Social History
Status: Active - Open to new members
We meet on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday from 10.00-12.00.
Venue: Victoria Park Bowling Club - WR14 2JY - Click here for further details
Inactive: July, August.
We study the historical development of a particular society, chosen by members of the group. Each topic involves a series of lectures and may take up to a year or eighteen months to complete. However all lectures are self-contained with each session lasting 2 hours with a break for coffee and finishing with an open discussion. We have now completed studying The Histories That No One Knows. The following notes are now available: Crusades Cyprus Korea Poland Prussia Scandinavia Silk Roads Switzerland .
We have also completed studying British Social History 14th to 19th century and notes are available. We are now studying The Twentieth Century - Year by Year The group has increased over the years and now amounts to 50 or 60 regular members. Here are notes from previous topics studed: Heroes and Monsters of the 20th Century. British Prime Ministers. Great revolutions and Wars of Indpendence. Europe versus the World. Women in History. Some YouTube videos which may interest:
- Female Reformers 1
- Female Reformers
- Mary Shelley 1
- Mary Shelley 2
- Wollstonecraft 1
- Wollstonecraft 2
- Three female scientists 1
- Three female Scientists 2
- Blue Stockings 1
- Blue Stockings 2
- Not just the Suffragettes: the Fight for the Vote
Here is a list of lectures that I have prepared. Please email me if you would like me to send you a copy.