Lectures in History
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 Words" and "C-SPAN's The Weekly" podcasts.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 67 minutes
- Episodes
- 370
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Civil War Legacy in the South
University of Alabama professor Lesley Gordon taught a class about the Reconstruction Era South and the "Lost Cause" myth. She discussed how "states' rights" were commonly cited as a cause for the Ci…
01:12:25 |
Sun 29 May 2022
State Constitutions
Ohio State University professor Margaret Newell teaches a class about state sovereignty during the early republic and examines three examples of state constitutions.
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01:02:20 |
Sun 22 May 2022
Native Americans & the Federal Government
Black Hills State University professor Thomas Weyant teaches a class about Native American treaties and interactions with the federal government during the 19th century.
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01:16:25 |
Sun 15 May 2022
Mexican-American War
Aquinas College professor John Pinheiro, teaches a class about the Mexican-American War during the late 1840s. Professor Pinheiro is the author of "Manifest Ambition: James K. Polk and Civil-Military…
01:13:59 |
Sun 08 May 2022
Disability in Early America
Notre Dame University professor Laurel Daen teaches a class about how disability was defined after the American Revolution and how federal laws impacted disabled people.
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00:43:17 |
Sun 01 May 2022
Economics of the Industrial Revolution
George Mason University professor John Nye teaches a class about the economic history of the Industrial Revolution in the United States and Great Britain.
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00:55:46 |
Sun 24 Apr 2022
New Deal Community of Norvelt
Saint Vincent College professor Timothy Kelly teaches a class about the New Deal Community of Norvelt in Pennsylvania.
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01:13:34 |
Sun 17 Apr 2022
Theodore Roosevelt
Taylor University professor Benjamin Wetzel teaches a class on Theodore Roosevelt's life and political career. He looks at Roosevelt's rise in New York politics, his presidency, and his international…
00:56:18 |
Sun 10 Apr 2022
End of the Cold War and Youth Culture
Evergreen State College professor Bradley Proctor teaches a class about how the end of the Cold War impacted American youth culture in the 1990s.
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01:15:12 |
Sun 03 Apr 2022
The Civil War in Virginia
Texas Christian University professor Steven Woodworth teaches a class about Civil War life on the home front and battles fought in Virginia in the critical year of 1864.
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00:55:03 |
Sun 27 Mar 2022
Culture During the Great Depression
Professor Carl Abrams talked about American culture during the Great Depression era. He described changes to family life, the role of religion, and the rise of Hollywood films. He also spoke about th…
00:55:27 |
Sun 20 Mar 2022
First Ladies in Their Own Words - Lady Bird Johnson
First Ladies from Lady Bird Johnson to Melania Trump talked about the role of the First Lady, their time in the White House, and the issues important to them.
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00:29:27 |
Sun 13 Mar 2022
Cold War Educational Film
Professor Karen Rader talked about mid-20th century educational films used to teach students about nuclear warfare and science. During the Cold War, policymakers feared the U.S. population was fallin…
00:49:10 |
Sun 06 Mar 2022
Neutrality and World War I America
University of Minnesota Professor Saje Mathieu taught a class about “neutrality” and what that concept meant in World War I America. She explained how neutrality did not mean inactivity, as the U.S. …
01:07:06 |
Sun 27 Feb 2022
1960s African American Voter Registration
Emory University professor Carol Anderson taught a class about efforts in the early 1960s to register African American voters in Mississippi. She described some of the leaders of the movement, their …
00:51:12 |
Sun 20 Feb 2022
Watergate 50 Years Later
American University professor Joseph Campbell teaches a class about the 1972 Watergate scandal and, what he calls, “the myth of heroic journalism.”
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01:03:45 |
Sun 13 Feb 2022
Bakari Sellers, "My Vanishing Country"
Former Charleston, South Carolina Mayor Joseph Riley and professor Kerry Taylor co-teach a course at The Citadel military college looking at why a new African American history museum is being built i…
00:53:17 |
Sun 06 Feb 2022
Politics and Culture in Early America
Suffolk University professor Kathryn Lasdow taught a class on politics and culture in the United States from 1800 through the 1830s. She described how the country changed during the period between th…
01:01:08 |
Sun 30 Jan 2022
Civil War as a Constitutional Crisis
Penn State professor Rachel Shelden teaches a class on how the Civil War tested the limits of the U.S. Constitution.
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01:15:56 |
Sun 23 Jan 2022
Enlightenment Era in America
Messiah College professor John Fea teaches a class on the 18th-century enlightenment movement, which included natural rights, reason, and self-improvement principles.
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00:53:00 |
Sun 16 Jan 2022
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