Lectures in History

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Join students in college classrooms to hear lectures on topics ranging from the American Revolution to 9-11.

  • 56 minutes 23 seconds
    Road to the 1787 Constitutional Convention

    University of Dallas history professor William Atto discussed the decade leading to the 1787 Constitutional Convention and the key compromises that led to the ratification of the United States Constitution.

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    3 November 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 21 minutes
    Ryan White & the AIDS Epidemic

    Florida State University history professor Paul Renfro discussed the life and death of Indiana teenager Ryan White, who emerged as one of the faces of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.

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    27 October 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    America's National Pastime

    Boston College communications professor Michael Serazio discussed how baseball connects Americans to their past and culture.

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    20 October 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Southeast American Indians During the 18th Century

    University of North Carolina at Pembroke history professor Jamie Myers discussed Southeast Native American tribes during the 18th century and the impacts of colonialism, the American Revolution, and the emergence of the United States.

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    13 October 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    Schools of Thought on the Vietnam War

    Hillsdale College history professor Mark Moyar discusses competing interpretations of the Vietnam War when it comes to questions about the necessity of the conflict and whether it was winnable for the United States.

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    6 October 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 42 minutes
    Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood"

    Georgetown University English professor Christopher Shinn discussed the history and cultural reception of Truman Capote's 1967"In Cold Blood" as well as its impact on the genres of pulp fiction and true crime novels.

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    29 September 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 22 minutes
    Gilded Age Bohemians

    University of North Carolina at Pembroke professor Ryan Anderson discussed the rise of a Bohemian culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that rejected conventional societal restraints and embraced the arts.

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    22 September 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    The American Presidency and Foreign Policy

    Presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky discussed how presidential foreign policy and warmaking powers evolved from the time of George Washington to the modern era

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    15 September 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    Narratives of the Civil Rights Movement

    Ohio State University history professor Hasan Kwame Jeffries discussed historical narratives of the Civil Rights Movement and modern understandings of victories, defeats and what the movement was trying to achieve. Professor Jeffries is the brother of House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). 

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    8 September 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    Rise of Industry in the Gilded age

    College of the Ozarks professor David Dalton, who teaches a class on 19th Century American history, discussed the rise of American industry in the Gilded Age. College of the Ozarks is located in Point Lookout, Missouri.

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    1 September 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    When Polls Go Bad

    American University Professor Joseph Campbell taught a class on public opinion and election forecasting. He spoke about some of the most significant polling misses in American politics. American University is located in Washington, D.C.

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    25 August 2024, 12:00 am
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