The most popular programs for the Lectures in History Tag http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?topic=5413 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Mon, 20 May 2013 05:29:15 GMT Victor Hanson, a professor emeritus of Classics at California State University, Fresno, lectured to a history class on Masters and Commanders at Hillsdale College. In this fall seminar in classical and military history Professor Hanson examined how leaders, both civilian officials and generals on the battlefield, conducted themselves in wartime. That day's class focused on Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill and how those very different American and British leaders learned to work together to defeat Nazi Germany. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295605-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295605-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Brad Birzer lectured to his history class about the first recognizable political parties taking shape in early 19th century. These parties tended to represent regional rather than national interests. Professor Birzer spoke about this divisive era, focusing on the rise of what he termed the Old Republicans. He also responded to questions from students in the class. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295635-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295635-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT History professor Marcus Rediker lectured during a course on Colonial America at the University of Pittsburgh. He talked about the origins of the slave trade to the Americas between 1640 and the early 1800s. The lecture was held in the "English Classroom" of the Cathedral of Learning, a historic landmark on the university campus. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296230-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296230-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Allyson Hobbs is a specialist in African-American social and cultural history and 20th century American history. She used slides as she lectured about the "Great Migration," a period after 1910 when millions of blacks moved from the South to areas North and West. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299436-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299436-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Greg Carr, chair of the Department of Afro-American Studies, presented a class lecture on slavery in the U.S. in the international context. He focused on maroonage (flight from owners followed by banding together to establishment independent communities in remote ares) as a dimension of African resistance, migrations, and movement in African-American history and the cultural meaning in U.S. history. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295697-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295697-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Colorado School of Mines Professor Kenneth Osgood looks at the CIA and Regime Change in the Cold War. Professor Osgood discusses several examples of the CIA's involvement in covert regime change operations, including coups in Guatemala in 1954 and in Chile in 1973. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305053-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305053-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT This week, Professor Eliot Cohen examines the relationship between President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur. In 1951, during the Korean War, President Truman relieved General MacArthur of his command. This class at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies is from a course called "The Art of Strategic Decision." http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305064-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305064-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT History Professor Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh lectured on the generalship of Ulysses S. Grant. It was part of a course at the U.S. Naval Academy called "The American Way of War: The Colonial Period to Afghanistan." http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304375-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304375-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Donald Stoker gave a lecture in his "Strategy and War" course at the U.S. Naval War College in Monterey, California. The course examines the relationship between political goals and the use of military force. During this class he used slides as he talked about North Vietnamese strategy during the Vietnam War. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302784-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302784-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT History Professor Gary Ostrower of Alfred University in New York examined the origins of World War II and discussed the war's major battles and turning points. He also detailed the tactics and weaponry used, and the resulting casualties. The class is from a course on Modern Western History. He responded to questions from students. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305605-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305605-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Patrick Mullins teaches Colonial and Revolutionary American history at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. In this class, he used visual aids as he lectured on the French and Indian War, the impact it had on the American colonies, and the rise of George Washington as a national leader. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296410-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296410-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT History Professor Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh lectured on the generalship of Robert E. Lee. It was part of a course at the U.S. Naval Academy called "The American Way of War: The Colonial Period to Afghanistan." http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304328-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304328-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Julian Bond lectured to a history class on Rosa Parks and the origins of the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. An active participant and leader from the early days of the Civil Rights movement, Professor Bond brought a unique perspective to the classroom. He also showed slides. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295465-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295465-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Political analyst Michael Barone talked about the tensions inherent in the American identity and the threat of social dislocation. He examined the writings and observations of the 19th-Century French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville, focusing on Tocqueville's conceptions of liberty, equality, and community. Tocqueville is best known for his two-volume work [Democracy in America], based on his travels around America in the 1830s. "The Fragility of Ordered Liberty: Tocqueville and Conservative Conceptions of Liberty, Equality, and Community" was the fourth lecture in the Conservative Intellectual Tradition seminar at the Citadel led by Mallory Factor, holder of the Governor John C. West Chair in American Government. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304145-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304145-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Howard Brick of University of Michigan talked about the Black Power Movement in the 1960s. While the Civil Rights Movement led by Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. sought equality through non-violent civil disobedience, an emerging Black Power Movement in the mid-1960s - guided variously by Malcolm X, Stokley Carmichael and the leaders of the Black Panther Party - sought change through black nationalism and separatism. Professor Brick talked about the roots and causes for this transformation in the struggle for African American equality. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309036-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309036-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT History Professor Susan Schulten discussed the causes of America's Civil War, including President Abraham Lincoln's refusal to allow slavery to expand into new territories. Professor Schulten explained that Lincoln refused to recognize the Confederacy as legitimate and viewed secession as illegal. The class took place at the University of Denver. