U3A in London (Hampstead) - Wednesday European History TalksTimetable updated 15/2/2024 We meet on Wednesday mornings at 11:40 in Room 2.21 in the Old Town Hall.We suggest you bookmark this page which is always up-to-date. Talks are given by Ken Baldry. |
Spring Term 2024 | |
Feb 21st | 129. The composer Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 - 1750, perhaps the 2nd greatest so far with music & 192 slides. |
Feb 28th | 130. Denmark, Italy & Portugal with 82 slides. |
Mar 6th | 131. William Hogarth - British painter with 109 slides. |
Mar 13th | 132. France & Prussia with 89 slides. |
Mar 20th | 133. The Enlightenment - from the 17th into the 19th Century with 74 slides. |
Mar 27th | 134. The Jacobite Rebellion in Britain with 95 slides. |
Summer Term 2024 | |
May 1st | 135. The Seven Years War part 1 with 114 slides |
May 8th | 136. The Seven Years War part 2 with 113 slides |
May 15th | 137. Witches with 94 slides |
May 22nd | 138. The composer Joseph Haydn with music & 153 slides |
May 29th | 139. Pirates with 94 slides |
June 5th | 140. The British painters Gainsborough and Reynolds with 155 slides |
June 12th | 141. Energy with 107 slides |
June 19th | 142. Exploring the Pacific Ocean with 114 slides |
June 26th | 143. After the 7 Years War with music & 106 slides |
July 3rd | 144. The search for the North-West Passage with 118 slides |
July 10th | 145. The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with music & 206 slides |
July 17th | 146. France to 1783 with 110 slides |
Autumn Term 2024 | |
Sep 18th | 147. American gains its Independence from Britain with 133 slides. |
Sep 25th | 148. Other countries to 1789 with 117 slides. |
Oct 2nd | 149. Slavery with 110 slides |
Oct 9th | 150; Angelika Kauffman and Elisabeth Vigée le Brun with 165 slides & music. |
Oct 16th | 151; The French Revolution begins with 118 slides. |
Oct 23rd | 152; Foreign reaction to the French Revolution with 121 slides. |
Oct 30th | 153; The French Revolution Reign of Terror with 126 slides. |
Nov 6th | 154; Empress Catherine the Great of Russia with 109 slides. |
Nov 13th | 155; France after the coup of 9 Thermidor with 117 slides. |
Nov 20th | 156; The French Directory government with 103 slides. |
Nov 27th | 157; The German artist Caspar David Friedrich & start of Romanticism with 158 slides. |
Dec 4th | 158; The parallel rising talents of Napoleon and Nelson with 121 slides. |
Dec 11th | 158a. Christmas Special with music & 196 slides |
Spring Term 2025 | |
Jan 8th | 159; Beethoven - the greatest genius of music composition (so far) with 164 slides & music. |
Jan 15th | 160. The War of the Second coalition against France part Two with 127 slides & music. |
Jan 22nd | 161. John Constable, British Artist with 135 slides |
Jan 29th | 162. Joseph Mallord William Turner. A British Artist & Impressionist before his time with 145 slides. |
Feb 5th | 163. The British King George III & after the Peace of Amiens with France 1802 with 128 slides & music. |
Feb 12th | 164. Napoleon's years of success with 120 slides. |
Feb 19th | 165. The Peninsular War part One (France invades Spain & tries to invade Portugal) with music & 125 slides. |
Feb 26th | 166. The Peninsular War part Two with music & 128 slides. |
Mar 5th | 167. Napoleon makes a big mistake & invades Russia with 118 slides. |
Mar 12th | 168. The First Fall of Napoleon with 120 slides. |
Mar 19th | 169. The Congress of Vienna tries to clear up after Napoleon with 89 slides. |
Mar 26th | 170. You need a break: The History of the Waltz with music & 137 slides. |
Summer Term 2025 | |
Apr 30th | 171. The Congress of Vienna continues clearing up after Napoleon with 106 slides. |
May 7th | 172. Europe 1815 - 1823 with music & 115 slides. |
May 14th | 173. The composer Franz Schubert with music & 145 slides. |
May 21th | 174. The 1820s to 1830 al around Europe with 113 slides. |
May 28th | 175. Scientific advances around 1800 with 73 slides. |
June 4th | 176. Years of Revolutions Part One 1830 with 113 slides. |
June 11th | 177. The composer Hector Berlioz with music & 201 slides. |
June 18th | 178. Years of Revolutions Part Two, the 1830s with 103 slides. |
June 25th | 179. Years of Revolutions Part Three, still the 1830s with 113 slides. |
July 2nd | 180. The composer Robert Schumann with 119 slides. |
July 9th | 181. All over Europe in the early 1840s with 118 slides. |
July 16th | 182.French mid-century modern art - The Barbizon school & Courbet with 210 slides. |
July 23rd | 183. The composer Fryderyk Chopin with music & 112 slides. |
Contact: Ken Baldry at 17 Gerrard Road, Islington, London N1 8AY Telephone +44(0)20 7359 6294 or e-mail him This page's URL: http://www.art-science.com.uk/history-talks.html |