The Curse of the poke bonnet: Television's version of history The Colin Matthew lecture for the public understanding of history.
Vision and Values in a Volatile World: Lecture One We live in volatile times, as the Arab Spring and...
War and Peace in Europe from Napoleon to the Kaiser: The Russo-Turkish War, 1875-1878 This is the least-known of the wars discussed in this...
Formal and Informal Empire in the Nineteenth Century From the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the 1880s...
The Age of Dictatorship: Europe 1918-1989 - Mussolini The first lecture set the scene by analysing the devastating...
Great Britain and the other imperial powers: Conflict over China During the nineteenth century, Great Britain fought two wars, the...
From West-Indian Immigrants to Caribbean Communities This is a part of the series of four lectures...
The Making of Modern Celebrity: Famous for fifteen minutes - and longer This lecture will explore the 'celebrification' of contemporary popular culture...