A five-week course with David Johnson (& Matthew Jarron for 1 week). 4th November - 2nd December 2026. Wednesdays, 6.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m.

Booking will close on Friday 30th October 2026 at 12 noon.

Due to limited resources we are UNABLE TO ACCEPT LATE BOOKINGS after this date.

Five weeks from Wednesday 4th November to Wednesday 2nd December 2026.

6.30 p. m. - 8.30 p.m.

Venue: Room 1G 10, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee

With a former KGB officer in the Kremlin, and rumours of “assets” and Kompromat in the White House, echoes of the Cold War continue to shape our lives, culture and politics nearly 40 years after it was supposed to have ended.

Join us for a series of talks on this fascinating and important period of history. The course will offer a mix of subjects including the Space Race, the history and life behind the Iron Curtain using lots of illustrations and media. One session will include an Eastern bloc film introduced by LLD's film expert Matthew Jarron.

Each week David will offer to continue the conversation after the course for an hour over a coffee for those who wish to have a more general chat.

Tutor: David Johnson

David studied Modern History at Royal Holloway, London before going on to a career in TV and media.

David has a passion for modern history and popular culture and loves being able to bring the two together through travel and learning.

Tutor: Matthew Jarron

Matthew is Curator of Museum Services at the University of Dundee, looking after a collection of over 30,000 objects, artworks and specimens and running the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum, the Tayside Medical History Museum, and the exhibition programme in the Tower Foyer & Lamb Galleries. He also has a lifelong passion for cinema and has taught film history evening classes in Dundee since 2001. His latest course, Out of the Past - the Film Noir and its Origins starts on Thursday 22nd October and is available to book here

Course Code: 10 122

Enquiries should be sent to lifelonglearningdundee@gmail.com

As a volunteer organisation with limited resources, we try to respond to queries, as quickly as possible. Please bear with us.

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