Short Courses 2025

On campus and online

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Our Short Courses share The Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s expertise with anyone interested in art and art history. Courses present up-to-date art-historical thinking, often including our lecturers’ current research, and are led by experts chosen for their academic excellence, enthusiasm, and the ability to communicate with diverse audiences.

Taught both in person and online, and covering a global range of historical periods and art-historical themes, the Short Courses programme has much to offer to both newcomers to the subject and to participants with existing knowledge and interests. We mostly teach in small groups to facilitate discussion. The only pre-requisite to participation in our courses is a passion for the visual arts and for art history, along with a good command of the English language.

You can explore our full programmes below. 

Coming soon: Modernism in Art & Music
Pagans & Christians
Abstract Expressionism
Heroines
Nature

If you have any questions, please contact us at short.courses@courtauld.ac.uk

Open our interactive calendar here - please click on the course or programme title for more information.

Short Courses Calendar 2025

Our programmes


Summer School

On campus and online. Summer School 2025 features 25 intensive five-day courses on a global range of topics from late classical to contemporary art. ...

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Showcasing Art History

On campus and online. As the programme name implies, the series aims to share the latest art-historical thinking, and The Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s excellence in teaching and research, with the wider public....

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Tours

Join our expert lecturers for one of our sought-after Â鶹ÊÓƵ Tours in person, which are celebrated for their scholarly excellence, conviviality and small group size. ...

Saturday Â鶹ÊÓƵ

Saturday Â鶹ÊÓƵ delivers short, intensive and enjoyable events that help to give further context to our temporary exhibitions, or use selected works from our permanent collections as starting points for the investigation of significant art-historical ...

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Open Event

New to art history? Unsure if The Â鶹ÊÓƵ is for you? Come and meet us over coffee, conversation and a range of short talks!...

Contact us

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Brochure 2025

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