Cambridge Festival of Ideas - Europe: The History of an Idea
The 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union triggered a passionate debate about the advantages and disadvantages of EU ...
Cambridge University Press - Academic
Medieval Europe: an Introduction
Course Description: This course traces the history of western Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance, and deals with the main political, ...
The Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
The Black Death (In Our Time)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the Black Death influenced the structure and ideas of Medieval Europe. In October 1347, a Genoese trading ship arrived ...
BBC Podcasts
My History Library (LIVE)
In this video, my first live video also, we dive into my history library! More videos will follow in the future involving various books that I suggest reading to better ...
The Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
The True History Of The Anglo-Saxons | King Arthur's Britain (Part 3 of 3) | Real Royalty
Finding new and previously unexplained evidence, Francis Pryor overturns the idea that Britain reverted to a state of anarchy and disorder after the Romans left ...
Real Royalty
Michael McCormick - From Roman Gold, to Merovingian "Pale Gold," to Medieval Silver - 11/14/18
Presentation by Prof. Michael McCormick (Chair Initiative for the Science of the Human Past, Goelet Professor of Medieval History, Harvard) on the ...
Science of the Human Past
The Rise and Fall of Islam's Golden Age
What Is Sufism And Can It Stop Radical Islam? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2FZUzEa74o » Subscribe to NowThis World: ...
NowThis World
Dr David Starkey: Where Woke Culture Comes From
Eminent historian, author and broadcaster Dr David Starkey joins us. We're hosting a discussion on the Coronavirus and public health, join us: ...
Triggernometry
The rise and fall of the Byzantine Empire - Leonora Neville
Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: ...
TED-Ed
The Fall Of The US Dollar: Is The Return To A Gold Standard Inevitable?
Is the return to a gold standard inevitable? Grant Williams, Senior Advisor at Vulpes Investment Mgmt, breaks down the history of the gold standard and the ...
Cambridge House International Inc.
How The Anglo-Saxon Settlement Changed British Culture | King Arthur's Britain | Timeline
In the last programme of the series Francis focuses his attention on the Anglo-Saxon invasion. Sheep-farming archaeologist, Francis Pryor, presents a brand ...
Timeline - World History Documentaries
Rome's Fall: Continuation or a new Dark Age?
The 4th in an 8-part Freedom Academy series "The Odyssey of Western Civilization" hosted by Victor Davis Hanson. In this video: Rome thrived by gradually ...
American Freedom Alliance
The Rise and Decline of Nations and Civilizations
Updated version can be seen here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ1c1qL18JM Speakers: Jared Diamond, Professor, Department of Geography, ...
Milken Institute
The Half Has Never Been Told | Edward E. Baptist | Talks at Google
Historian Edward E. Baptist visited Google's Cambridge, MA office to discuss his book, "The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American ...
Talks at Google
The Square and the Tower | Niall Ferguson | Talks at Google
Niall Ferguson, author of 16 books and Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution (Stanford University), about the influence of social networks and ...
Talks at Google
LSE Events | Russia In The World
This event launches the Paulsen Programme at LSE International History Department, which has been set up to allow historians in Russia to realise their full ...
LSE
Prof. Steven Pinker - The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity
Professor Pinker explores ideas drawn from his book entitled The Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence has Declined. This lecture discusses the notion that ...
The University of Edinburgh
What Is Ancient History?
Ian Morris, the Willard Professor of Classics, Stanford University, is interested in understanding why the west has dominated the earth for the last few centuries.
YaleUniversity
Noam Chomsky full length interview: Who rules the world now?
Cathy Newman's full interview with Philosopher Noam Chomsky. From Trump and Clinton, to climate change, Brexit and TPP, America's foremost intellectuals ...
Channel 4 News
Arise, Sir Isaac! Newton’s London career
This lecture is about Sir Isaac Newton's last thirty years in London where he worked as head of the Royal Mint and moved in aristocratic circles. A lecture by Dr ...
Gresham College
Debt Traps, Public and Private
What role does debt play in triggering economic crises, and is the problem principally public or private sector debt? A look at the evidence. Download the papers ...
New Economic Thinking
The Political Economy of the Cold War
Speaker: Professor Niall Ferguson Chair: Professor Arne Westad This event was recorded on 18 October 2010 in Old Theatre, Old Building At its heart the Cold ...
