Zooming Through the Past: Season 11

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

For BACs:
Account name: Kevin Harrison
Royal Bank of Scotland  Sort Code: 16-21-17  Account Number: 10172081

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