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seagoingJLW
First Class Passenger
Member # 1913

posted 03-05-2004 02:36 PM

Is there some place where information regarding lectures and lecturers aboard various cruise ships and/or cruise lines can be found? I have always enjoyed a good lecture relating to the history and/or ecinomics and/or geography of the area being visited.

Some of the ships on which I have sailed have had excellent lecturers. Cunard offered the most lectures of any cruise I have taken. They were very good, too.

Princess offered excellent lectures, but not as many.

HAL's offering have been spotty- from excellent to poor.

Royal Caribbean also was spotty - running from good to non-existent.

Orient Lines did well on most occasions.

Celebrity was terrible in this regard.

Please let me know where you have been able to locate reviews of lectures and lecturers.

Thank you.

Joan

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 03-05-2004 04:20 PM

Good question! There is no one source as far as I'm aware and often Lectures are almost a secret!

Sometimes the brochures have details of 'theme cruises' and Lectures, especially P&O and Cunard.

Bill Miller (Mr.Ocean Liner) has his cruises listed on his web site: Click Here

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 03-06-2004 01:06 PM

QM2 2004: EASTBOUND TRANSATLANTICS NEW YORK – SOUTHAMPTON

Elaine Showalter - 18 May 2004 Princeton University Subject: Literary Pilgrims: New York to London

Hugh Edgar -_ 18 May2004
Art Historian
Subject: Tales of Upstairs, Downstairs and Between Stairs in the Edwardian Era

Richard Bisgrove - 18 May 2004
Author, National Trust English Garden' Subject: History, Art and Philosophy in the English Garden

Thomas Ferguson - 19 June 2004
University of Massachusetts Subject: Money and Politics in American History

Anne McCauley - 19 June 2004
Princeton University Subject: Masters of Twentieth-Century Photography

PD James- 28July_2004
Murder Mystery Novelist Subject: The Craft of the Detective Story

Peter Kemp-28 July 2004
Fiction Editor, The Sunday Times Subject: Literature Today -Harry Potter to Alan Ayckbourn

Nicholas Kenyori -11 pctober 2004
Director, BBC Proms Subject: Great Personalities on Today's International Music Scene

Raymond Seitz-_llth october2004
Author and former US Ambassador to Britain Subject: Over Here

Westbound Transatlantic’s

Sue MacGregor - 1 May 2004
BBC Journalist and Presenter Subject: The History of BBC Radio

Robin Neillands - 1 May 2004
Military Historian & Author Subject: Sixty Years On: The Road to D-Day 1940-1944

Roger Highfiekl - 1 May 2004
The Daily Telegraph Science Editor Subject: Stories from the wilder fringes of science

Alexander Garvin - 5 June 2004 _ _ _
New York City Planning Commission Subject: Critical Issues Facing the American City

Alain de Botton -_5 ]une 2004
Author Subject: The Art of Travel

Bob Lambourne - 5 June and 25 June 2004
Astronomer, Open University Subject: A Voyage to the Stars and Planets

Gage Averill 5 June & 11 September 2004
New York University, Ethnomusicologist Subject: Soundings: New perspectives on sound and music

Michael Genovese - 25 June 2004 President, Presidency Research Croup, American Political Science Association Subject: Presidency in a Post 9/11 World

Phil Schaap 25 june 2004
Jazz Historian and Chief Curator, The Lincoln Centre
Subject: The Story of Jazz

Lord David Puttnam - 22 July 2004
Film Producer Subject: The Craft of Film-Making

PDJames 2 July 2004
Murder Mystery Novelist Subject: The Craft of the Detective Story

Source: Cunard

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gohaze
First Class Passenger
Member # 586

posted 03-06-2004 01:22 PM

The best lecturers are on the Marco Polo when she is down South in Antarctica - bar none

.....peter

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 03-06-2004 01:55 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:
[b]QM2 2004:
Source: Cunard

Now I am really looking forward to my QM2 voyage

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 03-10-2004 06:51 PM

Here are some details of Cunard's QM2 'Oxford Discovery Programme' - not just lectures, but courses! You can even download the Syllabus for each one.

Click Here

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