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Recorded webinar series: Jane Austen and Georgian England
Multipage Article
Join us for a journey through Georgian history, literature and society – all from the comfort of your own home. Celebrating the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, this rich, interdisciplinary webinar series from the Historical Association delves into the vibrant world of the Georgians through the lens of one of...
Recorded webinar series: Jane Austen and Georgian England
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African and Caribbean British History: Stuart Period
Early Modern British History
In this podcast Onyeka looks at African and Caribbean British History during the Stuart period.
African and Caribbean British History: Stuart Period
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Votes for Women
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students examine the campaign for women’s suffrage in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This includes videos looking at why the suffrage campaign started in the 1860s; introductions to the main suffrage organisations, their leaders and...
Votes for Women
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Workers’ Rights and Trade Unions
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students look at the development of trade unionism and workers’ rights in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The playlist includes videos examining the Tolpuddle Martyrs, New Unionism, the London Dock Strike and the Match Girls’ Strike...
Workers’ Rights and Trade Unions
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Nineteenth Century Social Reform
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students explore nineteenth century social reform and its effect in changing, gradually, the role of the state. This includes videos looking at the New Poor Law, Factory and Education Acts and the campaign to repeal the...
Nineteenth Century Social Reform
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Abolition of Slavery
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students examine the campaigns to abolish both the slave trade and slavery itself, including a number of actor readings of pamphlets and speeches that help illustrate key arguments made by abolitionists and defenders of slavery. The...
Abolition of Slavery
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Peterloo
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students explore the Peterloo Massacre, looking at its origins, outcome and longer term historical significance. The playlist also contains 18 dramatised primary sources drawn from The National Archives and the Parliamentary Archives. These are designed to...
Peterloo
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Radical Protest in the Nineteenth Century
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students explore the history of radicalism in the nineteenth century, including the Spa Fields Riots, the Pentrich Uprising, Luddism, the Swing Riots and the March of the Blanketeers. The playlist also provides an overview of key...
Radical Protest in the Nineteenth Century
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The Peasants’ (Great) Revolt
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students explore the Great Revolt of 1381, better known as the Peasants’ Revolt, through a combination of animations, dramatised primary sources, and short presenter-led videos. This includes videos looking at the causes of the revolt, its...
The Peasants’ (Great) Revolt
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Anglo-Saxons and Normans
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, students and staff explore Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, exploring the Anglo-Saxon Witan and Moots, how law and order was maintained and the Norman conquest, including a multi-chronicler account of the Battle of Hastings. Other videos examine how William...
Anglo-Saxons and Normans
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The Suffragette Movement
HA podcasted history
Professor June Hannam of the University of the West of England looks at the key forces that led to women acheiving the vote in the early 20th century.
The Suffragette Movement
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The Origins of the LGBTQ+ Movement in the US
A History of the United States
In this podcast from 2017, Joshua Hollands of University College London discusses the early LGBTQ+ civil rights movement in the United States from the end of the Second World War, through the Stonewall Riots to political mobilisation and Pride events.
In the postwar era, gay men and women were still legally discriminated...
The Origins of the LGBTQ+ Movement in the US
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The AIDS Crisis in America
A History of the United States
The United States was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, first noticed by doctors in young gay men in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco in 1981. By 1995 AIDS had become the leading cause of death among all Americans aged 25 to 44 with...
The AIDS Crisis in America
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Booker T. Washington
Podcasted history: A History of the United States
Booker T Washington was the most influential African American leader at the turn of the 20th Century – so much so that at the time of his death he was described by someone as the 'most distinguished man, white or black who has come out of the South since the...
Booker T. Washington
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The American Trade Union Movement
A History of the United States
In this podcast Dr Christopher Phelps of the University of Nottingham discusses the origins of the American Trade Union and Labour movements and looks at how they developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The American Trade Union Movement
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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
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British LGBTQ+ Community: Changes over the last 200 years
Podcast
In this podcast Professor Sally R Munt looks at how the lives of individuals within the LGBTQ+ community have changed over the last 200 years and asks: what accounts for this change?
British LGBTQ+ Community: Changes over the last 200 years
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Britain's Retreat from Empire
20th Century British History
In this podcast Professor A J Stockwell looks at Britain's retreat from Empire from 1914, examining how and why this retreat began, the pressure for independence across the Empire, new imperialism, the changing relationship between rulers and ruled, how Britain attempted to manage retreat, decolonisation and the legacy of the...
Britain's Retreat from Empire
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Second Wave Feminism as a personal journey
20th Century Women's History
In this podcast Ms Jean Spence discusses how she discovered feminism and how being part of the feminist movement changed both hers and many other womens lives.
Second Wave Feminism as a personal journey
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Second Wave Feminism in the UK
20th Century Women's History
In this podcast Ms Jean Spence looks at the origins, the development and the gains achieved by second wave feminism.
Second Wave Feminism in the UK
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How did the UK Women's Movement develop and change after enfranchisement?
20th Century Women's History
In this podcast Dr Anne Logan of the University of Kent looks at how the Women's Movement developed and changed in the years subsequent to achieving the vote.
How did the UK Women's Movement develop and change after enfranchisement?
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UK Women's Movement: How did Women achieve the Vote?
20th Century Women's History
In this podcast Professor June Hannam of the University of the West of England looks at the key forces that led to women achiving the vote in the early 20th century.
UK Women's Movement: How did Women achieve the Vote?
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How popular was the Nazi regime?
20th Century German History
In this podcast Sir Ian Kershaw looks at the popularity of the Nazi regime.
How popular was the Nazi regime?
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Margaret Thatcher and her Legacy
20th Century British History
In this podcast Professor Eric Evans looks at the rise, fall and legacy of Margaret Thatcher's premiership.
Margaret Thatcher and her Legacy
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UK 1964-79 - Domestic problems under the Labour and Conservative Governments
20th Century British History
In this podcast Professor Keith Laybourn of the University of Huddersfield discusses the key reasons for the growing domestic problems under the Labour and Conservative Governments 1964-79 and looks at the effectiveness of their response.
UK 1964-79 - Domestic problems under the Labour and Conservative Governments
