History
History

In this course, Professor Sir Richard J. Evans discusses the rise of the Nazi Party from 1918-33. In the the first module, we'll set out the entire period with a timeline of crucial events. In the following modules, we'll then go on to answer some...
6 lectures
0:48:58
Prof. Sir Richard Evans
University of Cambridge
History

In this course, Professor Matthew Cole (University of Birmingham) explores the impact of the First World War on British society between 1918-39. In the first module, we think about the ways in which the First World War was a 'total war', focusing...
4 lectures
0:26:11
Dr Matthew Cole
Birmingham University
History

In this course, Dr Joe Street (Northumbria University) explores the Black Panther Party, the Black Power political organisation established by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton on October 1966 in Oakland, California. In the first module, we think...
6 lectures
0:35:42
Dr Joe Street
Northumbria University
History

In this course, Professor Frank Ching (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) explores the development of Chinese society, politics and economics during the rule of Deng Xiaoping, sometimes referred to as the ‘Opening of China’. In the...
6 lectures
1:02:51
Prof. Frank Ching
HKUST
History

In this course, Professor Nik Wachsmann (Birkbeck, University of London) explores the history of the Nazi concentration camps. We begin with a general introduction to the Nazi concentration camp system in module one. The second module considers ...
6 lectures
0:56:49
Prof. Nik Wachsmann
Birkbeck College, London
History

In this course, Dr Hugh Doherty (University of East Anglia) explores the reign of Henry II, 1154-89. We being by considering the nature of evidence for Henry's reign, focusing in particular on the later accounts of his reign, but also...
7 lectures
0:44:52
Dr Hugh Doherty
University of East Anglia
History

In this course, Professor Mark Atwood Lawrence (University of Texas at Austin) explores the American experience in Vietnam. We start by introducing the Vietnam War and explaining its significance for the United States. In the following modules we...
6 lectures
0:53:17
Prof. Mark Lawrence
UT Austin
History

In this course, Professor John Morrill (University of Cambridge) thinks about the British Civil Wars, the intertwined series of conflicts that ravaged England, Ireland and Scotland in the mid-17th century. In the first two modules, we think about...
6 lectures
1:01:44
Prof. John Morrill
University of Cambridge
History

In this course, Professor John Morrill (University of Cambridge) examines the life of Oliver Cromwell from obscure beginnings in Cambridgeshire to his election as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1653. In the ...
6 lectures
0:53:15
Prof. John Morrill
University of Cambridge
History

In this course, Dr Kevin Yuill (University of Sunderland) explores the presidency of Richard Nixon, 1969-74. In the first module, we think about the incident for which Nixon is best known and which dominated his final year in office – the...
5 lectures
0:45:56
Dr Kevin Yuill
Sunderland University
History

In this course, Professor Kerry Brown (King’s College, London) provides a broad introduction to Chinese history from the 2nd millennium BC to the present day, with a focus on how China became the economic and political powerhouse it has done in...
6 lectures
1:00:06
Prof. Kerry Brown
King's College London
History

In this course, Professor Andrew Preston (University of Cambridge) examines the end of the Cold War from 1979 to 1991. In the first module, we introduce the topic as a whole. After this, we examine the period of renewed escalation from 1979 to...
5 lectures
0:45:28
Prof. Andrew Preston
University of Cambridge
History

In this course, Dr Rob Johnson (University of Oxford) looks at the First World War from the point of view of the military strategies of each side. The course begins by considering the preparations for war, particularly those of Germany,...
5 lectures
0:53:07
Dr Rob Johnson
University of Oxford
History

In this course, Professor Mark White (Queen Mary, University of London) explores the life, political career and presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson through five key questions: (1) How did Johnson rise to power?; (2) Why did Johnson go to war in...
5 lectures
0:54:09
Prof. Mark White
QMUL