History Faculty

Podcasts from the History Faculty. Today the University is one of the world's most encompassing centres for the study of history. The faculty has about a hundred permanent teaching staff, nearly twelve hundred undergraduates, and almost five hundred graduate students attracted from many countries. Historians also abound in other departments. At their service is the Bodleian library and its ancillaries, which count among the greatest of research collections.

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1968 Then and Now (Slides)

Professor Robert Gildea, Lecturer in History in Oxford, gives the Eighth Oxford Historians' Alumni Lecture on his research on political activists in Europe in the 1960s and their experiences during this time.

Jun 17, 2013

1968 Then and Now

Jun 17, 2013•1 hr

Empire and Globalisation: A Cultural Economy of the British World, 1850 to 1914 - Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar

Andrew Thompson, Prfoessor of Modern History, University of Exeter, gives a talk for the Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar series.

Jul 09, 2012•44 min

Contested Spaces in a Global City: The Changing Religious Landscape of Multicultural London - Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar

Professor John Eade, Roehampton University, gives a talk for the Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar.

Jul 09, 2012•47 min

The Irish Soldier in India, 1857-1922: The Formation and Negotiation of Stereotypes and Identities - Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar

Alexander Bubb, DPhil Candidate, English Faculty, Oxford, gives a talk for The Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar series.

Feb 02, 2012•22 min

Asian Migration and the 'British World', circa 1850-1914 (Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar)

Rachel Bright, Lecturer in History, Keele University, gives a talk for The Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar series.

Feb 02, 2012•40 min

Transnational Cartography? A Circum-Atlantic Solution to the Niger Problem, 1795-1842 - Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar

Dr David Lambert, Reader in Historical Geography, University of London, gives a talk for The Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar series.

Feb 02, 2012•48 min

Is a History of Humanity Possible? - Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar

John Docker (Honorary Professor, History, Sydney) and Anne Curthoys (Professor, History, Sydney) give a talk for the Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar series.

Feb 02, 2012•45 min

The Location of Homophobia - Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar

Rahul Rao, Lecturer, Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS, gives a talk for the Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar series.

Feb 02, 2012•55 min

The Power of Speech: Orality, Oaths and Evidence in the British Atlantic World, 1630-1830 - Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar

Professor Miles Ogborn, School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London, gives a talk for the Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar series.

Feb 02, 2012•52 min

Europe's Muslim Passions - Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar

Faisal Devji, Reader in Indian History, Oxford, gives a talk for the Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar.

Feb 02, 2012•40 min

Humanitarian Intervention in Africa: History, Theory, Policy and Practice

Meanings, definitions, and problems with humanitarian intervention from international relations and historical perspectives from a British Academy funded workshop on Humanitarian Intervention at Nuffield College, Oxford 21 June 2011.

Sep 09, 2011•48 min

The Weird World of Seventies Britain

Dominic Sandbrook is a prolific writer of books on the recent history of Britain and America, as well as a regular columnist in BBC History magazine, the Evening Standard, the Telegraph and the Sunday Times. Here he addressesses OUHS on the Seventies, a topic for which he has gained fame through his controversial thesis of continuity and conformity in place of the traditional interpretation of a radical cultural revolution.

Jul 13, 2011•31 min

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