THE SEVENTH SERIES OF LECTURES FROM THE MANCENT HISTORY AND LITERATURE TUTORS, DELIVERED THROUGH THE ONLINE CONFERENCE FACILITY ZOOM (HTTPS://ZOOM.US/)
Tuesdays: 23rd February- 23rd March 2021
Session 1: 23rd February 2021 1.30-3.30pm
Windrush (part 1)
Immigration and the scandal – Mike Milligan
Songs for Windrush: Caribbean music comes to Britain – Steve Millward
Session 2: 2nd March 2021: 1.30-3.30pm
Windrush (part 2)
Stuart Hall, Immigrant & Cultural Theorist – Mike Milligan
“Small Island”, the novel by Andrea Levy – Creina Mansfield
Session 3: 9th March 2021: 1.30-3.30pm
Ways of remembering
Manchester Southern Cemetery – Tim Cockitt
History: Myth and Memory – Kevin Harrison
Session 4: 16th March 2021: 1.30-3.30pm
Imagining History
The world of John Le Carre – Creina Mansfield
Fascinating Fascism: Leni Riefenstahl and Nazi documentary film – Alan Sennett
Session 5: 23rd March 2021: 1.30-3.30pm
Dubious reputations in History
The Empress Livia: Roman matron or murderous monster? – Kevin Harrison
Aaron Burr – Martin Jervis
Wednesdays – 24th February – 24th March 2021
Session 1: Wed 24th February 2021: 1.30-3.30pm
The birth of modern mining (Scotland and Silesia)
When Mary Queen of Scots discovered mining – Birgitta Hoffmann
Alexander von Humboldt: Inspector of mines – Bob Callow
Session 2: Wed 3rd March 2021: 1.30-3.30pm
Responses to crises of the Seventeenth Century
The Mayflower pilgrims – Andrew Jones
Matthew Hopkins: Witch-Finder General – Kevin Harrison
Session 3: Wed 10th March 2021: 1.30-3.30pm
York & Warrington, homes of new thinking
Alkuin of York: When a Yorkshireman decided to run the Frankish Empire (properly) – Birgitta Hoffmann
The Warrington Academy – Bob Callow
Session 4: Wed 17th March 2021: 1.30-3.30pm
Louis XIV
Louis XIV, his court and his country – Andrew Jones
Jean-Baptiste Lully, court composer to the Sun King – Steve Millward
Session 5: Wed 24th March 2021: 1.30-3.30pm
Revolution and Reaction
The Easter Rising, Dublin 1916 – Tim Cockitt
Fascism in America – 1930s to today – Alan Sennett
Booking
We are running this on the same basis as the previous series. If you are already on our mailing list there is no need for you to let us know, since we will just treat it as a continuation of the existing ZTP cour
If you have not attended the previous ZTP series, then please email Alan Sennett: a.sennett@open.ac.uk
ZOOM CODES
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Virtual Learning Platform: ZOOM
Price per Session:
Given the nature of these sessions and the medium of delivery we are happy if people want to pay by the week or for the session(s) they are interested in. Hence the flat charge of £5 per session.
| Price | Concessions | Minimum No. | Maximum No. |
| £5 | n/a | 4 | 60 |
Price for the Series:
Tuesdays:
| Price | Concessions | Minimum No. | Maximum No. |
| £25 | 4 | 60 |
Wednesdays:
| Price | Concessions | Minimum No. | Maximum No. |
| £25 | 4 | 60 |
PAYMENT DETAILS
Here’s the information you need for payment:
For cheques:
Kevin Harrison, [kevkev.harrison@hotmail.co.uk]
26 Grange Avenue, Heaton Chapel, Stockport, SK4 5HF