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First Contacts: Native and European Encounters in North America in the 17th Century
First Contacts: Native and European Encounters in North America in the 17th Century
First Contacts: Native and European Encounters in North America in the 17th Century
- This set of 4 lectures will examine European and Native American culture and society just before and during the age of colonization of North America in the 17th century. The two cases we will give special attention to are (1) The....
Conquest and Colony in North America: The Emergence of 13 British Colonies.
First Contacts: Native and European Encounters in North America in the 17th Century
First Contacts: Native and European Encounters in North America in the 17th Century
- This set of lectures examines the distinct histories of the original 13 colonies founded by the British between 1607 and 1760. We will give special focus to the unique social and cultural dimensions that shaped all thirteen and lead to the creation of colonies such as.....
Into Freedom's Furnace: The American Revolution, Part One
First Contacts: Native and European Encounters in North America in the 17th Century
The Road from Colony to Country: A Military History of the American Revolution
- This 4-lecture set explores the American Revolution from its origins in the aftermath of the French and Indian War to the central turning point of the conflict when France joined the colonists against their...
The Road from Colony to Country: A Military History of the American Revolution
Lewis, Clark, and the Creation of the American West: Westward Exploration and Conquest 1789 - 1812
The Road from Colony to Country: A Military History of the American Revolution
- This 4-lecture set examines the military aspects of the American Revolution from its beginnings at the Battle of Bunker Hill throgh critical contests at New York City, Valley Forge, Monmouth and....
Inventing the Presidency: Washington, Adams, and Jefferson
Lewis, Clark, and the Creation of the American West: Westward Exploration and Conquest 1789 - 1812
Lewis, Clark, and the Creation of the American West: Westward Exploration and Conquest 1789 - 1812
- This set of 5 lectures will examine the creation of the US Constitution in 1787 and its implementation in 1789 and beyond with special emphasis on their....
Lewis, Clark, and the Creation of the American West: Westward Exploration and Conquest 1789 - 1812
Lewis, Clark, and the Creation of the American West: Westward Exploration and Conquest 1789 - 1812
Lewis, Clark, and the Creation of the American West: Westward Exploration and Conquest 1789 - 1812
- This set of three lectures will explore the “creation” of the American West by European settlers between 1789 and 1812 with special focus on the West as a place of....
The People’s Avenger: The Age of Andrew Jackson
As the Republic Burned: Four Presidents and the Lead Up to the US Civil War, 1848-1860
As the Republic Burned: Four Presidents and the Lead Up to the US Civil War, 1848-1860
- This set of 4 lectures explores the controversial life and administration of America’s 7th president, Andrew Jackson. Loathed and lionized for almost 200 years, Jackson transformed the.....
As the Republic Burned: Four Presidents and the Lead Up to the US Civil War, 1848-1860
As the Republic Burned: Four Presidents and the Lead Up to the US Civil War, 1848-1860
As the Republic Burned: Four Presidents and the Lead Up to the US Civil War, 1848-1860
- This series of 4 lectures will explore a complex era in US history as abolitionism, sectionalism and westward expansion converged in the 1850s to propel the US towards a fateful reckoning with the....
Davis and Lee: The Confederacy’s Civil War, 1860-1865
As the Republic Burned: Four Presidents and the Lead Up to the US Civil War, 1848-1860
Davis and Lee: The Confederacy’s Civil War, 1860-1865
- This set of 4 lectures examines the challenges of leading the newly created Confederate States of America during an unprecedented time of total war. Confederate President Jefferson Davis and General....
The Making of the American West: 1850 - 1900
The Unrestored Order: Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and Their Times
Davis and Lee: The Confederacy’s Civil War, 1860-1865
- This set of four lectures explores American notions of the “Wild West” and how the history of the region was experienced in reality by a range of different actors and groups including pioneers, Native....
The Unrestored Order: Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and Their Times
The Unrestored Order: Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and Their Times
The Unrestored Order: Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and Their Times
- This set of 4 lectures will explore two of the most important transitional presidents in recent history, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Despite representing different....
The New Revolutionary: Ronald Reagan and His Presidency
The Unrestored Order: Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and Their Times
The Unrestored Order: Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and Their Times
- This set of 4 lectures examines the 1980s through the lens of America’s president during this critical decade. Reagan would transform the Cold War, domestic politics, and do so with an infectious....
In the Cold War’s Wake: The Bush and Clinton Presidencies, 1988-2000
From a New World Order to a War on Terror: The Second Bush Administration, 2000-2009
From a New World Order to a War on Terror: The Second Bush Administration, 2000-2009
- In this series of four lectures, we will be examining one of the most fraught episodes in modern history: the end of the Cold War and the emergence of a post-Cold War era. Viewed largely from the US perspective, we will explore the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of....
From a New World Order to a War on Terror: The Second Bush Administration, 2000-2009
From a New World Order to a War on Terror: The Second Bush Administration, 2000-2009
From a New World Order to a War on Terror: The Second Bush Administration, 2000-2009
- This set of four lectures examines one of the most important (and yet largely misunderstood) administrations in recent US history, that of George W. Bush. During the early 21st century, the US will fundamentally reposition itself in the global order by (1) starting the War on....
From Grant to McKinley: Political History in the Gilded Age
From a New World Order to a War on Terror: The Second Bush Administration, 2000-2009
The Strenuous Life: The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt
- This set of four lectures examines the political history of the Gilded Age. It explores the presidencies of many of America’s least commonly known executives including Rutherford Hayes, Chester....
