Why Is Sir Walter Scott Not In Popular Culture Today? A question from the lecture 'Did Sir Walter Scott Invent...
The American Way of War in History and Politics FULBRIGHT LECTURE The recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have...
The Long Shadow: The Great War and International Memory, 1914-2014 1914-18 casts a long shadow across the 20th century. This...
Britain in the 20th Century: The Great War and its Consequences The war saw a transformation of politics at both elite...
Whither the Public Lecture? Gresham College has been delivering public lectures since 1597 through...
The Bloomsbury Group: A Queer History This lecture will explore the world of the second Bloomsbury...
English Architecture and the First World War The First World War had a devastating effect on Britain...
Life, Death and Judgement in the Art and Times of Hieronymus Bosch (d. 1516) This lecture looks at the 'surreal' art of the Early...
Culture and Resistance: Indigenous Responses to a Globalised World This lecture looks at the place occupied by indigenous cultures...
Historical Fiction from Sir Walter Scott to Georgette Heyer and Hilary Mantel Until the 1970s, historical fiction was a scorned genre that...