LSE
The Long Shadow Part 2: Fascism and Politics After World War One (WW1 Documentary) | Timeline
Marking the centenary of World War One, historian David Reynolds explores the enduring shadow the conflict has cast over Britain and Europe in the century ...
Timeline - World History Documentaries
Freedom with Philip Pettit - Conversations with History
Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Professor Philip Pettit, of Princeton University and the Australian National University, for a ...
University of California Television (UCTV)
Decolonization: A History of Failure?
Decolonization is widely considered one of the foundational processes of the modern world--an old imperial order was swept away, and a new world of nations ...
Library of Congress
Shakespeare's London and Ancient Rome - Professor Sir Jonathan Bate
William Shakespeare spent his schooldays learning Latin. When he arrived in London and became an actor and playwright, he discovered a city and a culture ...
Gresham College
The Heat interview with Martin Jacques (Part 1)
On October 19th 2017, Martin Jacques did this one-to-one interview on China in Washington DC with Anand Naidoo, the host of The Heat, CGTN America's ...
Martin Jacques
Curator's introduction | Thomas Cole: Eden to Empire | National Gallery
From Lancashire to New York and back across Europe, Tim Barringer, guest curator of 'Thomas Cole: Eden to Empire', delves into the story behind one of the ...
The National Gallery
The Sixtieth A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts: Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from Ancient Ro
The Sixtieth A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts: Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from Ancient Rome to Salvador Dalí, Part 3: Warts and All? Emperors ...
National Gallery of Art
15 Best Books on EMPIRES
15 Best Books on EMPIRES | THE BOOK CLUB SUBSCRIBE to ALUX: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNjPtOCvMrKY5eLwr_-7eUg?sub_confirmation=1 ...
Alux.com
Classical Liberalism: The Decline and Triumph of Classical Liberalism (Pt. 2) - Learn Liberty
Lecture until 52:43, then Q&A. From the IHS Vault: Dr. Davies shows how classical liberal ideas grew as an intellectual movement in the seventeenth century ...
Learn Liberty
Decolonise Development: Thoughts and Theories (Panel Discussion)
This was a joint event organised with the Cambridge University International Development Society. It is about taking a look at international development from a ...
Cambridge Society For Economic Pluralism
Enoch Powell and the Sovereignty of Parliament - Professor Vernon Bogdanor
Enoch Powell was the most powerful postwar exponent of the idea of the sovereignty of Parliament and indeed of English nationalism, opposing the coming of a ...
Gresham College
The Good and the Ugly Effects of Globalization | A World on the Brink
In Episode Two of 'A World on the Brink' – Globalization and its Discontents, Dee Smith examines globalization and its impact, bringing nearly a billion people ...
Real Vision Finance
The Weimar Republic: Germany's First Democracy
Sir Richard Evans asks why did the Weimar Republic fail to make Germany democratic and what lessons can be learned for the future? A lecture by Sir Richard ...
Gresham College
Lecture— 50 Years a Curator: Whatever Happened to the Art World We Knew?
Tuesday, May 22, 2018, Menschel Hall, Harvard Art Museums Theodore E. Stebbins Jr., curator of American art, emeritus, at the Harvard Art Museums, and ...
Harvard Art Museums
The Bronze Age Collapse (In Our Time)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Bronze Age Collapse, the name given by many historians to what appears to have been a sudden, uncontrolled ...
BBC Podcasts
History of British India [Lec 01]
History of British India [Lec 01] -- Upper-division undergraduate course, comprised of 20 lectures, at UCLA in the Fall Quarter 2013. Introduction to course ...
Vinay Lal
Pax Romana: civilising the barbarians or evil empire?
Tom Holland, award-winning historian; author, Rubicon: the triumph and tragedy of the Roman Republic; winner, 2007 Classical Association Prize Dr ...
Academy of Ideas
The Sino-Japanese War (In Our Time)
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-45. After several years of rising tension, and the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, ...
BBC Podcasts
Euro Tragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts
In his speech, Mr Mody makes the point that the Euro has led Europe away from political unity. He argues that the Euro amplifies economic divergence between ...
IIEA
The Fate of Empires - Sir John Glubb
If you notice any issues or have any feedback then let me know in the comments. Link to pdf version: http://people.uncw.edu/kozloffm/glubb.pdf This is not the ...
Red Air
