THE ELEVENTH SERIES OF LECTURES FROM THE MANCENT HISTORY AND LITERATURE TUTORS, DELIVERED THROUGH THE ONLINE CONFERENCE FACILITY ZOOM (HTTPS://ZOOM.US/)
Five Sessions (10 talks)
Tuesdays: 1.30-3.30pm
Session 1: Tuesday 16th November 1.30-3.30pm
The Darwin Revolution
Father and Son by Edmund Gosse – Creina Mansfield
Darwin and Evolution – Andrew Jones
Session 2: Tuesday 23rd November 1.30-3.30pm
Weight of Evidence: Some more Equal than Others?
Wilkinson & Pickett’s The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better – Mike Milligan
The Rand Corporation: A Neutral Voice in US Foreign Policy? – Martin Jervis
Session 3: Tuesday 30th November 1.30-3.30pm
If You Don’t Want My Peaches (You’d Better Stop Shaking My Tree) [a song by Irving Berlin]
Trimalchio’s Feast: Fine Dining in the Roman World – Kevin Harrison
Irving Berlin – ‘He Is American Music’ – Steve Millward
Session 4: Tuesday 7th December 1.30-3.30pm
Empire of Liberty? (the USA)
Was the American Revolution a ‘revolution of slave-holders and religious bigots against a more enlightened imperial centre’ (Simon Schama)? – Alan Sennett
The Assassination of J.F.K. – Frank Vigon
Session 5: Tuesday 14th December 1.30-3.30pm
Two Seventeenth Century Military Leaders
Oliver Cromwell – Tim Cockitt
General Monck – Birgitta Hoffmann
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We are proposing to continue after the Christmas break with Zooming Through the Past: Season 12 Tuesdays 1.30-3.30pm
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
These are sent out the evening before each session (different codes for each individual session) Please check your spam or junk mail if you don’t see them.
Day: Tuesday. Time: 13.30-15.30
Tuesdays: 16th November – 14th December 2021
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 |
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