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UPCOMING
COURSES AND TALKS
| Hitler and Stalin -
Parallel Lives |
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Book List |
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The figures of
Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin stride across the history of the 20th century like giants.
Between them they transformed Europe and ensured that the world would never be the same
again. This course will explore their lives and the regimes they created, concentrating on
the differences as well as the surprising number of similarities between Hitler's Germany
and Stalin's Soviet Union.
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Dates: 20th - 27th
July 2013 - Week Long Course
Location: Oxford University Summer School for Adults
Tutor: Dr. Andrew Lacey
Contact: University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education, Rewley House, 1
Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA |
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| Fall of Eagles: The
Romanovs, Habsburgs & Hohenzollerns, 1848-1920 |
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Nineteenth
century Europe was dominated by the ambitions and rivalries of three imperial families -
the Romanovs, the Habsburgs and the Hohenzollerns. This course will examine these
dynasties and how they all came to grief in the catastrophe of the First World War - a war
created by those very ambitions and rivalries.
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Date: 29th July - 2nd
August 2013. Week Long Course Afternoons
Contact: University of Cambridge International Summer School
Tutor: Dr. Andrew Lacey
Contact: International Summer Schools, Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall, |
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Madingley,
Cambridgeshire, UK CB23 8AQ
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 - 760850
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 - 760848
Email: University of Cambridge International Summer
School
Website: University of Cambridge International Summer School |
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| The Holy Roman Empire
1500 - 1806 |
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Book List |
Lecture Programme |
| The Holy Roman Empire, the
Thousand Year Reich, dominated central Europe from 800AD until 1806. This course will
concentrate on the second half of this remarkable but neglected institution - from the
Reformation to its termination by Napoleon - and the significance of the Empire for modern
European history. Read More >>
Date: 29th July - 2nd August 2013 -
Week Long Course Mornings
Contact: University of Cambridge International Summer School
Tutor: Dr. Andrew Lacey
Contact: International Summer Schools, Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall,
Madingley, Cambridgeshire, UK CB23 8AQ
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 - 760850
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 - 760848
Email: University of Cambridge International Summer
School
Website: University of Cambridge International Summer School |
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| The World of Samuel Pepys and John
Evelyn |
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Book List |
Lecture Programme |
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The diaries of Samuel Pepys
(1633-1703) and John Evelyn (1620-1706) provide a unique window onto the social life and
turbulent history of seventeenth-century England. We will spend some time in their
company, encountering kings and princes, artists and scientists, prostitutes and
mistresses, coffee houses and theatres, wars and revolutions; as well as the peace of the
study and the pleasures of the garden.
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Date: 5th - 16th August 2013. 2 Week
Course - Mornings
Contact: University of Cambridge International Summer School |
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Tutor: Dr. Andrew Lacey
Contact: International Summer Schools, Institute of Continuing
Education, Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridgeshire, UK
CB23 8AQ
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 - 760850
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 - 760848
Email: University of Cambridge International Summer
School
Website: University of Cambridge International Summer School |
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| The Long Armistice: Europe 1919-1939 |
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Book List |
Lecture Programme |
| In June 1919 the signing of the Treaty of
Versailles officially ended the 'war to end war', yet twenty years later Europe was again
on the brink of war. This course will explore the extent to which the seeds of World War
II were planted in the consequences of World War I. Read More >>
Date: 5th - 16th August 2013 - 2 Week Course -
Afternoons
Contact: University of Cambridge International Summer School
Tutor: Dr. Andrew Lacey
Contact: International Summer Schools, Institute of Continuing |
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Education, Madingley Hall, Madingley,
Cambridgeshire, UK,
CB23 8AQ
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 - 760850
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 - 760848
Email: University of Cambridge International Summer
School
Website: University of Cambridge International Summer School |
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| Sir Christopher Wren: Architect in
Context |
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Book List |
Lecture Programme |
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The life and career of Sir
Christopher Wren (1632-1723) encompassed one of the most eventful centuries in British
history. It included a civil war, the trial and execution of a king, a republic, plague
and fire in London, two changes of dynasty and interminable wars with the Dutch and the
French. The period also witnessed the founding of the Royal Society and pioneering work in
many fields of science and technology: work in which Wren often played a leading role.
Using Wren's achievements as a touchstone and concentrating on his architectural legacy,
this illustrated course will explore developments in architecture, science and society
between 1620 and 1720. It will also include an excursion into Cambridge to (hopefully)
visit the Wren Library at Trinity College and the chapels at Pembroke College and Emmanuel
College.
Date: 8th - 10th November 2013
Location: University of Cambridge. Institute of Continuing Education
Tutor: Dr. Andrew Lacey
Contact: Courses Registrar, Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridge, |
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CB23 8AQ
Tel: 01223 - 746262
Fax: 01223 - 746200
Email: University of Cambridge. Institute of
Continuing Education
Website: University of Cambridge. Institute of Continuing Education |
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| The British Home Front and the First
World War |
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Book List |
Lecture Programme |
| The First World War was the first 'total' war
in Britain's history and touched the lives of almost every family in the United Kingdom.
This course will explore the impact of the war on the home front, considering, amongst
other things, the position of women, recruitment campaigns, the role of the churches and
how the war was commemorated. Read More >>
Date: 10th - 12th January 2014 - Weekend Course
Location: University of Cambridge, Institute of Continuing Education
Tutor: Dr. Andrew Lacey
Contact: Courses Registrar, Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridge, CB23 8AQ
Tel: 01223 - 746262
Fax: 01223 - 746200
Email: University of Cambridge. Institute of
Continuing Education
Website: University of Cambridge.
