Lectures in History
Summary: Join students in college classrooms to hear lectures on topics ranging from the American Revolution to 9-11.
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Podcasts:
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.
Catholic University professor and former CIA historian Nicholas Dujmovic teaches a class about national intelligence during President Kennedy's administration.
Purdue University professor Kathryn Brownell teaches a class about political advertising in the 1950s, highlighting Dwight Eisenhower's presidential campaigns.
University of North Florida professor David Courtwright teaches a class about changes in immigration demographics and the rise of nativism in the early 20th century.
Kent State University professor Elaine Frantz teaches a class about the experience of being arrested from the 1850s to the present day.
Abram Van Engen of Washington University in St. Louis teaches a class about how the Pilgrims became part of the United States' founding story in 19th-century history textbooks.
Baylor University professor Thomas Kidd teaches a class on the first Great Awakening in the Americas, a period in mid-18th century of Christian revitalization and evangelism that swept through the colonies.
Chapman University history professor Jennifer Keene looks at myths about America's involvement in World War I.
Gettysburg College professor Ian Isherwood teaches a class on how World War I soldiers coped with and interpreted in their war experiences.
U.S. Air Force Academy professor Chuck Steele teaches a class on the role of sea power during World War I.
Bard College professor Sean McMeekin discusses the Treaty of Versailles which eventually helped end World War I. He also talks about President Woodrow Wilson's role in crafting the treaty.
Tulane University professor Jana Lipman teaches a class on agricultural labor in the United States since 1930 and the rise of organic farming.
Iowa State University professor Ruth MacDonald looks at the history of nutritional standards and government dietary guidelines. She describes the shift from preventing disease to promoting optimum health during the 20th century.
Iowa State University professor Pamela Riney-Kehrberg teaches a class on food during the Great Depression.
