| Status: | Active, full but can join waiting list |
| Leader: | |
| When: | Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 14:00 second Tuesday of the month. |
| Venue: | Private, tap on the ‘leader’ contact link to send an email |
Delving Deeper is a discussion-based group which meets once each month in the group leader's house. Its format means that some limited preparation for each session is essential for group members to get the most out of our studies. Most group members have already explored England under the Tudors and Stuarts as well as some more recent British History. Our aim now is to put that knowledge into its European and wider world context.
Since March, we have been considering the changing nature of power: the bases of power and how they vary over time; factors that may make a powerful state; how power changes, and why. Our investigations are shaped by an outline programme and then the ideas put forward in discussion. It is a pleasure to hear the different elements of our theme explored in varied contexts, with group members bringing their particular interests and enthusiasms to bear as well as posing interesting questions. Our recent areas of investigations have been the Swedish Empire in the 17th century, from warrior nation to absolute monarchy; and the government and economy of the Dutch Republic in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Programme for the coming year
RUSSIA AND THE SOVIET UNION: September, October, November
An introduction to Russian history, from Ivan the Terrible to the Romanovs to the fall of Gorbachev;
key figures in Russian history: Ivan the Terrible; Peter the Great; Catherine the Great; Lenin; Stalin; Khrushchev; Brezhnev; Gorbachev;
changes to Russian social structure and daily life.
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN TOO LITTLE ATTENTION: December
Choose from the list. Everyone is to choose and be prepared to talk for 15 minutes. I will provide a list of questions to work through.
BRANDENBURG-PRUSSIA: January, February 2026
origins; the Hohenzollerns; expansion and development; influence within the Holy Roman Empire.
WOMEN IN HISTORY: March
Choose from the list. Everyone is to choose and be prepared to talk for 15 minutes. I will provide a list of questions to work through.
REVOLUTIONS AND REBELLIONS: April, May, June (July?)
We will discuss which three revolutions we would like to study, with the aim of comparing them. One member, one vote.
There will be a lot to fit in to this section, so we will have to be really focused. I (will) have a plan.
This group is currently full and there is a waiting list. Please contact the group leader via the u3a website if you would like to join the waiting list.