Institute of Continuing Education |
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| Women and the English Civil War |
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Lecture Programme |
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From Queen Henrietta Maria to those who joined
the Leveller and Digger movements, the Civil War affected the lives of many women in 17th
century England. As in many wars, women were called upon to fulfil roles normally reserved
for men; whether it was defending their homes against a siege in the absence of a husband
or petitioning Parliament. This course will explore the experience of women at war. We
will consider, amongst other things, Cavalier and Roundhead women, witches and
prophetesses and women in the radical political and religious movements which were such a
feature of the period - all of them trying to make sense of 'a world turned upside down.' Date: 28th - 30th March 2014
Location: Farncombe Estate, Worcestershire
Tutor: Dr. Andrew Lacey
Contact: Farncombe Courses, Farncombe Estate, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7LJ |
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Tel: 0333 456 8580
Email: Farncombe Estate
Website: Farncombe Estate |
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| Restoration to Revolution: Britain
1660 - 1714 |
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Book List |
Lecture Programme |
After twenty years of civil
war Charles II's restoration in 1660 was greeted with relief and joy by many people in
Britain. It seemed that the 'time of shaking' was over and that society could now return
to its accustomed course. But the 'Restoration Settlement' of 1660-62 settled very little
and the old questions of the relative powers of kings and parliaments, the place of
religion and the relationship between the constituent parts of the United Kingdom remained
unresolved and sources of continuing conflict throughout the period of the later Stuarts.
This course will examine this exciting and
formative period in British history, looking at such events as the Popish Plot, Exclusion,
the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 and the place of non-conformity. We will end by
considering the foundation of Great Britain as an imperial power in its long conflict with
Louis XIV's France which lasted from the 1690s into the early eighteenth-century. |
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Date: 4th - 6th April 2014 (Weekend Course)
Location: Green Man Hotel, Old Harlow, Essex
Tutor: Dr. Andrew Lacey
Contact: Wansfell College 2 Ltd. 17, Amesbury Road, Epping, CM16 4HZ
Tel: 01992 - 572510
Email |
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| Fall of Eagles: The
Romanovs, Habsburgs & Hohenzollerns, 1848-1920 |
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Book List |
Lecture Programme |
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Nineteenth
century Europe was dominated by the ambitions and rivalries of three imperial families -
the Romanovs, the Habsburgs and the Hohenzollerns. This course will examine these
dynasties and how they all came to grief in the catastrophe of the First World War - a war
created by those very ambitions and rivalries.
Read More
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Date: 20th - 22nd
April 2014. 3 day Course
Location: Higham Hall, Cumbria
Tutor: Dr. Andrew Lacey
Contact: Higham Hall, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9SH
Tel: 017687 - 76276
Fax: 017687 - 76013
Email: Higham Hall
Website: Higham Hall |
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| The Films of Fred Astaire and Ginger
Rogers |
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The collaboration between Fred
Astaire and Ginger Rogers created one of the best known dance partnerships of all time.
Between 1933 and 1939 they made nine films together with RKO, reuniting ten years later to
make their last film together, The Barkleys of Broadway, with MGM.
This course will begin by tracing the history
of the American film industry until WW2, concentrating, in particular, on how the industry
coped with the advent of the 'talkies' and the Depression. From there we will look at the
careers of Astaire and Rogers before and after their famous partnership. This will provide
the background for a detailed examination of their films in the context of the times. The
course will include numerous film clips and a screening of one of their most popular
films: 'Top Hat': |
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Date: 22nd - 24th April 2014 - 3 day Course
Location: Higham Hall, Cumbria
Tutor: Dr. Andrew Lacey
Contact: Higham Hall, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9SH
Tel: 017687 - 76276
Fax: 017687 - 76013
Email: Higham Hall
Website: Higham Hall |
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| The World of Samuel Pepys and John
Evelyn, Part 2 |
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Book List |
Lecture Programme |
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The diaries of Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) and
John Evelyn (1620-1706) provide a unique window into the turbulent history of
seventeenth-century England. Following the success of the first course based around their
lives and diaries we will, in this course, spend more time in their company, exploring
further aspects of contemporary society, politics and religion. * Both
courses are free standing and it is not necessary to have done 'The World of Samuel Pepys
and John Evelyn, Part 1' to enjoy this course.
Dates: 30th May - 1st June 2014 - Weekend Course
Location: Dillington House, Somerset
Tutor: Dr. Andrew Lacey
Contact: Dillington House, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 9DT |
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Tel: 01460 - 258 - 648
Fax: 01460 - 258 - 615
Email: Dillington House
Website: Dillington House |
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ONLINE COURSES
| Civil War and
Revolution: Britain Divided 1640 - 1660 |
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The Civil Wars which swept
across the British Isles in the seventeenth century saw fathers fighting sons and brother
killing brother, it was for many a 'world turned upside down'. This course will explore
the causes, conduct and significance of the English Civil War and we will explore topics
such as why England slid into civil war in the early 1640s, how the war was fought, the
effects of the war on people and society, the rise of political and religious radicalism,
the trial and execution of Charles I, the creation of the Commonwealth, the rule of Oliver
Cromwell, and much more… Read More >>
This is an on-line course provided by the
University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education. This course is currently being held in Trinity Term, between the 13th May and
the 24th July 2013. |
If you would like to take this course, please
contact Oxford University Department for Continuing Education to book a place for next
term:
The University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education *Website
Email: The University of Oxford, Department
for Continuing Education
Telephone 01865 - 270360
Contact Andrew Lacey via the website contact page.
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