Liberty and Coercion: Writing the History of the American State
Inaugural Lecture, Gary Gerstle, Paul Mellon Professor of American History Thursday 12 November, 17:00, Cripps Auditorium, Magdalene College, Chestert...
Public and Popular History
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What happens when history narratives are produced not for library bookshelves but for a mass audience? Does popularisation of history automatically mean dumbing down? Who are the people who make history for the public sphere, and what are their motivations and priorities? The Public & Popular History seminar series brings them together, film makers, journalists, professional historians and museum curators. Through talks, multi-media presentations, panel discussions, and debates the seminar explores the practices and characteristics of public and popular history in the contemporary world.
Teaching the lessons of the past through the music of the future
J. Willgoose Esquire talks about the use and abuse of historical archives for creative work and its untapped potential. Last year J.'s band Public Ser...
Moulding history for a video game story
Talk by Charles Cecil MBE, video game designer (Broken Sword series) & Director of Revolution Software, at the Public and Popular History Seminar. Cha...
Near and Distant Neighbours 1917–1989
Jonathan Haslam, Professor of the History of International Relations The history of Russia’s Secret Services from the Revolution to the Fall of the Wa...
The Uses of History in Politics
Panel discussion with Chris Skidmore (MP, Cons) & Gregg McClymont (MP, Lab)
The Elephant Will Never Forget? Film archiving, archaeology and historiography
Talk by Patrick Russell (Senior Curator, British Film Institute)
Architectural Heritage or Awful Houses?
Panel Debate with Owen Hatherley, architectural historian & journalist, author of Militant Modernism (2009); Prof Peter Mandler (Gonville & Caius), Pr...
History on the Internet
Panel discussion with Jane Ellison (Commissioning Editor, Radio 4, BBC), Matthew Cock (Head of Web, British Museum), Bill Thompson (Technology writer ...
‘Everybody’s a fly on the wall now: new technology and editorial control in Documentary, History and News programmes’
Hamish Mykura, Head of global development, National Geographic Channels International Until recently, the biggest development in the making of televis...
Presenting the History of Science & Technology
Panel discussion with Tim Boon (Chief Curator, Science Museum, London), John Lynch (CEO of TV production company Words Make Pictures Ltd, former Head ...