HistoryFest 2020

As part of our annual HistoryFest event, we delved into the past to understand the present with live Zoom sessions with our History staff and students.

Monday 22 June

Check out recordings of the Zoom webinars that we held covering the below topics:

  • History at University with Rohan McWilliam & Will Tullett
  • Stalin's Revolution From Above with Jonathan Davis

 

Session Recording: History at University Session Recording: Stalin's Revolution From Above

Tuesday 23 June

Check out recordings of the Zoom webinars that we held covering the below topics:

  • John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson with Rohan McWilliam
  • A History of the Human Body - What's in a Beard? with Will Tullett

 

Session Recording: John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson Session Recording: A History of the Human Body - What's in a Beard?

Wednesday 24 June

Join History student Sarika as she runs through a Q&A session all about student life.

 

Session Recording: Student Life

Thursday 25 June

Check out recordings of the Zoom webinars that we held covering the below topics:

  • Suffragettes with Lucy Bland
  • Down and Dirty with the Documents with Sean Lang

 

Session Recording: Suffragettes Session Recording: Down and Dirty with the Documents
Smiling student

Friday 26 June

Check out recordings of the Zoom webinars that we held covering the below topics:

  • Stalin's Revolution From Above with Jonathan Davis
  • History at University with Rohan McWilliam & Will Tullett

 

Session Recording: Stalin's Revolution From Above Session Recording: History at University
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60 Second Seminars

Enjoy a taster of some of these key topic with our 60 Second Seminars.

 

Why They Had to Partition India A History of the West End of London Charlie Chaplin and the Nazis Was There a Sexual Revolution in the 1960s?

Rohan's Rebels

Professor of Modern British History Rohan McWilliam takes us on a short lecture tour of his top 10 rebels from history.

 

Margaret Thatcher Martin Luther Mahatma Gandhi Galileo Galilei Captain Swing

Labour History

A historical and contemporary look at the politics of the Left.

 

The Labour Renewal Project Book Summary - Labour and the Left in the 1980s Book Summary - The March of the Moderates

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