World
The modern world cannot be studied without examining the course, impact and legacy of two world wars, the resources in this section set out to look at both the First and Second World Wars in their global context. The section also includes the Cold War and its impact in Latin America, South-East Asia and parts of Africa. This period also sees the rise and fall of European imperialism and the changing nature of global politics and economics as technology brings different stories from so many parts of the world directly to us. Read more
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Napoleon: First Consul and Emperor of the French
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Navigating the ‘imperial history wars’
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Nazism and Stalinism
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Nineteenth Century African chiefs in Nuneaton: A local mystery uncovered
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Obituaries: the first verdict in history
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Out and About in Madagascar
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Personality & Power: The individual's role in the history of twentieth-century Europe
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Photography in Korea, The Hermit Kingdom
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Polychronicon 138: The Civil Rights Movement
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Polychronicon 139: Civic denouncer: The lives of Pavlik Morozov
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Polychronicon 143: the Balfour Declaration
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Polychronicon 160: Interpreting 'The Birth of a Nation'
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Populism, Progressivism and Trumpism
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President Barack Obama and the State of the Union Address
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Pressure and Persuasion Canadian agents and Scottish emigration, c. 1870- c. 1930
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Radiating the Revolution: Agitation in the Russian Civil War 1917-21
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Real Lives: Anna Wessels Williams (1863–1954)
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Recorded Webinar: India and the Second World War
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Recorded Webinar: Resisting Reagan
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Recorded Webinar: ‘Drawing the Line’: the 1947 Partition of India
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