Lectures in History

Latest Episodes:

Environmental Movement & Litigation Aug 18, 2018

Show notes

Rutgers University professor Jefferson Decker teaches a class on the history of the environmental movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Public Lands & the Law in the Early Republic Jun 16, 2018

Show notes

Duke University professor Laura Edwards teaches a class on public lands and the law in the early American Republic.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nuclear Weapons Testing & the Environment Apr 21, 2018

Show notes

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.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Colonial America Before the Revolution Jan 13, 2018

Show notes

Lebanon Valley College professor James Broussard teaches a class on the lead-up to the American Revolution.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal Surveillance & Civil Rights Dec 23, 2017

Show notes

American University lecturer Aaron Bell teaches a class about privacy laws and federal surveillance of civil rights leaders.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

California Native Americans and Early 1800s Capitalism Oct 14, 2017

Show notes

Middle Tennessee State University professor Ashley Riley Sousa teaches a class on Native Americans and capitalism in early 19th century California.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1950s & 60s Counterculture Jul 08, 2017

Show notes

University of Washington professor William Rorabaugh teaches a class on the counterculture of the 1950s and 1960s in America. He compares the literature, clothing, music and world view of the beats and beatniks of the '50s and the hippies of the '60s

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Native American History Aug 31, 2016

Show notes

Dartmouth College professor Colin Calloway leads a seminar for high school teachers on Native American history from the Colonial era through westward expansion.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Henry Wirz and Andersonville Prison Jul 24, 2016

Show notes

State University of New York at Buffalo professor Carole Emberton teaches a class about Andersonville Prison, the Confederate Civil War military prison where 13,000 Union soldiers died, and the trial of its commander, Henry Wirz.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Incarceration in the Late 20th Century Apr 30, 2016

Show notes

University of Washington, Bothell, history professor Dan Berger examines the rise of mass incarceration in the United States and the politics behind it.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected