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
Rural America after the Civil War
James Madison University professor Andrew Witmer taught a class about the evolution of rural areas after the Civil War. Using his own hometown of Monson, Maine as a case study, he examined rural indu…
01:21:54 |
Sun 16 Feb 2020
Power in Antebellum Slave Societies
University of Maryland professor Christopher Bonner taught a class about the concept of “power” in antebellum slave societies. He explored the different ways owners and enslaved people exerted or exp…
00:59:55 |
Sun 09 Feb 2020
Civil War Weaponry
Guilford Technical Community College professor Jeff Kinard taught a class about Civil War weaponry and shared artifacts such as muskets, carbines and revolvers. He described technological advances, s…
00:56:01 |
Sun 02 Feb 2020
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. …
01:05:16 |
Sun 26 Jan 2020
Cuban Missile Crisis
Grove City College Professor Paul Kengor explored the tense days of October 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union faced off over missiles in Cuba in one of the “hottest” episodes of the Co…
00:57:03 |
Sun 19 Jan 2020
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 …
00:49:54 |
Sun 12 Jan 2020
Lyndon Johnson & Escalation in Vietnam
Boston College professor Seth Jacobs discussed President Lyndon Johnson and the factors that led him to escalate the war in Vietnam following the assassination of his predecessor, John F. Kennedy.
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00:41:00 |
Sat 04 Jan 2020
Preamble of the Declaration of Independence
Clemson University professor C. Bradley Thompson teaches a class about the preamble of the Declaration of Independence.
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01:26:48 |
Sat 28 Dec 2019
Women & Farm Work in the 20th Century
Iowa State University professor Carmen Bain teaches a class on women's work on family farms during the 20th century.
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01:17:20 |
Sat 21 Dec 2019
Slaves Suing for Their Freedom
University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor William G. Thomas III teaches a class on some of the lawsuits brought by enslaved people who sued for their freedom in the antebellum period.
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01:16:33 |
Sat 14 Dec 2019
Public Opinion, Radio & Entry into World War II
Wofford College professor Mark Byrnes teaches a class about U.S. public opinion, the rise of radio, and the debate about whether to enter World War II.
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01:02:11 |
Sat 07 Dec 2019
U.S. Expansion & Hawaii
Johnson County Community College professor Tai Edwards teaches a class about the expansion of the United States during the Spanish-American War and the acquisition of Hawaii.
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00:51:09 |
Sat 30 Nov 2019
Colonial Diplomacy & the Iroquois Confederacy
Gettysburg College professor Timothy Shannon teaches a class on Colonial-era diplomatic ties between the Iroquois Confederacy of the eastern Great Lakes region and European settlers.
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00:55:33 |
Sun 24 Nov 2019
Native Americans & Colonial-Era Power Struggles
Daniel Richter of the University of Pennsylvania teaches a class on 18th century power struggles between Native Americans, colonial settlers and European empires.
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01:13:26 |
Wed 09 Oct 2019
Nixon, Kissinger and U.S. Withdrawal From Vietnam
U.S. Air Force Academy professor Stephen Randolph teaches a class about President Richard Nixon, his National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger, and their strategy for the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam…
00:54:25 |
Sat 05 Oct 2019
1970s & '80s Deindustrialization of the U.S.
Loyola University Chicago professor Michelle Nickerson teaches a class on the deindustrialization of the U.S. in the 1970s and '80s and how music and popular culture of the period reflected these eco…
01:09:34 |
Sat 28 Sep 2019
Playwright August Wilson & "Fences"
Tulane University professor John "Ray" Proctor teaches a class about playwright August Wilson, his contribution to African American theatre and his Pulitzer prize-winning play, [Fences].
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01:13:18 |
Sat 21 Sep 2019
Anti-Semitism & Holocaust Denial
Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt teaches a class about anti-Semitism in America and Holocaust denial.
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01:12:16 |
Sat 14 Sep 2019
Environmental Impact of California Gold Rush
University of Arkansas professor Elliott West lectures on the environmental impact of the California Gold Rush, part of a seminar for high school teachers hosted by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of Am…
01:23:38 |
Sat 07 Sep 2019
Jean Harris & Scarsdale Diet Doctor Murder Trial
University of Colorado Denver professor Sarah Fields teaches a class about the 1981 Jean Harris trial, also known as the "Scarsdale Diet" doctor murder case.
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01:09:58 |
Fri 30 Aug 2019
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