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
Vietnam Anti-War Movement
Professor David Farber teaches twentieth-century American history at Temple University in Philadelphia. In this lecture to a history class he focused on the origin of the 1960s Vietnam anti-war movem…
01:10:03 |
Sun 05 Jul 2020
The Slave Trade
History professor Marcus Rediker lectured during a course on Colonial America at the University of Pittsburgh in 2010. He talked about the origins of the slave trade to the Americas between 1640 and …
01:13:15 |
Sun 28 Jun 2020
Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War
University of Texas at Austin professor Jeremi Suri teaches an online class about President Ronald Reagan and the end of the Cold War.
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01:08:36 |
Sun 21 Jun 2020
U.S. Military in the 1890s
Weber State University professor Branden Little teaches a class about the U.S. military in the 1890s. He covers reforms designed to make the officer corps more professional, a new focus on sea power,…
01:03:11 |
Sun 14 Jun 2020
1980s Fitness Industry and Culture
Professor Natalia Mehlman Petrzela of the New School teaches a class about the 1980s fitness industry and culture in the United States.
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00:56:37 |
Sun 07 Jun 2020
The Spanish-American War
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Joseph Glatthaar teaches a class on the 1898 Spanish-American War.
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01:11:35 |
Sun 31 May 2020
Nixon, Ford & the Constitution
Duquesne University president Ken Gormley teaches a class looking at constitutional issues stemming from the Watergate scandal that arose during the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
Lea…
01:17:06 |
Sun 24 May 2020
Free Speech Laws and Court Cases
University of Tennessee College of Law professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds teaches a class about free speech and the legal cases that have impacted the courts' interpretation of this part of the First Am…
01:05:36 |
Sun 17 May 2020
Early Cold War U.S. Politics and Economics
George Mason University professor Sam Lebovic taught a class about U.S. politics and economics of the early Cold War period of the late-1940s and 1950s. He argued that with extreme ideologies such as…
01:07:07 |
Sun 10 May 2020
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Wellesley College professor Brenna Greer debunked some of the myths about Rosa Parks and the 1955-56 Montgomery bus boycott. She addressed that Parks was not the first African American woman who refu…
01:13:03 |
Sun 03 May 2020
1890s Growing American Internationalism
Baylor University professor David Smith taught a class about the growth of the internationalist worldview in 1890s America. He argued that economic, moral and political impulses caused Americans to c…
01:13:19 |
Sun 26 Apr 2020
History of Abortion Legislation
La Sierra University professor Alicia Gutierrez-Romine taught a class about laws and policies regarding abortion. Starting in the 19th century, she tracked changes in medical practice and public opin…
01:26:45 |
Fri 17 Apr 2020
Principles of the U.S. Constitution
Grove City College president Paul McNulty taught a class about the development of the U.S. Constitution and what he believes are its main principles: republicanism, the separation of powers, and fede…
01:06:33 |
Sun 12 Apr 2020
African Americans, Emancipation, and Defining Freedom
Virginia Commonwealth University Professor Nicole Myers Turner taught a class on the lives of formerly enslaved African Americans following emancipation. She explained how they defined freedom for th…
00:55:28 |
Sun 05 Apr 2020
1918 Influenza Pandemic and Public Information
Stony Brook University Professor Nancy Tomes taught a class about the 1918 influenza pandemic and public information efforts in the United States to stop the spread of the disease. She described meth…
01:16:03 |
Sun 29 Mar 2020
White House Myths
White House Historical Association historian and American University lecturer Matthew Costello taught a class on White House myths. He talked about the realities and legends behind often repeated sto…
01:37:23 |
Sun 22 Mar 2020
Economic Policies of the Confederacy
University of North Carolina at Pembroke professor Jamie Martinez taught a class about the Confederacy’s economic policies during the Civil War. She explained how a pre-war focus on cotton exports ov…
00:41:14 |
Sun 15 Mar 2020
Presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
Longwood University President W. Taylor Reveley IV and Political Science Professor Emeritus William Harbour taught a class about the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, exploring the maj…
01:43:42 |
Sun 08 Mar 2020
The Civil War in the West
Utah State University Professor Maria Angela Diaz taught a class on the Civil War in the West and looked at the conflict in states and territories such as Missouri, Kansas, Texas, and Arizona. She ex…
00:48:21 |
Sun 01 Mar 2020
Expanding Rights in the 1960s and 1970s
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor William Sturkey taught a class about expanding rights in the 1960s and '70s, looking at women’s liberation and the gay rights movement. He covere…
00:50:07 |
Sun 23 Feb 2020
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