Modern & Post-War British Art
Discover Edward Burra's 'Savoy Ballroom, Harlem' and Patrick Caulfield's 'Forecourt' as well as other highlights from our Modern & Post War British Art sale on ...
Sotheby's
Bearing witness to the stories of post-war Sri Lanka | Sanjana Hattotuwa
After thirty years of war, structural violence has systematically been built into the culture of postwar Sri Lanka. In this important talk, Sanjana Hattotuwa discusses ...
TED Archive
Post-World War II Recovery: Crash Course European History #42
At the end of World War II, the nations of Europe were a shambles. Today we'll learn about how the various countries and blocs approached the problem of ...
CrashCourse
Adjusting to Postwar England
Eleven years old when my family joined the Anglo-Indian exodus, on the eve of India's independence, I never felt at home in the postwar austerity of my "father's ...
Peter Moss
Britain in 1945 and the creation of the welfare state
A tutorial looking at how Labour won the 1945 general election in Britain. The tutorial also covers the establishment of the welfare state with particular focus on ...
Rogers History
Replanning London after the Second World War - Peter Larkham
How do you rebuild one of the world's largest cities? You need a cunning plan: ...
Gresham College
Lynda Nead: “Life in the Elephant”: The Grain of Post-War Photography and Identity
In January 1949 the weekly illustrated magazine Picture Post published a six-page photo story on everyday life in the Elephant and Castle, a poor and ...
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
A short history of Britain since 1945 (without the boring bits)
Neil Faulkner speaking at Dangerous Ideas for Dangerous Times.
Adrian Cousins
Theodore Dalrymple: Britain's Vanishing Culture & Character
This week's guest on "So What You're Saying Is..." is Theodore Dalrymple, the English writer, doctor and psychiatrist. Dalrymple is a contributing editor to City ...
The New Culture Forum Channel
Britain and the USA, 1945-46
This excellent 2007 documentary by Sir Christopher Meyers, former ambassador to the USA, explores the attempt by Britain to secure a large dollar grant in ...
The History Room
1960s | Meet 500 Years of British Art
Tate's curators introduce the new displays at Tate Britain, from 1540 to the present. This week, Chris Stephens explores the year 1960. This room is part of the ...
Tate
A Permissive Society? Opinion Polls and Social Change in Postwar Britain
02-05-17 Institute of Historical Research http://www.sas.ac.uk/ Institute: http://www.history.ac.uk/ A Permissive Society? Opinion Polls and Social Change in ...
SchAdvStudy
Hidden Killers of the Post-War Home - Full Documentary
Sign up to Swagbucks and earn $100s a year by browsing the web as normal and shopping online. You can also watch videos and take surveys. Click this link ...
Sterling Documentaries
Rationing In Britain
COI 155 An American commentator looks at the effects of rationing on the people of England in 1944. The film presents a 'typical' family of 4 (housewife, ...
Imperial War Museums
Post-World War I Recovery: Crash Course European History #36
In which John Green looks at Europe's attempts to recover from the devastation of World War I and forge a lasting peace. The peace did not last. Today we're ...
CrashCourse
Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction | HOW TO SEE the art movement with MoMA curator Starr Figura
Many people recognize names like Pollock and de Kooning, but far fewer know of female artists like Lee Krasner, Magdalena Abakanowicz, and Lee Bontecou ...
The Museum of Modern Art
After the Victorians: The Decline of Britain in the World
The distinguished historian A.N. Wilson charts Britain's rise to world dominance. In his much anticipated sequel to the classic The Victorians, he describes how, ...
GBH Forum Network
Post-World War II Economy Booms with Soldiers Return to U.S.
The period from the end of World War II to the early 1970s was a golden era of economic growth. $200 billion in war bonds matured, and the G.I. Bill financed a ...
The Second World War
The Way We Were: Britain at the Start of the Seventies
Historian Dominic Sandbrook looks back at an era that profoundly shaped our present - one of strikes, bombs and blackouts, but also creativity, energy and ...
RSA
A Case Study of Postwar Japanese Art | Michio Hayashi
Art history professor Michio Hayashi examines the mechanism through which postwar Japanese art has been introduced and received by the international ...
M Plus
Afterwards: Legacies of War in Culture, Memory and Experience
Graham Dawson, Professor of Historical Cultural Studies at the University of Brighton, presented his inaugural lecture on Wednesday 27 November 2013 ...
