Lectures in History

By C-SPAN

Go back to school with the country's top professors lecturing on a variety of topics in American history. New episodes posted every Saturday evening. From C-SPAN, the network that brings you "After Wo... more

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The podcast currently has 366 episodes available.

Lectures in History episodes:

August 10, 2025 Garrett Graff, "The Devil Reached Toward the Sky"
Historian Garrett Graff discusses his oral history of the development, testing and deployment of the atomic bomb in August 1945.

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1h 14min
August 03, 2025 George Washington's Character
Gene Allen Smith, a Texas Christian University history professor, taught a class about George Washington's character. He examined how the first president interacted with his contemporaries, how he viewed himself, and how he is remembered.

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1h 1min
July 27, 2025 Colonial Tensions Pre-Revolution
Ithaca College professor Michael Trotti discussed the escalating tensions between colonists and the British government before the American Revolution. Ithaca College is located in New York.

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1h 4min
July 20, 2025 1607 Jamestown Settlement
College of William & Mary lecturer Amy Stallings discussed the history of the 1607 Jamestown fort and settlement in Virginia, and how Americans have tried to preserve and remember the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. The College of William & Mary is located in Williamsburg, Virginia

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1h 5min
July 13, 2025 Army Explorers of the West
Texas Woman's University history professor Cecily Zander discussed the federal government's efforts to explore and control the American west from the early 1800's through the Civil War. Texas Woman's University is located in Denton.

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1h 22min
July 06, 2025 Weapons Technology in the Revolutionary War
Wright State University professor Paul Lockhart taught a class on the development of weapons technology in the American Revolution. Wright State University is located in Dayton, Ohio.

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1h 20min
June 29, 2025 Gilded Age Bohemians
University of North Carolina at Pembroke professor Ryan Anderson discussed the rise of a Bohemian culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that rejected conventional societal restraints and embraced the arts.

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1h 21min
June 22, 2025 World War II Interracial Relationships in Japan & Hawaii
Santa Clara University history professor Sonia Gomez discusses the intimate relationships between people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds that occurred in Hawaii and Japan during and immediately after World War II.

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1h
June 15, 2025 America's National Pastime
Boston College communications professor Michael Serazio discussed how baseball connects Americans to their past and culture.

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1h 10min
June 08, 2025 Christian Nightlife in the 1970s
California State University Fullerton professor Eric Gonzaba taught a class about evangelical nightlife and Christian nightclubs in 1970s California.

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1h 32min

FAQs about Lectures in History:

How many episodes does Lectures in History have?

The podcast currently has 366 episodes available.