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305384-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305384-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Hitchcock lectured about the U.S. foreign policy strategy of containment between 1946-1950. After World War II, President Harry Truman initiated policies to prevent the spread of communism in Europe and Asia. This strategy of "containment" would result in decades of Cold War tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. Professor William Hitchcock presented the topic in a class lecture at the University of Virginia. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295326-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295326-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Paul Finkelman lectured on the 1857 [Dred Scott] case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court decided that slaves were not protected by the Constitution and were not American citizens. This lecture was a session of Professor Finkelman's Albany Law School course "Greatest Hits of Constitutional Law" on historically significant Supreme Court cases. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295676-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295676-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT This week, a look at the Compromise of 1850 and the collapse of the Second Party System, with Gillis Harp, a professor at Grove City College in Pennsylvania. The class is part of a survey course called, "History of the United States to 1865," which covers American history from the colonial era through the Civil War. This is fifty minutes. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304492-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304492-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Robert Rydell of Montana State University talked about the history of eugenics in early 20th century America. Eugenics is a science that advocates improving the hereditary qualities of a race through controlled mating. Professor Rydell talked about some of the eugenics studies and experiments that took in the United States, as well as eugenics-based forced sterilization laws passed by several states that targeted the so-called "feebleminded." http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/310565-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/310565-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT University of Texas at Arlington professor David Narrett teaches a history course which examines early American history, emphasizing the conflicts between colonists and natives, the relationship between American freedom and slavery, and the growth of the British Empire in North America. In this class he used slides as he lectured on the Seven Years War or the French and Indian War. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303486-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303486-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Matthew Pinsker lectured a class at Dickinson College, where he teaches a history course on the election of 1860. In this class, Professor Pinsker focused specifically on Abraham Lincoln's role in the election and how" in his view" the election forever transformed American politics. During the session Professor Pinsker, a co-director of the college's House Divided Project, demonstrated uses of the Web site and also premiered a documentary short film created for Journal Divided, "Honest Abe," based on Michael Burlingame's book [Abraham Lincoln: A Life] (2008). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295696-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295696-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT University of Southern Mississippi professor Susannah Ural teaches a course on the history of the United States from its founding to 1877. In this lecture, Professor Ural focuses on the presidential election of 1860 and subsequent secession by the southern states. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303661-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303661-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT This week, Columbia Law School Professor Nathaniel Persily looks at the history of redistricting and gerrymandering in the United States. Professor Persily discusses the origin of the term "gerrymandering" in the early 1800s, and the use of redistricting by political parties and incumbents to protect and advance their interests. He also talks about more racially charged redistricting fights, such as the 1960 [Gomillion vs. Lightfoot] Supreme Court case, in which the court found that a district had been created to disenfranchise black voters. That case helped lead to the 1965 Voting Rights Act, outlawing discriminatory voting practices. Columbia Law School is located in New York City. This is a little over an hour. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304567-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304567-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT History professor John Thomas Scott discussed the American Colonial Resistance Movement that evolved into the American Revolution. Professor Scott examines the growing tensions between Britain and the American Colonies in late 1760s and early 1770s, as Britain attempted to retain control of the colonies. This class took place at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305118-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305118-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT College of the Ozarks professor David Dalton teaches an American history survey course that covers colonization to the present. In this lecture, he used some slides as he discussed the origins of the Cold War following the end of World War II. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303484-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303484-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Warren Goldstein showed slides as he lectured to a class at the University of Hartford about the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s time in Birmingham, Alabama, and the civil rights movement there in 1963. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302771-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302771-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Jeffrey McClurken talked about the 1939 movie "Gone with the Wind," looking at it as a source on southern culture during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and reflective of the Depression era in which it was created. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/308441-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/308441-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT This week, an examination of urban America in the mid-twentieth century, with Brian Purnell, a professor at Bowdoin College in Maine. The class is part of a course called, "The Wire: Race, Class, Gender, and the Urban Crisis," which covers the social, economic, political, and cultural dynamics of U.S. cities after World War Two. This is an hour and twenty minutes. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304113-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304113-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT University of Hartford history professor Laurel Clark Shire looked at government policies towards Native Americans living in the southeastern United States from the late 1700s until the mid-1800s. She examined the factors that led to the removal of Indian tribes west to territories in what is today Oklahoma, and talked about how some tribes attempted to avoid removal by changing their culture to be more like that of white settlers. She also looked at armed resistance to removal by the Seminoles in Florida. This class was an hour and 25 minutes. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305059-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305059-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Robert Watson lectured about the 1824 and 1828 elections, focusing on the role these elections played in shaping not only the practice of campaigns and elections but the practice of democracy in the early American Republic. The 1824 and 1828 elections resulted in victories for John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, who became the sixth and seventh presidents of the United States. According to Professor Robert Watson, these two elections were among the most important--and scandalous--in American history. This was a class at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295367-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295367-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Mary DeCredico teaches a history course on the Civil War at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. In this lecture, she focused on early Confederate victories leading up to the year 1863, which is considered by many to be the military "high-water mark" of the South. