# The Royal Historical Society Colin Matthew Memorial Lecture

- 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](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/royal-historical-society-lecture)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/ae3fba1dee2a) (YouTube)
2. [Travels in Time: History and identity in today's world](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/bb89e81017c1) (YouTube)
3. [The Curse of the poke bonnet: Television's version of history](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/5c83056fa050) (YouTube)
4. [The Fabrication of Medieval History: Archaeology and artifice at the Office of Works](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/1552fd0ad108) (YouTube)
5. [History, Science, Religion: Capturing The Public Imagination](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/e371525d759a) (YouTube)
6. [The Institutionalisation of the Arts in Early Victorian England](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/48e72ad47e5a) (YouTube)
7. [What did eighteenth-century men want?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/011d1e0e5f89) (YouTube)
8. [A Lark Arising: The Rural Past and Urban Histories, 1881 - 2011](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/71a4f1e9547f) (YouTube)
9. [Why the Enlightenment still matters today](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/6d20f494cfb8) (YouTube)
10. [The Private Diary and Public History](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/5cc6d1f4dc0a) (YouTube)
11. [Making History Online](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/1ab7694cf2c4) (YouTube)
12. [Free Speech and the Study of History](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/9738c388637c) (YouTube)
13. [Ten Cities that Built an Empire: Understanding British Imperialism Through the Urban Past](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/e5ef01e93a61) (YouTube)
14. [How Natural is Natural? Historical Perspective on Wildlife and the Environment in England](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/70a9e0903d52) (YouTube)
15. [Human Traffic: Race and Post-War Migration Policy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/3b96d231123f) (YouTube)
16. [Portraits, Biographies and Public History](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/99998919d83d) (YouTube)
17. [Partition of British India: 75 Years On](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/4bf9b5a1ee4d) (YouTube)
18. [Pilgrimages, Pandemics and the Past](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/c2c5ded713b4) (YouTube)
19. [Why Writing Women Back into History Matters](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/79b17e8b90b2) (Audio)
20. [Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-historical-society-lecture/e4d82386cbbb) (Audio)