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 380 episodes available.

Lectures in History episodes:

January 13, 2018 Colonial America Before the Revolution
Lebanon Valley College professor James Broussard teaches a class on the lead-up to the American Revolution.

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1h 8min
December 23, 2017 Federal Surveillance & Civil Rights
American University lecturer Aaron Bell teaches a class about privacy laws and federal surveillance of civil rights leaders.

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49min
October 14, 2017 California Native Americans and Early 1800s Capitalism
Middle Tennessee State University professor Ashley Riley Sousa teaches a class on Native Americans and capitalism in early 19th century California.

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1h 17min
July 08, 2017 1950s & 60s Counterculture
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

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58min
August 31, 2016 Native American History
Dartmouth College professor Colin Calloway leads a seminar for high school teachers on Native American history from the Colonial era through westward expansion.

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1h 18min
July 24, 2016 Henry Wirz and Andersonville Prison
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.

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1h
April 30, 2016 Incarceration in the Late 20th Century
University of Washington, Bothell, history professor Dan Berger examines the rise of mass incarceration in the United States and the politics behind it.

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1h 14min
December 12, 2015 Drug Addiction in 19th Century America
Towson University history professor Elizabeth Gray talks about the use of and public opinion on opium and laudanum in the 19th century.

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49min
November 21, 2015 Civil Rights Cold Cases
Emory University professors Hank Klibanoff and Brett Gadsden talk about the intersection of Civil Rights politics and violence in mid-20th century Georgia.

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1h 43min
August 28, 2014 Feminism and 1960-1970s Popular Music
Indiana University history professor Michael McGerr talks about women and feminism in 1960-70s popular music. This program contains language that some viewers may find offensive.

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1h 15min

FAQs about Lectures in History:

How many episodes does Lectures in History have?

The podcast currently has 380 episodes available.

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