Season 4

A fourth series of lectures from the MANCENT history and literature tutors, delivered through the online conference facility Zoom (https://zoom.us/)

Tuesdays: 22^nd September to 20^th October 2020

 

Session 1:  22nd September 2020: 1.30-3.30pm

SUGAR AND ATLANTIC SLAVERY – SESSION 1

Ending the slave trade – Kevin Harrison

Ending slavery – Alan Sennett

 

Session 2: 29^th September 2020: 1.30-3.30pm

SUGAR AND ATLANTIC SLAVERY – SESSION 2

The Book of Night Women by Marlon James –  Creina Mansfield

From cane to beet – sugar without slavery  – Bob Callow

 

Session 3: 6^th October 2020: 1.30-3.30pm

Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture – Steve Millward

Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia in 1812 – Andrew Jones

 

Session 4: 13^th October 2020: 1.30-3.30pm

Life in the Trenches in WWI – Tim Cockitt

Journey’s End (Sherriff) – Carla Leach

 

Session 5: 20^th October 2020: 1.30-3.30pm

Swing in Europe – Steve Millward

Jazz under the Nazis – Alan Sennett

 

Wednesdays: 23^rd September to 21^st October 2020

 

Session 1: 23^rd September 2020: 1.30-3.30pm

“The Philadelphia Convention-1787”  (Drafting the Constitution) – Andrew Jones

The US Supreme Court – Martin Jervis

  

Session 2: 30^th September 2020: 1.30-3.30pm

Battle of Marston Moor, 1644 – Tim Cockitt

Between King and King: The ‘Interregnum’ of 1649-1660 – Kevin Harrison

 

Session 3: 7^th October 2020: 1.30-3.30pm

1919 – Revolutionary Year – Alan Sennett

The Spartacist Rising – Tim Cockitt

 

Session 4: 14^th October 2020: 1.30-3.30pm

The Albert Canal – Birgitta Hoffmann

Marie Curie – Bob Callow

 

Session 5: 21^st October 2020: 1.30-3.30pm

Discovery of DNA – Andrew Jones

Einstein – 1905, The Year of Miracles – Dave Kissack