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
New Deal Politics and Public Opinion
University of Maryland, Baltimore County professor William Blake teaches a class about New Deal-era politics and the role of public opinion on issues such as court packing and executive power.
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00:55:24 |
Sun 22 Nov 2020
Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Emory University professor Patrick Allitt teaches a class about President Richard Nixon, his National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger and some of their key foreign policy initiatives, including over…
01:08:12 |
Sun 15 Nov 2020
Electoral College
University of Utah Political Science Professor James Curry taught a class about the creation of the Electoral College and explained how it works as a part of the presidential election process. Profes…
01:07:12 |
Sun 08 Nov 2020
Presidential Campaign Advertising
Mary Ellen Pethel and Jennifer Duck of Belmont University teach a class on the history of presidential campaign advertising, from the print and cartoon ads of the 19th century to the Internet and soc…
01:15:14 |
Sun 01 Nov 2020
Presidential Debates
University of Utah political science professor David Buhler teaches a class about presidential debates and their influence on voters.
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00:58:35 |
Sun 25 Oct 2020
Presidents & Campaign Communications Since 1900
Rider University professor Myra Gutin teaches a class on presidents and communications in both their campaigns and while in office, starting with Teddy Roosevelt in the early 20th century and continu…
00:55:40 |
Sun 18 Oct 2020
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Brigham Young University professor Jay Buckley teaches a class about Lewis and Clark’s expedition across the American West after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
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00:53:29 |
Sun 11 Oct 2020
Johnson and Nixon Supreme Court Nominations
Brooklyn College Professor KC Johnson taught a class on Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon’s Supreme Court nominations. He described Johnson’s plan to fill the bench with liberal justices an…
01:17:51 |
Sun 04 Oct 2020
Women in the Late-19th Century
Professor Heather Cox Richardson talked about the new roles women assumed in the workforce and in politics during the late-19th century. She described the gains women made in fields such as nursing, …
01:08:52 |
Sun 27 Sep 2020
U.S. Refugee Policy Since World War II
Professor Maria Cristina Garcia talked about the United States' refugee policy since World War II. She spoke about qualifications to be a refugee and how those have changed as well as legislation gov…
01:01:13 |
Sun 20 Sep 2020
Culture of the Antebellum Congress
Professor Thomas Balcerski talked about the culture of Congress in the Antebellum Era. He described how members of Congress in the early 1800s bonded across party lines through tobacco use, social cl…
01:03:38 |
Sun 13 Sep 2020
Asian Immigration and Angel Island
University of Minnesota professor Erika Lee talks about Asian immigration to the West coast from 1830 to 1930, including the role of San Francisco Bay’s Angel Island in the 20th century. She compared…
01:28:49 |
Sun 06 Sep 2020
Constitutional Convention of 1787
Professor Jack Rakove talked about some of the issues debated during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, such as the number of representatives for each state and the method of presidential electio…
00:54:16 |
Sun 30 Aug 2020
Female Slaves and the Law
Professor Martha Jones talked about the mid-19th century court case of Celia, a female slave who killed her master after repeated sexual assaults. Topics included what options Celia may have had, and…
01:22:37 |
Sun 23 Aug 2020
Alcohol Use in the Early American Republic
University of California, Davis Professor Alan Taylor spoke on alcohol use in the early American republic. By 1830, annual alcohol consumption in America reached four gallons per person, the most in …
00:51:07 |
Sun 16 Aug 2020
Polio Epidemic in the United States
Davidson College professor Sally McMillen talked about the polio epidemic in the United States in the early to mid-20th century. Fear of contracting polio grew following a series of outbreaks, includ…
01:07:46 |
Sun 09 Aug 2020
Culture and Society in the 1920s
Professor Michael Kazin taught a class about culture and society in the 1920s. He spoke about Prohibition and the exploits of the gangster Al Capone, who eventually went to prison on tax evasion char…
01:16:41 |
Sun 02 Aug 2020
Cultural Conservatism and the Religious Right
Phyllis Schlafly, founder of the Eagle Forum and author or editor of 20 books - talked about the roots and development of the modern conservative movement, as well as the role of women’s issues in co…
01:47:46 |
Sun 26 Jul 2020
Socialism in Early 20th Century America
Columbia University history professor Eric Foner examines the rise of socialism in America in the early 20th century. He talks about the Socialist Party in New York City and Milwaukee, and looks at t…
01:12:40 |
Sun 19 Jul 2020
1950s Civil Rights Movement
American History Professor Quintard Taylor looks at the Civil Rights Movement from the 1940s through the 1960s. Professor Taylor focuses on the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Brown v. Board of E…
01:56:04 |
Sat 11 Jul 2020
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