The Curse of the poke bonnet: Television's version of history The Colin Matthew lecture for the public understanding of history.
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...
This Lecture Will Surprise You: When Logic is Illogical Mathematics offers certainty. That there are infinitely many prime numbers...
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...
The Making of Modern Celebrity: Famous for fifteen minutes - and longer This lecture will explore the 'celebrification' of contemporary popular culture...