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  • Virtual Branch Recording: The Lines we Draw

      Article
    In this Virtual Branch Tim Franks, acclaimed BBC Journalist, talks about his personal history and identity drawing on his new biography The Lines we Draw: The Journalist, The Jew and an argument about identity.  We will delve into Tim's experiences as a journalist in some of the world's major conflict zones,...
    Virtual Branch Recording: The Lines we Draw

  • Recorded webinar: Exploring representations and attitudes to disability across history

      Webinar
    This webinar was presented by Richard Rieser, who is a campaigner and champion for disability rights and the coordinator of UK Disability History Month. His presentation is part of our ongoing work to explore disability history and the arguments and representations of it and ensure that people from disability groups...
    Recorded webinar: Exploring representations and attitudes to disability across history

  • Recorded webinar: Maya ruler King Pakal II of Palenque

      Article
    The discovery in 1952 of the tomb of King Pakal II of Palenque has been called the most important archaeological find in the history of the Americas. Protected by a magnificently sculpted stone sarcophagus depicting Pakal’s descent to the underworld and re-birth as the maize god lay the body of...
    Recorded webinar: Maya ruler King Pakal II of Palenque

  • Film: A Jewish Divorce Case in Medieval England

      Virtual Branch
    In 1242, the prominent thirteenth-century Jewish financier David of Oxford attempted to divorce his wife, Muriel. In the process, he met with a number of obstacles which seriously hampered his efforts and had far-reaching implications for the Jewish community as a whole. In the end, David had to appeal directly...
    Film: A Jewish Divorce Case in Medieval England

  • Modern British Jewish History

      Podcast
    In this podcast Paula Kitching looks at the history of the British Jewish Community from 1800.
    Modern British Jewish History

  • Medieval British Jewish History

      Podcast
    In this podcast Paula Kitching looks at the history of the British Jewish Community in the Medieval Period.
    Medieval British Jewish History

  • Recorded webinar: Revisiting the witch trials

      Article
    The East Anglian witch hunt under Matthew Hopkins, self-appointed Witchfinder General, has garnered a great deal of popular and historical interest over the years. An image has developed of a zealous, misogynistic young man serving crazed 'justice' against supposed witches, whipping up panic and turning neighbours against each other in...
    Recorded webinar: Revisiting the witch trials

  • Virtual Branch Recording: Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife

      Lives of medieval women
    What was life really like for women in the medieval period? How did they think about sex, death and God? Could they live independent lives?  Few women had the luxury of writing down their thoughts and feelings during medieval times. But remarkably, there are at least four who did: Marie de France,...
    Virtual Branch Recording: Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife

  • Early Modern British Jewish History

      Podcast
    Shakespeare. Cromwell and Ben Israel. Marrano Jews become an integral part of the community.
    Early Modern British Jewish History

  • British LGBTQ+ History: 1914-1960

      Podcast
    In this podcast Dr Matt Cook of Birkbeck, Univeristy of London examines British LGBTQ+ History from 1914-1960.
    British LGBTQ+ History: 1914-1960

  • British LGBTQ+ History: 1800-1914

      Podcast
    In this podcast Dr Sean Brady of Birkbeck, University of London looks at British LGBTQ+ History from 1800-1914.
    British LGBTQ+ History: 1800-1914

  • Film: Death in Diaspora

      British & Irish Gravestones
    As British and Irish migrants sought new lives in the Caribbean, Asia, North America and Australasia, they left a trail of physical remains where settlement occurred. Between the 17th and 20th centuries, gravestones and elaborate epitaphs documented identity and attachment to both their old and new worlds. In this Virtual...
    Film: Death in Diaspora

  • Film: Bricks and the making of the city - London in the 19th century

      Virtual Branch
    In this HA Virtual Branch talk Peter Hounsell drew on his recently published book Bricks of Victorian London, exploring the crucial role brick production played in the creation of Britain's capital and why the important place of bricks in the fabric of the city isn't always obvious. Peter Hounsell has published...
    Film: Bricks and the making of the city - London in the 19th century

  • Film: Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe

      Virtual Branch Lecture Recording
    Ravenna was the capital of the Western Roman Empire from 402 CE until 751 CE, then later, the capital of the immense kingdom of Theoderic the Goth and finally the centre of Byzantine power in Italy. In this talk Professor Judith Herrin explores the history of the city, its peoples...
    Film: Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe

  • An Introduction to 20th Century African and Caribbean British History

      Podcast
    In this podcast Dr Hakim Adi gives an introduction to 20th Century African and Caribbean British History.
    An Introduction to 20th Century African and Caribbean British History

  • An Introduction to 19th Century African and Caribbean British History

      Podcast
    In this podcast Dr Hakim Adi of the University of Chichester gives an introduction to 19th Century African and Caribbean British History.
    An Introduction to 19th Century African and Caribbean British History

  • Film: The Partitions of Poland-Lithuania (1772-1795)

      Repercussions for German-Polish Relations and their Legacy.
    Karin Friedrich recently joined the Virtual Branch to discuss aspects of its complex history in her talk on the partitions of Poland, their repercussions for German-Polish relations and their legacy. Professor Friedrich is chair in Early Modern European History at the University of Aberdeen, co-director of the Centre for Early Modern...
    Film: The Partitions of Poland-Lithuania (1772-1795)

  • Virtual Branch Recording: Humans

      The 300,000 year struggle for equality
    In this Virtual Branch talk, Dr Alvin Finkel challenges claims that egalitarian, peaceful societies disappeared with the founding of agriculture or with the founding of state-level social organisation.  Different authors have suggested that early human society was essentially egalitarian in nature, with hierarchies only later becoming common. The point at which...
    Virtual Branch Recording: Humans

  • South Asian British History 1800-1900

      Podcast
    In this podcast Dr Sumita Mukherjee discusses 19th century South Asian British History.
    South Asian British History 1800-1900

  • South Asian British History 1900-1947

      Podcast
    In this podcast Dr Sumita Mukherjee examines South Asian British History from 1900 to 1947.
    South Asian British History 1900-1947

  • British & Irish Lesbian History in the 19th Century

      LGBTQ+ History
    In this podcast Dr Emma Vickers of the University of Reading discusses British Lesbian History in the 19th Century and passionate friendship.
    British & Irish Lesbian History in the 19th Century

  • Virtual Branch Recording: The cultural world of Elizabethan England

      Article
    In this Virtual Branch talk Professor Emma Smith provides a preview of her current research, which explores the lives and cultural undercurrents of Elizabethan England. What was influencing their cultural tastes and how much of it was new, or had it all been seen before? Emma Smith is Professor of Shakespeare...
    Virtual Branch Recording: The cultural world of Elizabethan England

  • Film: The Ruin of All Witches

      Life and Death in the New World
    Professor Malcom Gaskill joined the HA Virtual Branch on Thursday 10 December 2022 to discuss the subject of his book, The Ruin of all Witches, Life and Death in the New World, which was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize in 2022. His research explores the attitudes, beliefs and treatment of people as...
    Film: The Ruin of All Witches

  • Virtual Branch Recording: The House of Dudley

      Article
    The Dudleys thrived at the court of Henry VII, but were sacrificed to the popularity of Henry VIII. Rising to prominence in the reign of Edward VI, the Dudleys lost it all by advancing Jane Grey to the throne over Mary I. That was until the reign of Elizabeth I,...
    Virtual Branch Recording: The House of Dudley

  • Film: Meet the author: Marc Morris on The Anglo-Saxons

      Article
    In this Virtual Branch talk best-selling author and renowned historian Marc Morris joined us to discuss the process of researching for, structuring and writing his new book The Anglo-Saxons: a history of the beginnings of England.  Drawing on a vast range of original evidence - chronicles, letters, archaeology and artefacts - Morris's...
    Film: Meet the author: Marc Morris on The Anglo-Saxons