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Women of the Harlem Renaissance

In the early twentieth century Black creatives were America’s artistic...

Portraits of Native Americans from Pocahontas to Sitting Bull

From 1600 – 1850, artists in England and, later, in...

Early Protestant Missions to the Americas

Protestant settlers in the Americas believed it was their duty to convert indigenous peoples to the true Gospel. Yet the task proved unexpectedly difficult. The effort revealed and challenged deep European assumptions about culture and the nature of Christianity itself. From Massachusetts to Chile, Protestant would-be missionaries took roads that were paved mostly, but not entirely, with good intentions. This lecture will show where they led.

The Politics of Judicial Appointment

Has the time come for some form of political appointment of Supreme Court judges? Should there be parliamentary scrutiny of judicial appointments? This lecture contrasts the position of British and American Supreme Court judges.

The Political Jury

Is the jury system the bulwark of individual liberty? This lecture will look at the role of the so-called “perverse jury” in acquitting defendants where the law, or the charge itself, is deemed unjust.

Prohibition: A Battle in America’s Last Culture War

The lecture will show how Prohibition animated combatants on both sides, generating two Americas that were barely comprehensible to each other, and how the truce declared during depression and war would not last.

The 2016 US President Election - One Year On

The US has a long history of populism, but no populist has won the nomination of a major party since William Jennings Bryan in 1896. In the past, populist insurgencies have heralded party realignment. Will the election of Trump do the same?

"Numberless Diverse Acts of Courage and Belief": The Struggle Against Slavery in History and in the Present

This lecture on slavery will present an overview of the challenges and an outline of what is needed to prevail, by one of the world’s leading activists and thinkers on the subject, Dr Aidan McQuade, Director of Anti-Slavery International, the world’s oldest international human rights organisatio

Are conspiracy theories spread by the Internet?

Are conspiracy theories modern age phenomena and were they facilitated...

The Iraq War, 2003

Britain and the United States had long been fearful that...

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Women of the Harlem Renaissance

Portraits of Native Americans from Pocahontas to Sitting Bull

Early Protestant Missions to the Americas

The Politics of Judicial Appointment

The Political Jury

Prohibition: A Battle in America’s Last Culture War

The 2016 US President Election - One Year On

"Numberless Diverse Acts of Courage and Belief": The Struggle Against Slavery in History and in the Present

Are conspiracy theories spread by the Internet?

The Iraq War, 2003

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