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Course: Yorkshire's Urban Past Yorkshire is a county of towns and cities as well as moors and dales, and this course explores Yorkshire's rich urban past from the middle ages to the twentieth century. There will be two half-day study trips to local urban centres. No prior experience or knowledge is required Among the topics the course will cover are: The diverse origins of Yorkshire's urban centres War, religion, politics and economics in urban history Reading the urban past from maps and on-site The place of Yorkshire's towns and cities in national history If you take this course, you will need to be prepared to read, to look, to discuss, and to listen. You will be expected to collaborate with your fellow students, putting together ideas and insights and communicating them to others, and to prepare written assignments and a presentation which you will give before the class. The course will be held at Fishergate Primary School, Fishergate, York, on ten Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9pm, beginning 12 January 2006. This course is run by the Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Hull. For enrolment details visit their web site at www.hull.ac.uk/cll or e-mail the Centre at cll@hull.ac.uk. If you have queries about the course content and teaching you can e-mail the course tutor, Dr Ralph Harrington, at ralph.harrington1@btinternet.com, but he cannot advise you on enrolment or other administrative matters. This page updated: 7 July 2005. © greycat.org