Themes
History is the story of all that has passed, which makes it a pretty big subject! So we have tried to break it down here by themes such as politics, religion and international relations, or you can also browse by period. Whether you are an academic, a teacher, a heritage worker, student, someone with a general interest or armchair historian you can find something of interest here.
Politics
- Out and About: The castles of Castle Cary
- Kangxi and Louis XIV
- The success of the Salford General Strike of 1911
- Update: The Princes in the Tower
- White heat or hot air? The politics of science in 1960s Britain
- Opinion: the populist politics of Joseph Chamberlain and Donald Trump
Women
- To see the witch: understanding the European witch craze through visual art
- The Lady and the Unicorn
- In conversation with Henrike Lähnemann
- Female protagonists in early East India Company history
- Witchcraft, Werewolves and Magic in European History: on-demand short course
- Recorded webinar: Indian Suffragettes: women's activism in South Asia and beyond
Health
- Coroners, communities, and the Crown: mapping death and justice in late medieval England
- Schools of Vice: how a medical scandal led to the dismantling of Britain’s last prison hulks
- The right to fight: women’s boxing in Britain
- White City: the world’s first Olympic Stadium
- Real Lives: Beatrice Alexander
- Vera Ignatievna Giedroyc: her missions of mercy, 1899–1932
Power
- Out and About: The castles of Castle Cary
- Virtual Branch Recording: The First King of England
- Kangxi and Louis XIV
- The success of the Salford General Strike of 1911
- Eastern Nigeria market women and European businesses in colonial Nigeria 1900–29
- Update: The Princes in the Tower
Science
- Real Lives: Eduard Friedrich Kärger
- Making and breaking Britain’s national energy order
- In conversation with Ayoush Lazikani
- Doing history: reconstructing the life of physician, psychiatrist and anthropologist James Cowles Prichard
- Social Darwinism: the myth and its reinvention
- White heat or hot air? The politics of science in 1960s Britain
Religion
- To see the witch: understanding the European witch craze through visual art
- In conversation with Henrike Lähnemann
- Castle of Convergence: the Muslim settlement of Lucera
- Real Lives: Alexander Stewart
- In conversation with Elizabeth King
- Witchcraft, Werewolves and Magic in European History: on-demand short course
International Relations
- The Lady and the Unicorn
- Out and About: Leavesden Country Park
- Hiding in plain sight: an eighteenth-century portrait of an Inca leader
- Vikings in the East: from Vladimir the Great to Vladimir Putin
- Real Lives: Alexander Stewart
- Eastern Nigeria market women and European businesses in colonial Nigeria 1900–29
Economics
- Using financial records to gain insights into medieval society
- Making and breaking Britain’s national energy order
- Doing history: Contemporary narratives and the legacy of the Dagenham Ford Factory Strike of 1968
- From strategic routes to economic lifelines: the historical and contemporary importance of La Pintada
- Film: The Two German Economies
- History Abridged: Salt mines in Eastern Europe
Society
- To see the witch: understanding the European witch craze through visual art
- Losing sight of the bigger picture: public policy and the visual arts
- ‘My sweet San Gimignano’: a Tuscan commune in the middle ages
- Out and About: The Black Country Living Museum
- Eastern Nigeria market women and European businesses in colonial Nigeria 1900–29
- Making and breaking Britain’s national energy order