IN THEIR OWN TIME. Part Three: Thinkers and Ideas in Historical Context

Chris Makepeace, Kevin Harrison, Martin Jervis, Andrew Jones, Russell Norton,  Alan Sennett

“Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.” 
Voltaire

This course examines the significant figures (for better or worse) within their own times, enabling us to assess their political and cultural impact upon the 20th Century and beyond.

April 25      Isaac Newton [AJ]
May 2           Edward Gibbon [KH]
May 9           Michael Faraday [RN]
May 16        George Wilson [CM]
May 23        Mary Seacole [MJ]
May 30            Charles Bradlaugh [MJ]
June 6        Lydia Becker [CM]
June 13      Michel Foucault [AS]

Day: Tuesdays         Time: 13.30-15.30

8 weeks, starting 25th April – 13th June, 2017

Venue:
Emmanuel Church,
Barlow Moor Road
Didsbury
M20 3DA

Price Concessions Minimum No. Maximum No.
£48 n/a 12 40

 

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