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Institute of Continuing Education: Undergraduate Virtual Open Day

Looking to pursue your love of learning, take the next step in your career or take your first steps along a new career path? Join us for our upcoming Undergraduate Virtual Open Day on 21st May, where we’ll delve into the world of undergraduate study at the Institute of Continuing Education

600 years of death and burial

Tue 14 January 2014 - Tue 11 February 2014

Institute of Continuing Education

In this weekly course at Madingley Hall, you will learn how to understand and study for yourself tombs, graves, and places and spaces of the dead in Britain over a period of 600 years, from the medieval period to the present day.

The course will progress chronologically and is multidisciplinary, drawing upon archaeology, history and architecture.

14 January: Who was really buried in 'Anglo-Saxon' cemeteries? (Dr Susan Oosthuizen)
21 January: High status tombs, 1500-1750 (Dr Susan Oosthuizen)
28 January: Commemeration and the rise of the Chantry Chapel (Dr Francis Woodman)
4 February: Pauper burials (Dr Samantha Williams)
11 February: Studying graveyards today (Dr Gilly Carr)

This course will be supported by our virtual learning environment (VLE). You will be able to download course material, contact your tutor and talk to fellow students via the web at a time and place that’s convenient to you.

Cost: £150

Enquiries and booking

Please note that booking is required for this event.

Enquiries: Registration Team Website Email: registration@ice.cam.ac.uk Telephone: 01223 746262

Timing

10:00am-12:00pm Tuesday every week , for 5 sessions starting Tuesday 14 January 2014

All times

Tue 14 January 2014 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Tue 21 January 2014 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Tue 28 January 2014 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Tue 4 February 2014 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Tue 11 February 2014 10:00AM - 12:00PM

Venue

Address: Institute of Continuing Education
Madingley Hall
Madingley
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB23 8AQ
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Email: enquiries@ice.cam.ac.uk
Telephone: 01223 746262
Fax: 01223 746200
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