History
Summer 2011
The course at a glance:
Themes in Modern World History
United States and Latin America
DAYSCHOOL: Great British Radicals
Themes in Modern World History
NB – This course is being run in two places.
5 WEEKS
Starting – Tuesday 3rd May 2011 10.30-12.30 Friends’ Meeting House.
OR
Tuesday 3rd May 2011 2.00-4.00 Timperley Library.
This five session course offers a provocative approach to important themes and controversies in modern history. Each session begins with a proposition or dilemma followed by consideration of some leading historical interpretations and/or historical/contemporary parallels. There will be plenty of space for class participation and questions and separate bibliographies for each session. The propositions will be:
- Did the Germans start it? The debates over the origins and nature of the First World War.
- Was the Treaty of Versailles the best settlement possible at the time?
- Did Britain help Franco? The British government and the policy of “non-intervention” in the Spanish Civil War.
- Is the popular view of the French Resistance largely a myth?
- War of independence or ethnic cleansing? The “new historians” and the debate over the nature and consequences of the first Arab-Israeli war, 1948-49.
Venue:
Friends' Meeting House,
6 Mount Street,
Manchester
M2 5NS
Venue 2:
Timperley Library
405 Stockport Road
Timperley
WA15 7XR
Price |
Concessions |
Minimum No. |
Maximum No. |
£40 |
n/a |
8 |
20 |
Send booking to:
Alan Sennett
Flat 5, 36 Oak Road, Withington, Manchester M20 3DA
email: a.sennett@open.ac.uk Tel: 0161 4380309
The United States and Latin America
From Monroe Doctrine to Mexican War (AJ)
The Spanish-American War (AJ/MJ)
The Cold War: Military Dictatorships (1959-1989) (MJ)
The Cold War: Drug Wars (1979-1989) (MJ)
Castro and the Cuban Revolution (AJ)
Tea and coffee are provided
N.B. Parking is available
Day: Wednesday Time: 1.30-3.30 pm
5 sessions, starting April 27, 2011
Venue:
Emmanuel Church,
Barlow Moor Road,
Didsbury
M20 6TR
(near the junction with Wilmslow Road)
Price |
Concessions |
Minimum No. |
Maximum No. |
£25 |
n/a |
6 |
21 |
TO BOOK YOUR PLACE
Please Contact Andrew Jones 0161 491 2874
Please be aware that places are limited
Book early to avoid disappointment
DAY-SCHOOL:
Great British Radicals
DAYSCHOOL: Saturday 21st May 2011
Andrew Jones, Martin Jervis, Chris Makepeace, Alan Sennett,
John Locke (AJ)
Tom Paine (MJ)
George Wilson (CM)
George Orwell (AS)
Saturday, 21st May 2011, Time: 10am - 4pm
Venue:
Opportunities and Activities
Union Chapel,
Wellington Road,
Fallowfield.
Price |
Concesssions |
Minimum No. |
Maximum No. |
£25 |
n/a |
6 |
21 |
TO BOOK YOUR PLACE
Please Contact Andrew Jones 0161 491 2874
Please be aware that places are limited
Book early to avoid disappointment
SATURDAY MORNING HALF- DAYSCHOOLS
April 9th
(a) 1989- year of Revolutions (AJ)
(b) Balkan Wars: Yugoslavia in Meltdown (1991-1999) (MJ)
May 28th
(a) Marx (AJ)
(b) The Development of Socialism 1880-1914 (MJ)
Day: Saturday Time: 10 am – 12.45pm
Venue:
Emmanuel Church,
Barlow Moor Road,
Didsbury
M20 6TR
(near the junction with Wilmslow Road)
Price |
Concessions |
Minimum No. |
Maximum No. |
£10 |
n/a |
6 |
21 |
TO BOOK YOUR PLACE
Please Contact Andrew Jones 0161 491 2874
Please be aware that places are limited
Book early to avoid disappointment