Lectures in History: Recent Episodes
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Join students in college classrooms to hear lectures on topics ranging from the American Revolution to 9-11.
Boston College professor Seth Jacobs discussed President Lyndon Johnson and the factors that led him to escalate the war in Vietnam following the assassination of his predecessor, John F. Kennedy.
Clemson University professor C. Bradley Thompson teaches a class about the preamble of the Declaration of Independence.
Iowa State University professor Carmen Bain teaches a class on women's work on family farms during the 20th century.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor William G. Thomas III teaches a class on some of the lawsuits brought by enslaved people who sued for their freedom in the antebellum period.
Wofford College professor Mark Byrnes teaches a class about U.S. public opinion, the rise of radio, and the debate about whether to enter World War II.
Johnson County Community College professor Tai Edwards teaches a class about the expansion of the United States during the Spanish-American War and the acquisition of Hawaii.
Gettysburg College professor Timothy Shannon teaches a class on Colonial-era diplomatic ties between the Iroquois Confederacy of the eastern Great Lakes region and European settlers.
Daniel Richter of the University of Pennsylvania teaches a class on 18th century power struggles between Native Americans, colonial settlers and European empires.
U.S. Air Force Academy professor Stephen Randolph teaches a class about President Richard Nixon, his National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger, and their strategy for the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam.
Loyola University Chicago professor Michelle Nickerson teaches a class on the deindustrialization of the U.S. in the 1970s and '80s and how music and popular culture of the period reflected these economic changes.
Tulane University professor John "Ray" Proctor teaches a class about playwright August Wilson, his contribution to African American theatre and his Pulitzer prize-winning play, [Fences].
Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt teaches a class about anti-Semitism in America and Holocaust denial.
University of Arkansas professor Elliott West lectures on the environmental impact of the California Gold Rush, part of a seminar for high school teachers hosted by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
University of Colorado Denver professor Sarah Fields teaches a class about the 1981 Jean Harris trial, also known as the "Scarsdale Diet" doctor murder case.
Colorado College professor Santiago Guerra teaches a class on marijuana regulation in U.S. History.
Texas Christian University professor Gene Allen Smith teaches a class about George Washington's character.
Stony Brook University professor Paul Kelton teaches a class about Abraham Lincoln and Native Americans.
Stevenson University professor Jamie Goodall teaches a class about female activists and the 1960s civil rights movement.
Andrew Slap of East Tennessee State University teaches a class on Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson and the Constitution.
Karen Markoe of State University of New York Maritime College teaches a class on the 1920s.
University of Texas at Austin professor Peniel Joseph teaches a class on the life & career of Civil Rights pioneer Ronald Walters.
University of Utah professor Eric Hinderaker teaches a class about western settlement before, during and after the American Revolution.
William Woods University professor Craig Bruce Smith teaches a class about the American Revolution and the Continental Army.
Lafayette College professor Robert Weiner teaches a class on the origins of World War II in Europe.
American University professor Ibram Kendi teaches a class about Malcolm X's views on Africa.
Providence College professor Edward Andrews teaches a class on early English missions in Colonial America.
Dickinson College professor Jim Hoefler taught a class about end of life care and perceptions of death in the United States since the 1800s.
Georgetown University professor Katherine Benton-Cohen teaches a class on the Progressive Era.
Rick Kennedy of Point Loma Nazarene University teaches a class about Mexico's governance and plans for California in the decades leading-up to the 1848 Mexican-American War, in which Mexico lost California to the U.S.
Weber State University professor Branden Little teaches a class about the role of American factories during World War II and military vehicle innovations, with a focus on types of amphibious vehicles used in the Pacific.
Baylor University professor Julie Anne Sweet teaches a class on the American military during the Revolutionary War, including a look at the equipment and capabilities of both the Continental Army and militia troops.
American University professor W. Joseph Campbell teaches a class on myths about William Randolph Hearst, Yellow Journalism & the lead-up to Spanish-American War at the end of the 19th century.
Georgetown University Professor Joseph McCartin teaches a class on the post-industrialization transformation of work starting in the 1960s and continuing through the end of the 20th century.
Tulane University professor Karissa Haugeberg teaches a class about the legal history of abortion in the United States from the 1840s through 2016.
Triton College professor Edward White teaches a class on lessons learned from the Vietnam War.
University of Massachusetts Boston professor Vincent Cannato teaches a class about the culture and economics of the 1970s.
University of Alabama professor Joshua Rothman teaches a class on abolition and pro-slavery movements in the early 1800s.
University of Chicago professor Jane Dailey teaches a class about the 1968 presidential election, protests over the Vietnam War and issues during Richard Nixon's first term.
George Washington University adjunct professor Chris Tudda teaches a class about foreign relations between the United States and the Soviet Union during President Reagan's administration.
Brooklyn College professor KC Johnson teaches a class on Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon's Supreme Court nominations.
Vassar College professor Rebecca Edwards teaches a class about the differences between 19th-century political parties and their views on gender roles, racial equality and family dynamics.
Stonehill College professor Peter Ubertaccio teaches a class on the history of State of the Union addresses.
Shepherd University Professor James Broomall teaches a class on the life and art of James Hope, an artist who both witnessed and painted scenes from the Battle of Antietam.
University of Massachusetts Amherst professor Traci Parker talks about the lunch counter sit-ins that took place in the early 1960s as part of the civil rights movement.
Kutztown University professor Michael Gabriel teaches a class about military engagements during the American Revolution from April 1775 to July 1776.
Texas Woman's University professor Katherine Landdeck teaches a class about the ways American women contributed to the war effort during World War II.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, professor Michael Green teaches a class on Abraham Lincoln and the 1860 presidential election.
Purdue University professor Kathryn Brownell teaches a class about political advertising in the 1950s, highlighting Dwight Eisenhower's presidential campaigns.
Kent State University professor Elaine Frantz teaches a class about the experience of being arrested from the 1850s to the present day.
University of Michigan professor Melissa Borja teaches a class about Southeast Asian migration to the United States and post-Vietnam War refugees.
University of Delaware professor Tiffany Gill teaches a class about the role of African American women in the Civil Rights Movement.
Rutgers University professor Jefferson Decker teaches a class on the history of the environmental movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources.
Duke University professor Laura Edwards teaches a class on public lands and the law in the early American Republic.
Colorado College professor Amy Kohout teaches a class on nuclear weapons testing in the continental U.S. in the 1950s and '60s and how it impacted the environment.
Lebanon Valley College professor James Broussard teaches a class on the lead-up to the American Revolution.
American University lecturer Aaron Bell teaches a class about privacy laws and federal surveillance of civil rights leaders.
Middle Tennessee State University professor Ashley Riley Sousa teaches a class on Native Americans and capitalism in early 19th century California.
University of Washington professor William Rorabaugh teaches a class on the counterculture of the 1950s and 1960s in America. He compares the literature, clothing, music and world view of the beats and beatniks of the '50s and the hippies of the '60s
Dartmouth College professor Colin Calloway leads a seminar for high school teachers on Native American history from the Colonial era through westward expansion.
State University of New York at Buffalo professor Carole Emberton teaches a class about Andersonville Prison, the Confederate Civil War military prison where 13,000 Union soldiers died, and the trial of its commander, Henry Wirz.
University of Washington, Bothell, history professor Dan Berger examines the rise of mass incarceration in the United States and the politics behind it.
Towson University history professor Elizabeth Gray talks about the use of and public opinion on opium and laudanum in the 19th century.
Emory University professors Hank Klibanoff and Brett Gadsden talk about the intersection of Civil Rights politics and violence in mid-20th century Georgia.
Indiana University history professor Michael McGerr talks about women and feminism in 1960-70s popular music. This program contains language that some viewers may find offensive.