Winter School in Cape Town runs virtually again this year, from July 24-31st, and will offer 30 short courses across a range of disciplines, from Covid-19 responses, to current and past political issues, science offerings, African cinema, the Afrikaans language, provenance research and art restitution, French singers and songwriters and literature, life and travel in Italy. History lectures will cover the Bolsheviks, the Berlin Wall, and the Arab Spring, Forgotten Cape Passes, and the life of a freed slave, Carel Pelgraim who made the first pilgrimage to Mecca from the Cape.

All lectures will be delivered at a scheduled time of the day.

Winter School is run by the University of Cape Town’s Centre for Extra-Mural Studies (email: ems@uct,ac.za: telelphone number: +1 2721 650 2634.

Click here to see the full brochure for Winter School – remember, you will have to take account of the time differences when booking your lecture. Some of the lectures will be recorded for viewing later to patrons.