Lectures in History

Hillsdale College professor David Raney teaches a class about Civil War-era aid societies that supported Union troops. He highlights the work of the U.S. Sanitary Commission and the U.S. Christian Commission.

Tulane University professor Blake Gilpin teaches a class about moonshine drivers and the origins of NASCAR.

East Tennessee State University professor Tom Lee teaches a class about the South's influence on national culture in the 1970s.

Dickinson College professor Cotten Seiler teaches a class about the emerging definitions of whiteness and blackness in Colonial America and how it impacted the origins of country music.

University of Georgia professor Stephen Berry teaches a class about coroners in the 19th century South. He discusses the role of a coroner as an agent of the state and talks about the records created from their inquests.

Suffolk University professor Kenneth S. Greenberg teaches a class on role of honor and dueling in the lives of slave masters in the antebellum South.

Brandeis University professor Abigail Cooper teaches a class on African Americans during the Reconstruction era, looking at how former slaves strove for economic rights and full citizenship, including the right to vote.

Garrett Sheldon of the University of Virginia's College at Wise teaches a class on the political philosopher John Rawls and his 1971 book, [A Theory of Justice], which has heavily influenced the ideas behind modern American liberalism.

Colorado State University-Pueblo professor Matt Harris teaches a class about the anti-slavery movement before the Civil War.

Arizona State University professor Jonathan Barth teaches a class about the rise of Andrew Jackson and his presidency, with a focus on the "bank wars" of the 1830s.

University of Texas at Austin Professor Madeline Hsu teaches a class about the 1965 Immigration Act and current immigration demographics.

University of California San Diego professor Luis Alvarez teaches a class about the factors that led to the 1943 Los Angeles zoot suit riots.

University of Michigan professor Melissa Borja teaches a class about Southeast Asian migration to the United States and post-Vietnam War refugees.

Douglas Kennedy of the U.S. Air Force Academy teaches a class on Vietnam's War's "Operation Rolling Thunder" air campaign, which took place from 1965-68.

San Diego State University professor Pierre Asselin teaches a class on the Vietnam War, looking at the conflict from U.S. escalation in 1965 to the fall of Saigon in 1975.