University of Brighton
How Europe Prepared For WW2 | Impossible Peace | Timeline
When WW2 became inevitable. While all of Czechoslovakia is annexed, the curtain goes up on what will become the world's first truly global and total war.
Timeline - World History Documentaries
Painting the Figure: David Park and Art in Postwar San Francisco
Nancy Boas, the foremost scholar on David Park and an accomplished art historian, author, and curator, will discuss Park, his influence on Bay Area artists and ...
YaleUniversity
1940s | Meet 500 Years of British Art
Tate's curators introduce the new displays at Tate Britain, from 1540 to the present. This week, Chris Stephens explores the year 1940. This room is part of the ...
Tate
Celebrating the East Building Twentieth-Century Art Series, Part 10: Post-World War II European Art
David Gariff, senior lecturer, National Gallery of Art. In the years following the Second World War Europe was exhausted and slow to recover. Historians often ...
National Gallery of Art
The truth of youth culture in late 70's and early 80's Britain is revealed in a new book
In a fascinating new account of punk's emergence as a fashion, musical form, attitude and aesthetic in Britain from 1976 to 1984, author Matthew Worley reveals ...
Cambridge University Press - Academic
From Prewar to Postwar: How Ordinary Germans Experienced the 20th Century
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we are joined by author Konrad H. Jarausch who discusses his latest book, “Broken Lives: How Ordinary Germans ...
WoodrowWilsonCenter
World War II Civilians and Soldiers: Crash Course European History #39
Our look at World War II continues with a closer examination of just how the war impacted soldiers in the field, and the people at home. For many of the ...
CrashCourse
John Bercow: Brexit is 'biggest blunder' in postwar period
Read more on Bercow's controversial Brexit statements here: ...
The Telegraph
Is the relationship with Britain still special? (1995) | THINK TANK
Original air date: September 1, 1995 For a very long time, America and Britain had what diplomats call “a special relationship.” It was built on a common heritage ...
American Enterprise Institute
Envisioning the Postwar: Jose Vasquez
This symposium on reparations and the postwar was held at NYU on April 7th, 2016 to further strengthen the collaboration between scholars, international ...
Islah Reparations Project
GV311 (2013/14) Week 1: Introduction to British Government
An introduction to the various themes that will be covered during this lecture series. Speakers: Professor Tony Travers and Professor Simon Hix.
LSE
Short films from a small nation - marketing postwar Denmark (13 Nov 2014)
Dr Claire Thomson, UCL School of European Languages, Culture and Society Fifty years before Borgen hit British TV screens, Danish directors were making ...
UCL Minds Lunch Hour Lectures
Great Britain (1960s)
Prominent landmarks, industries and culture of Great Britain in the 1960s To purchase a clean DVD of this film for personal home use or educational use contact ...
travelfilmarchive
Envisioning the Postwar: Intro by Dr Patrick Deer
This symposium on reparations and the postwar was held at NYU on April 7th, 2016 to further strengthen the collaboration between scholars, international ...
Islah Reparations Project
YorubaWorldTV: British Council - Post World War 2 Cultural Propaganda Battle
Why English is the language of democracy, development & economic prosperity? Watch the clip to find out more .......... Courtesy of Yoruba World Institute Visit ...
yorubaworld
Stellaris - Part 44 - Postwar Negotiations
With my warscore rising it's only a matter of time before the hostile forces capitulate, and then I can bring them into my organization.
Scott Manley
Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant: Crash Course World History #40
READ THIS: THERE ARE TWO MORE VIDEOS IN THE WORLD HISTORY SERIES. You should also turn on the captions. You'll like them. In which John Green ...
CrashCourse
Adam Tooze: American Power in the Long 20th Century
The history of American power, as it is commonly written, is a weighty subject, a matter of military and economic heft, of 'throw-weight', of resource mobilisation ...
London Review of Books (LRB)
The General Election of 2010 - Professor Vernon Bogdanor
The best and clearest breakdown of the important factors in the 2010 election: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-general-election-2010 The ...
Gresham College
Douglas MacArthur: American Warrior
Arthur Herman and Christopher DeMuth discuss Douglas MacArthur: American Warrior.
Hudson Institute
Britain in the 20th Century: The Economic Crisis and its Consequences - Professor Vernon Bogdanor
Fears about the fiscal deficit and the possibility of a run on sterling caused MacDonald and Snowdon to take drastic action in the economic crisis of 1931.
Gresham College
