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:
University of Delaware professor Tiffany Gill teaches a class about the role of African American women in the Civil Rights Movement.
Washington University in St. Louis professor Peter Kastor teaches a class about how the United States changed from Reconstruction to the Progressive Era.
University of Connecticut professor Manisha Sinha teaches a class about the Reconstruction Era after the Civil War, outlining the different ways historians have interpreted the period.
Arizona State University professor Kyle Longley teaches a class on President Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War in 1968.
Professor Daniel Feller talks about President Andrew Jackson and the politics of the mid-19th century.
Emory University professor Felix Harcourt teaches a class on how conspiracy theories about UFOs have shaped America culture.
Rutgers University professor Jefferson Decker teaches a class on the history of the environmental movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources.
University of Central Florida professor Yanek Mieczkowski teaches a class about some of the people who challenged the status quo of the U.S. auto industry from the post-World War II era to the present day.
Princeton University professor Julian Zelizer teaches a class on the growth of conservative influence over U.S. foreign policy in the 1970s.
University of Washington professor Margaret O'Mara teaches a class about the 1968 presidential election and the events that affected the outcome.
The New School professor Natalia Mehlman Petrzela teaches a class about the history of health and physical education in the American school system.
University of Kansas professor Adrian Lewis teaches a class about Omaha Beach and the 1944 D-Day landings in Normandy, France, during World War II.
Duke University professor Laura Edwards teaches a class on public lands and the law in the early American Republic.
Washington University in St. Louis professors Margaret Garb and Eric Mumford teach a class about the development of skyscrapers in the late-19th century.
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.
