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  • The Origins of the Reformation

      The History of Christianity
    In this podcast Professor Peter Marshall of Warwick University takes you through the causes of the Reformation, explanations of why this Reformation was successful, the importance of technological developments to the Reformation and why a de-centralised Germany proved fertile grounds for the development of the Reformation.
    The Origins of the Reformation

  • China 1976 to present: change and reform

      20th Century Chinese History
    In this podcast Professor Arne Westad looks at the changes that have taken place in China since the death of Mao Zedong.
    China 1976 to present: change and reform

  • The Chartists

      The History of Democracy in Britain
    In this podcast Professor Eric Evans examines the development of the Chartist movement and its legacy.
    The Chartists

  • Early British Radicals

      The History of Democracy in Britain
    In this podcast Professor Eric Evans looks at the early British radicals from Thomas Paine and Mary Wollenstoncraft to the Peterloo Massacre and the Reform Crisis.
    Early British Radicals

  • The Chinese Communist Government in the 1950s & early 1960s

      20th Century Chinese History
    In this podcast Professor Patricia Thornton of Merton College, Oxford examines the successes and failures of the Communist governments first decade in power.
    The Chinese Communist Government in the 1950s & early 1960s

  • The Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949

      20th Century Chinese History
    In this podcast Professor Rana Mitter of the University of Oxford looks at why Mao Zedong was successful in achieving a Communist Revolution in 1949.
    The Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949

  • Chiang Kai-shek and The Kuomintang

      20th Century Chinese History
    In this podcast Professor Arne Westad of the London School of Economics looks at the successes and failures of Chiang Kai Shek.
    Chiang Kai-shek and The Kuomintang

  • The Restoration in Ireland

      Early Modern Irish History
    In this podcast Professor David Hayton of Queen's University Belfast discusses the impact of the Restoration on Ireland.
    The Restoration in Ireland

  • The Chinese Revolution of 1911

      20th Century Chinese History
    In this podcast Professor Rana Mitter of the University of Oxford looks at the causes and consequences of the 1911 Revolution.
    The Chinese Revolution of 1911

  • Key elements that led to the disintegration of the USSR

      20th Century Russian History
    In this podcast Dr Edwin Bacon of Birkbeck University of London discusses the USSR from 1982-1991 and the key elements that led to the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
    Key elements that led to the disintegration of the USSR

  • The Significance of the Brezhnev Era

      20th Century Russian History
    In this podcast Dr Edwin Bacon of Birkbeck University of London examines the USSR from 1968-1982 and the significance of the Brezhnev era?
    The Significance of the Brezhnev Era

  • The Impact and Significance of the Great Patriotic War

      20th Century Russian History
    In this podcast, Dr Jonathan Davis of Anglia Ruskin University looks at the Great Patriotic War and the effects it had on the USSR. Dr Davis discusses how Russian involvement in World War II changed the lives of Soviet citizens, legitimised Stalin’s rule, and set the stage for the USSR’s...
    The Impact and Significance of the Great Patriotic War

  • The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

      Early Modern World History
    In this podcast Professor Gad Heuman of the University of Warwick examines the origins of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, the triangular trade, race, slave society and the changing interpretations of the abolition of the slave trade. (See also podcast The business of slavery: Economic history in the classroom from the HA's Britain and...
    The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

  • The Greek-Persian War

      Podcast
    An HA Podcasted History looking at the Greek-Persian War featuring Professor Thomas Harrison of the University of Liverpool.
    The Greek-Persian War

  • The Impact of Stalin's Leadership 1924-1941

      20th Century Russian History
    In this podcast Dr Jonathan Davis of Anglia Ruskin University look at the USSR from 1924-1941 and the impact of Stalin's leadership in the USSR during this period.
    The Impact of Stalin's Leadership 1924-1941

  • Lenin's Objectives and the Civil War

      20th Century Russian History
    In this podcast Dr Beryl Williams examines Lenin's aims in coming to power and how the Bolsheviks were able to stay in power through the civil war.
    Lenin's Objectives and the Civil War

  • Developments in Indochina after World War II

      Podcast
    French Indochina, officially known as the Indochinese Union, was a grouping of French colonial territories in Southeast Asia until its demise in 1954. It comprised Cambodia, Laos (from 1899), the Chinese territory of Guangzhouwan (from 1898 until 1945), and the Vietnamese regions of Tonkin in the north, Annam in the centre, and Cochinchina in the south. The capital for most of its history (1902–1945) was Hanoi; Saigon was the capital from...
    Developments in Indochina after World War II

  • The Provisional Government and the October Revolution

      20th Century Russian History
    In this podcast Dr Beryl Williams looks at why the Provisional Government failed to establish liberalism in Russia between February and October 1917 and why it was the Bolsheviks that took power in October.
    The Provisional Government and the October Revolution

  • Britain's Sikh Communities

      Podcast
    In this podcast Professor Emerita Eleanor Nesbitt of the of the University of Warwick discusses the history of Britain's Sikh communities.
    Britain's Sikh Communities

  • The Fall of the Romanovs 1906-1917

      20th Century Russian History
    In this podcast Professor Peter Waldron of the University of East Anglia looks at Russia 1906-1917: What were the key factors that led to the Romanov's downfall?
    The Fall of the Romanovs 1906-1917

  • Britain's Hindu Communities

      Podcast
    In this podcast Professor Emerita Eleanor Nesbitt of the University of Warwick discusses the history of Britain's Hindu communities.
    Britain's Hindu Communities

  • The British Humanist Association

      Podcast
    In this podcast Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association looks at the origins and history the British Humanist Association.
    The British Humanist Association

  • Tsarist Russia 1855-1914.

      19th Century Russian History
    In this podcast Professor Peter Waldron of the University of East Anglia looks at Tsarist Russia 1855-1914. How effectively did Russia's rulers respond to pressures for change during this period?
    Tsarist Russia 1855-1914.

  • African and Caribbean British Political Activists

      Podcast
    In this podcast Marika Sherwood look at the history of African and Caribbean Political Activists in the late 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
    African and Caribbean British Political Activists

  • Ireland under the reigns of James II and William III

      Early Modern Irish History
    In this podcast Professor David Hayton of Queen's University Belfast looks at the significance of reigns of James II and William III in Ireland.
    Ireland under the reigns of James II and William III