{"id":4169,"date":"2021-08-26T20:23:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T19:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=4169"},"modified":"2021-11-02T13:34:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T13:34:56","slug":"zooming-through-the-past-season-10","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=4169","title":{"rendered":"Zooming Through the Past: Season 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE ELEVENTH SERIES OF LECTURES FROM THE MANCENT HISTORY AND LITERATURE TUTORS, DELIVERED THROUGH THE ONLINE CONFERENCE FACILITY ZOOM (HTTPS:\/\/ZOOM.US\/)<\/a><\/p>\n

Five Sessions (10 talks)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Tuesdays: 1.30-3.30pm<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Session 1: Tuesday 16th<\/sup> November<\/strong> 1.30-3.30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Darwin Revolution <\/strong><\/p>\n

Father and Son<\/em> by Edmund Gosse – Creina Mansfield<\/p>\n

Darwin and Evolution – Andrew Jones<\/p>\n

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Session 2: Tuesday 23rd<\/sup> November 1.30-3.30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Weight of Evidence: Some more Equal than Others?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wilkinson & Pickett’s The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better – <\/em>Mike Milligan<\/p>\n

The Rand Corporation: A Neutral Voice in US Foreign Policy? – Martin Jervis<\/p>\n

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Session 3: Tuesday 30th<\/sup> November 1.30-3.30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

If You Don’t Want My Peaches (You’d Better Stop Shaking My Tree) [a song by Irving Berlin]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trimalchio’s Feast: Fine Dining in the Roman World – Kevin Harrison<\/p>\n

Irving Berlin – ‘He Is American Music’ – Steve Millward<\/p>\n

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Session 4: Tuesday 7th<\/sup> December 1.30-3.30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Empire of Liberty? (the USA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Was the American Revolution a \u2018revolution of slave-holders and religious bigots against a more enlightened imperial centre\u2019 (Simon Schama)? – Alan Sennett<\/p>\n

The Assassination of J.F.K. – Frank Vigon<\/p>\n

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Session 5: <\/strong>Tuesday 14th<\/sup> December 1.30-3.30pm <\/strong><\/p>\n

Two Seventeenth Century Military Leaders<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oliver Cromwell – Tim Cockitt<\/p>\n

General Monck –\u00a0 Birgitta Hoffmann<\/p>\n

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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<\/p>\n

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Booking<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We are running this on the same basis as the previous series.\u00a0 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<\/p>\n

If you have not attended the previous ZTP series, then please email Alan Sennett:\u00a0a.sennett@open.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

ZOOM CODES<\/strong><\/h5>\n

These are sent out the evening before each session (different codes for each individual session)\u00a0 Please\u00a0check your spam or junk mail<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0if you don\u2019t see them.<\/p>\n

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Day: Tuesday.\u00a0 \u00a0Time: 13.30-15.30<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesdays: 16th<\/sup> November \u2013 14th<\/sup> December 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Virtual Learning Platform:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0ZOOM<\/p>\n

Price per Session:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 Hence the flat charge of \u00a35 per session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Price<\/strong><\/td>\nConcessions<\/strong><\/td>\nMinimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\nMaximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a35<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Price for the Series:\u00a0<\/strong>
\nTuesdays:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Price<\/strong><\/td>\nConcessions<\/strong><\/td>\nMinimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\nMaximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a325<\/td>\n<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
PAYMENT DETAILS<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Here\u2019s the information you need for payment:<\/p>\n

For cheques:<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Kevin Harrison, [kevkev.harrison@hotmail.co.uk]
\n26 Grange Avenue, Heaton Chapel, Stockport, SK4 5HF<\/p>\n

For BACs:
\n<\/strong>Account name: Kevin Harrison
\nRoyal Bank of Scotland\u00a0 Sort Code: 16-21-17\u00a0 Account Number: 10172081<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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