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The Royal Historical Society Colin Matthew Memorial Lecture

Dr Gareth Griffiths and others · Gresham College

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THE COLIN MATTHEW LECTURE FOR THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY

Lectures

  1. Presenting Unwanted Histories: The project to establish the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum 2004-11-03 · YouTube
  2. Travels in Time: History and identity in today's world 2005-11-02 · YouTube
  3. The Curse of the poke bonnet: Television's version of history 2006-11-01 · YouTube
  4. The Fabrication of Medieval History: Archaeology and artifice at the Office of Works 2007-10-31 · YouTube
  5. History, Science, Religion: Capturing The Public Imagination 2008-11-12 · YouTube
  6. The Institutionalisation of the Arts in Early Victorian England 2009-11-11 · YouTube
  7. What did eighteenth-century men want? 2010-11-11 · YouTube
  8. A Lark Arising: The Rural Past and Urban Histories, 1881 - 2011 2011-11-16 · YouTube
  9. Why the Enlightenment still matters today 2012-11-07 · YouTube
  10. The Private Diary and Public History 2013-10-29 · YouTube
  11. Making History Online 2014-11-12 · YouTube
  12. Free Speech and the Study of History 2015-10-28 · YouTube
  13. Ten Cities that Built an Empire: Understanding British Imperialism Through the Urban Past 2016-10-05 · YouTube
  14. How Natural is Natural? Historical Perspective on Wildlife and the Environment in England 2018-10-17 · YouTube
  15. Human Traffic: Race and Post-War Migration Policy 2019-10-01 · YouTube
  16. Portraits, Biographies and Public History 2021-11-02 · YouTube
  17. Partition of British India: 75 Years On 2022-11-01 · YouTube
  18. Pilgrimages, Pandemics and the Past 2023-11-07 · YouTube
  19. Why Writing Women Back into History Matters 2024-11-05 · Audio
  20. Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother 2025-11-04 · Audio

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Taught by
Dr Gareth Griffiths, Michael Wood, Joan Bakewell, Professor Simon Thurley CBE, Dr Allan Chapman, Charles Saumarez Smith, Professor Amanda Vickery, Professor Alun Howkins, Professor Justin Champion, Dr Joe Moran, Professor Tim Hitchcock, Professor Robert Shoemaker
Year
2004
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Earth and environment, Society and politics, History, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
Attribution
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