“In our day…things always seemed much better.”
If you have caught yourself thinking either like this or being overly optimistic about the future, you may want to come and listen to Professor Paul Moon’s talk at the U3A Howick meeting.
He asserts that as humans we are nostalgic about the past and our hopes for the future are often shaped by utopian thoughts.
Professor Moon will be talking on the topic of Nostalgia and Utopianism at the U3A Howick meeting at the Howick Bowling Club on Monday August 8 at 11am. Members of the public are welcome to come and join the meeting which starts at 9.30am with general business and covers what the various interest groups in U3A do.
U3A is an ongoing learning group for people who are retired or semi-retired and wish to keep their brains active.
There are more that 20 interest groups which include philosophy, history, art, Earth and the universe, movies, books, opera, science, comparative religions, French, walks and talks and more.
Professor Moon is Professor of History at Auckland University of Technology. His research focuses primarily on 19th Century New Zealand and the philosophies of civilisation. He is a Doctor of Philosophy and is a Master of Arts and Master of Philosophy. In 2003 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society at University College, London.
Colleen Rigby
President U3A Howick
