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The Peasants’ (Great) Revolt
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students explore the Great Revolt of 1381, better known as the Peasants’ Revolt, through a combination of animations, dramatised primary sources, and short presenter-led videos. This includes videos looking at the causes of the revolt, its...
The Peasants’ (Great) Revolt
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Peterloo
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students explore the Peterloo Massacre, looking at its origins, outcome and longer term historical significance. The playlist also contains 18 dramatised primary sources drawn from The National Archives and the Parliamentary Archives. These are designed to...
Peterloo
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Workers’ Rights and Trade Unions
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students look at the development of trade unionism and workers’ rights in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The playlist includes videos examining the Tolpuddle Martyrs, New Unionism, the London Dock Strike and the Match Girls’ Strike...
Workers’ Rights and Trade Unions
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Abolition of Slavery
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students examine the campaigns to abolish both the slave trade and slavery itself, including a number of actor readings of pamphlets and speeches that help illustrate key arguments made by abolitionists and defenders of slavery. The...
Abolition of Slavery
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The Origins of the LGBTQ+ Movement in the US
A History of the United States
In this podcast from 2017, Joshua Hollands of University College London discusses the early LGBTQ+ civil rights movement in the United States from the end of the Second World War, through the Stonewall Riots to political mobilisation and Pride events.
In the postwar era, gay men and women were still legally discriminated...
The Origins of the LGBTQ+ Movement in the US
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Nineteenth Century Social Reform
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students explore nineteenth century social reform and its effect in changing, gradually, the role of the state. This includes videos looking at the New Poor Law, Factory and Education Acts and the campaign to repeal the...
Nineteenth Century Social Reform
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Radical Protest in the Nineteenth Century
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students explore the history of radicalism in the nineteenth century, including the Spa Fields Riots, the Pentrich Uprising, Luddism, the Swing Riots and the March of the Blanketeers. The playlist also provides an overview of key...
Radical Protest in the Nineteenth Century
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Votes for Women
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students examine the campaign for women’s suffrage in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This includes videos looking at why the suffrage campaign started in the 1860s; introductions to the main suffrage organisations, their leaders and...
Votes for Women
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Anglo-Saxons and Normans
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, students and staff explore Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, exploring the Anglo-Saxon Witan and Moots, how law and order was maintained and the Norman conquest, including a multi-chronicler account of the Battle of Hastings. Other videos examine how William...
Anglo-Saxons and Normans
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Envoi: First World War Memories
Branch podcast
During the recent First World War centenary many HA branches held lectures and talks about a variety of aspects of the war. Some had outings and many looked at their local war memorials or Pals Battalions. The Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch decided that as many of their members...
Envoi: First World War Memories
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The Legacy of Chartism
Podcast
In this podcast Professor Penelope Corfield looks at the legacy of the Chartist Movement, links to later political movements and discusses what the fate of the Chartist Movement can tell us about the difficulties in organising sustained protests and campaigning from outside the political system.
The Legacy of Chartism
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End of the World Cults
Podcast
In this podcast Professor Penelope Corfield looks at the history of 'End of the World Cults'.
End of the World Cults
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The Historical Medicalization of Homosexuality & Transvestism
LGBTQ+ History
In this podcast, Dr Tommy Dickinson of the University of Manchester, looks at the historical medicalization of homosexuality and transvestism.
The Historical Medicalization of Homosexuality & Transvestism
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The Life & Significance of Alan Turing
The History of Science
In this podcast, Dr Tommy Dickinson of the University of Manchester, discusses the life and significance of Alan Turing.
The Life & Significance of Alan Turing
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Domestic impact of World War I
20th Century British History
In this podcast Professor Richard Grayson of Goldsmiths, University of London, looks at the domestic impact of World War I on the U.K.
Domestic impact of World War I
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Impact of the Cold War on the ordinary Russian Family
Podcast
In this podcast Dr Elena Hore of the University of Essex talks about her experience growing up in Moscow in the 1950s and 60s.
Impact of the Cold War on the ordinary Russian Family
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Impact of the Cold War on British and US Families.
Podcast
In this podcast Dr Matthew Grant of Teeside University examines the effect of the Cold War on ordinary people in the US and UK.
Impact of the Cold War on British and US Families.
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Origins of the Northern Irish Civil Rights Movement
Northern Irish History
In this podcast Dr Stuart Aveyard of Queens University Belfast looks at the origins of the Northern Irish Civil rights movement that developed in the 60s and 70s and the impact of Bloody Sunday.
Origins of the Northern Irish Civil Rights Movement
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Britain and the domestic impact of World War II
20th Century British History
In this podcast Dr Dan Todman of Queen Mary, University of London takes a chronological look at Britain's involvement in World War 2 and examines the domestic impact it had.
Britain and the domestic impact of World War II
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Christianity and Medieval European Life
The History of Christianity
In this podcast Professor Miri Rubin of Queen Mary University of London discusses the influence of Christianity on medieval European life.
Christianity and Medieval European Life
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The US LGBTQ+ Movement from the 1990s
A History of the United States
In this podcast Joshua Hollands of University College London looks at the history of the US LGBTQ+ movement from the early 1990s to the present.
The US LGBTQ+ Movement from the 1990s
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The AIDS Crisis in America
A History of the United States
The United States was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, first noticed by doctors in young gay men in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco in 1981. By 1995 AIDS had become the leading cause of death among all Americans aged 25 to 44 with...
The AIDS Crisis in America
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The American Trade Union Movement
A History of the United States
In this podcast Dr Christopher Phelps of the University of Nottingham discusses the origins of the American Trade Union and Labour movements and looks at how they developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The American Trade Union Movement
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The American Civil War
The History of the United States
In this set of podcasts Dr Adam Smith of University College London looks at the origins, the development and the significance of the American Civil War.
The American Civil War
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Edward I: Law and State
The History of Democracy in Britain
In this podcast Dr Philip Morgan discusses Edward I's impact on Law and State.
Edward I: Law and State
