris Murdoch: philosophy and fiction

23 Jan 2026 25 Jan 2026

Stone with Greek inscription, the Ancient Lycian City of Patara, near Kaş, Turkey.

Weekend courses

Reading Classical Greek: Xenophon, Apology of Socrates

23 Jan 2026 25 Jan 2026

A living room with a vintage arm chair and desk with a bookcase.

Weekend courses

Prides and Prejudices and Variations: Jane Austen's modern collaborators

20 Feb 2026 22 Feb 2026

Close-up of Shakespeare’s Globe theatre in London, showing its distinctive timber-framed architecture

Short online courses

An introduction to Shakespeare

16 Feb 2026 05 Apr 2026

An open vintage children’s book lying on striped bed sheets, showing a scene from a British story with a teddy bear and child being launched from a toy box

Short online courses

British Children’s Literature in the 20th Century

16 Feb 2026 05 Apr 2026

An open vintage children’s book lying on striped bed sheets, showing a scene from a British story with a teddy bear and child being launched from a toy box

Short online courses

British Children’s Literature in the 20th Century

06 Apr 2026 24 May 2026

A close-up portrait of William Shakespeare, depicting a man with dark, curly hair, a beard and mustache, and wearing a single hoop earring in his left ear.

Short online courses

Shakespeare and the interpretation of history

06 Apr 2026 24 May 2026