The Strenuous Life: The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt
The Life, Times and Tragedy of Woodrow Wilson and the progressive Era
The Strenuous Life: The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt
- This set of 5 lectures examines the extraordinary life and times of America’s 25th president, Theodore Roosevelt from his youth through his many careers as lawmaker, cattle rancher, police commissioner, cabinet member, governor, VP and US president. We will also examine the....
The Life, Times and Tragedy of Woodrow Wilson and the progressive Era
The Life, Times and Tragedy of Woodrow Wilson and the progressive Era
The Life, Times and Tragedy of Woodrow Wilson and the progressive Era
- This set of four lectures examines the life, career and tragic presidency of Woodrow Wilson. Wilson passed landmark legislation including women’s suffrage, prohibition, real limits on corporate....
Making America Modern: The Economy and Society of the Roaring 20's
The Life, Times and Tragedy of Woodrow Wilson and the progressive Era
The Life, Times and Tragedy of Woodrow Wilson and the progressive Era
- This set of four lectures examines a formative decade in American history – where so much of what we associate with our modern world began to take shape. Here we will explore the expanding role of technology, consumer culture, popular....
Hard Times and Happy Days: Society and Culture During the Great Depression
Hard Times and Happy Days: Society and Culture During the Great Depression
Hard Times and Happy Days: Society and Culture During the Great Depression
- The Great Depression dominated the United States like few events in American history. It fundamentally transformed the country’s politics and economics. It also profoundly reshaped American society and culture and challenged people’s basic....
Silent Sentry: The Presidency of Dwight Eisenhower.
Hard Times and Happy Days: Society and Culture During the Great Depression
Hard Times and Happy Days: Society and Culture During the Great Depression
- This set of 4 lectures will focus on the life and times of one of America’s most consequential (but routinely underestimated) recent presidents. Following decades of....
Essential Greatness: John F. Kennedy. His Presidency and Legacy
Hard Times and Happy Days: Society and Culture During the Great Depression
Essential Greatness: John F. Kennedy. His Presidency and Legacy
- This set of 4 lectures examines the dramatic life, presidency and legacy of America’s 35th president, John F. Kennedy. We will explore the life of his....
Breaking Points: Constitutional Crises in American History
Tricks, Lies and Audiotape: Understanding Nixon and the Watergate Scandal
Essential Greatness: John F. Kennedy. His Presidency and Legacy
- This set of 4 lectures will examine a series of constitutional crises in US history – critical points in time where our constitutional system was sorely tested. For all of them, a constitutional system survived – but in each case its....
Flawed Giant: The Life and Presidency of Lyndon Johnson
Tricks, Lies and Audiotape: Understanding Nixon and the Watergate Scandal
Tricks, Lies and Audiotape: Understanding Nixon and the Watergate Scandal
- This set of 4 lectures examines the extraordinary rise and presidency of Lyndon Johnson. Once referred to as a "tornado in pants," this exceptionally ambitious, energetic Texan reoriented the two....
Tricks, Lies and Audiotape: Understanding Nixon and the Watergate Scandal
Tricks, Lies and Audiotape: Understanding Nixon and the Watergate Scandal
Tricks, Lies and Audiotape: Understanding Nixon and the Watergate Scandal
- This set of four lectures examines the political and constitutional challenges that emerged with the Watergate scandal of the early 1970s. We will explore the basic reasons President Richard Nixon pursued surveillance, “dirty....
From High Hopes to Easy Riders: American Society in the 1960's
Martin, Fannie Lou and Malcolm: The Civil Rights Movement 1954 - 1970
Martin, Fannie Lou and Malcolm: The Civil Rights Movement 1954 - 1970
- This set of 4 lectures examines one of the most dynamic and controversial eras in US cultural history: the 1960s. From music to film to literature to politics, the decade saw a profound transformation in....
Martin, Fannie Lou and Malcolm: The Civil Rights Movement 1954 - 1970
Martin, Fannie Lou and Malcolm: The Civil Rights Movement 1954 - 1970
Martin, Fannie Lou and Malcolm: The Civil Rights Movement 1954 - 1970
- This set of 4 lectures examines one of the most critical political/social movements in US history: the African American Civil Rights movement. We will be doing this by exploring the lives of Martin Luther King, Fannie Lou Hamer, and....
The Triumvirate: Clay, Calhoun & Webster
Martin, Fannie Lou and Malcolm: The Civil Rights Movement 1954 - 1970
The Triumvirate: Clay, Calhoun & Webster
- In the thirteen fateful years before the Civil War, US politics did not merely struggle—it broke down. This four-lecture series explores how a functioning political system collapsed under the weight of slavery, sectional rivalry, and failed leadership. Three forces drove this unraveling: the intensifying divide over slavery, the fragmentation and collapse of the....
The Triumvirate: Clay, Calhoun & Webster
The Triumvirate: Clay, Calhoun & Webster
The Triumvirate: Clay, Calhoun & Webster
- This set of 4 lectures explores the lives and times of three of the most important figures in US political history who never became president: Henry Clay of Kentucky, John C. Cal.....
A War Too Far: Vietnam 1954 - 1975
The Triumvirate: Clay, Calhoun & Webster
A War Too Far: Vietnam 1954 - 1975
- This set of four lectures examines the 21-year history of the apex event of the Cold War: America’s war in Vietnam. Spanning 4 presidencies, the war pulled in China, the....