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296411-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296411-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT American Studies Professor Jonathan White looks at Civil Liberties and Treason during the Civil War. This hour and fifteen minute class took place at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304468-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304468-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Architectural historian Barry Lewis teaches a course on New York's architecture and urban planning at Cooper Union in New York City. In this week's class he looks at the buildings and the key figures who designed and financed the city's development and construction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304115-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304115-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT University of Scranton professor Kathryn Meier teaches a course on 19th century American history. In this February 23, 2011 class, she focused on Civil War medical practices and advancements made by both the North and the South. While 620,000 soldiers died during the Civil War, most were killed by disease, not combat. There are images that some may find disturbing. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298162-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298162-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT David Schwartz, director of the Center for Gaming Research, teaches a class at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas's Honors College on the History of Gambling in America. The day's lecture focused on the early history of the Las Vegas Strip in the 1940s and 1950s. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298140-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298140-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Sharita Thompson of Gettysburg College is a historian of the black experience during the Civil War and Reconstruction. She teaches a course on sex and the Civil War, and in this class she focused on prostitution in the North and South. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299007-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299007-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Carolina Janney lectured to her class on women in America from 1600-1870 on the role of women in the Civil War. During her illustrated lecture Professor Janney argued that women provided invaluable services to the soldiers while maintaining the home front. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296827-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296827-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Columbia University history professor Eric Foner examines the rise of socialism in America in the early 20th century. He talks about the Socialist Party in New York City and Milwaukee, and looks at the Socialist Party of America presidential campaigns of Eugene Debs. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304569-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304569-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Historian Peter Carmichael is the director of the Civil War Institute and teaches history at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. In this class, Professor Carmichael lectured on at the complexity of the Confederate soldier, including issues on the Southern homefront and military discipline in Lee's army. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299060-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299060-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Robert Mann showed many print and television ads as he lectured on the history of political advertising. Topics included the themes continuously used in political campaigns. He also emphasized the changes in advertising catalyzed by the iconic 1964 "Daisy Girl" television commercial produced by the presidential campaign of Lyndon Baines Johnson. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299242-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299242-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Terumi Rafferty-Osaki, a Ph.D. candidate in the History Department at American University, specializes in twentieth century U.S. history, immigration and ethnicity, and civil rights. In this class he used audio and video as he lectured to students about the integration of baseball by blacks, women, and Asians. Topics included the Negro leagues, issues of diversity, Title IX, and social history, http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300781-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300781-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT University of Missouri history professor John Bullion spoke to students about the debt incurred by the British government in fighting the Seven Years' War in the 1750s and 60s, and efforts to recoup some of that cost by taxing the American colonies, including the Stamp Act of 1765. That law required that some printed material in the colonies such as legal documents be on paper produced in England and have a revenue stamp. He answered questions from students during the lecture. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307860-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307860-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT This week, history professor Judith Stein teaches a graduate-level seminar on politics and economics in the 1970s. Professor Stein examines the 1974 resignation of President Nixon and Jimmy Carter's defeat of President Ford in the 1976 Presidential Election. Also discussed are President Carter's attempts to deal with inflation and the energy crisis. This class from the City University of New York Graduate Center is just under two hours. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305115-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305115-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Mitchell Lerner lectured to a history class at Ohio State University at Newark. The day's lecture, titled "The Roots of Progressive Reform," focused on the roots of the Progressive Movement and Theodore Roosevelt. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297633-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297633-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Allan Lichtman teaches a course on the modern American presidency. In this class he used slides as he lectured about President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This is the first of two parts of the lecture. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301620-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301620-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Stephen Ortiz at Binghamton University, State University of New York, lectured on the New Deal. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302495-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302495-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Professor Ed Larson teaches a class on American legal history at Pepperdine University in Malibu. In the class of Monday, February 14, 2011, he lectured on the 1800 election contest between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, and the lasting constitutional impact of that election. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298002-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298002-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Clemson history professor Orville Vernon Burton spoke to university students about the southern identity in an introduction to his class on the history and culture of the U.S. South. The class examines the American south from colonial times, through the Civil War and Reconstruction, to the 1960s civil rights era, and up to modern day. This class took place at Clemson University in South Carolina. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305609-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305609-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Old Dominion University professor Timothy Orr teaches a course on the Civil War and Reconstruction. In this lecture, he used slides while he discussed how Union and Confederate forces handled prisoners of war, and the conditions inside some Civil War prison camps. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302850-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302850-1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT