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Filmed Lecture: Medlicott Lecture 2023 - Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch
Article
The Medlicott Medal is awarded annually for outstanding services and contributions to history. This year the Medal went to renowned historian and author Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch who is currently Professor of the Church at Oxford. His 2008 book History of Christianity: the first three thousand years is the leading authority on the history...
Filmed Lecture: Medlicott Lecture 2023 - Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch
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Film: Attic Inscriptions
Ancient Athenian Inscriptions
Public Museums, National Trust Properties and private homes across the UK contain thousands of antiquities deriving from the ancient Greek world. Many of these were obtained by those who ventured upon the Grand Tour, a cultural expedition to Europe undertaken by wealthy young men in the eighteenth and ninteteenth centuries. In...
Film: Attic Inscriptions
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The Life & Significance of St Peter
The History of Christianity
In this podcast Professor Mark Humphries looks at the life and significance of St Peter and his role in spreading Christianity into the Roman Empire.
The Life & Significance of St Peter
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The Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Ancient European History
In this podcasts Professor Peter Heather of King's College London duscusses the division of the Roman Empire and the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
The fall of the Western Roman Empire, was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process in which the Empire failed to...
The Fall of the Western Roman Empire
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The Goths
Ancient European History
In this podcast Professor Peter Heather of King's College London looks at the history of the Goths. The Goths were Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe.
In the late 4th century, the lands of the Goths were invaded from the east by...
The Goths
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The Huns
Ancient European History
In this podcast Professor Peter Heather of King's College London looks at the history of the Huns.
The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th century AD. The Huns' arrival to Europe is associated with the migration westward of an Iranian people, the Alans. By 370 AD,...
The Huns
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Sources for the Roman Republic
Ancient European History
In this podcast Dr Federico Santangelo of the University of Newcastle discusses the sources historians use when studying early Roman history.
Sources for the Roman Republic
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Women & Medicine in Ancient Greece & Rome
Ancient European History
In this podcast Dr Richard Hawley of Royal Holloway, University of London, examines women and medicine in Ancient Greece & Rome.
Women & Medicine in Ancient Greece & Rome
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Women and the Family in Ancient Greece and Rome
Ancient European History
In this podcast Dr Richard Hawley of Royal Holloway, University of London, looks at women and the family in Ancient Greece and Rome.
Women and the Family in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Gender in Ancient Greece and Rome
Ancient European History
In this podcast Dr Richard Hawley of Royal Holloway, University of London looks at gender in Ancient Greece & Rome.
Gender in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Women & Religion in Ancient Greece & Rome
Ancient European History
In this podcast Dr Richard Hawley of Royal Holloway, University of London looks at the role and position of women in Ancient Greece and Rome.
Women & Religion in Ancient Greece & Rome
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Women's Voices in Ancient Greece & Rome
Ancient European History
In this podcast Dr Richard Hawley of Royal Holloway, University of London discusses women writers in Ancient Greece & Rome such as Sappho.
Women's Voices in Ancient Greece & Rome
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Ancient Greece & Rome: Similarities and Differences
Ancient European History
In this podcast Dr Ursula Rothe & Dr Colin Andrews of the Open University discuss how the social, moral and religious life in Rome differed from that of ancient Greece.
Ancient Greece & Rome: Similarities and Differences
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Latin Poets and their Role in Roman Society
Ancient European History
In this podcast Dr Joanna Paul & Dr Paula Jones of the Open University discuss the role and significance of the Latin Poets in Roman society.
Latin Poets and their Role in Roman Society
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Roman Imperial Society
Ancient European History
In this podcast Dr Emma-Jayne Graham and Dr Ursula Rothe of the Open University examine Roman Imperial Society.
Roman Imperial Society
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Greek Drama
Ancient European History
In this podcast Dr Fiona Hobden of the University of Liberpool looks at the legacy of Ancient Greek Drama.
Greek Drama
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Greek Comedy
Ancient European History
In this podcast Dr Fiona Hobden of the University of Liverpool discusses what Greek Comedy can tell us about society of ancient Greece.
Greek Comedy
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Greek Tragedy
Ancient European History
In this podcast Dr Fiona Hobden of the University of Liverpool discusses what Greek Tragedy can tell us about society of ancient Greece.
Greek Tragedy
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Ancient Greek Myths and Legends
Ancient European History
In this podcast Dr Fiona Hobden of the University of Liverpool looks at what Greek myths and legends can tell us about how the early ancient Greeks saw their world.
Ancient Greek Myths and Legends
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The Fall of the Roman Republic
Ancient European History
In this podcast Dr Federico Santangelo of the University of Newcastle examines the key factors that led to the fall of the Roman Republic.
The Fall of the Roman Republic
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Challenges to the Roman Republic
Ancient European History
In this podcast Dr Federico Santangelo looks at the challenges the Roman Republic faced both internally and externally.
Challenges to the Roman Republic
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The Origins and Structure of the Roman Republic
Ancient European History
In this podcast Dr Federico Santangelo of the University of Newcastle looks at the origins of the Roman Republic, how was it structured and how did the Republic developed politically and culturally.
The Origins and Structure of the Roman Republic
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Podcast Series: Women in Ancient Greece & Rome
Multipage Article
In this series of podcasts Dr Richard Hawley of Royal Holloway, University of London looks at the history of women in Ancient Greece and Rome.
Podcast Series: Women in Ancient Greece & Rome
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An Introduction to Women in Greece and Rome
Podcast
In this podcast Dr Richard Hawley of Royal Holloway, University of London examines some of the difficulties we have with the evidence when constructing the history of Women in Ancient Greece & Rome.
An Introduction to Women in Greece and Rome
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Film: Rome in the world/the world in Rome with Dr Lucy Donkin
Article
To give you a taster of the fantastic sessions on offer at the HA's annual conference, we've published one of the sessions from the 2022 HA Conference on Rome in the world/the world in Rome with Dr Lucy Donkin.
In many cultures, earth has been used to represent a place...
Film: Rome in the world/the world in Rome with Dr Lucy Donkin
