Modern
From the changing understanding of democracy across the world to experiments in other forms of government and fundamental changes in social and sexual attitudes the modern world covering the period from the late eighteenth century to the present day presents our broadest range of resources. The range includes podcasts, articles and publications by academics and specialists from across the UK and the world. From Waterloo to the Opium Wars and from Alan Turing to the modern LGBT rights movement there’s plenty of history to explore. We also include fascinating pieces on gangster, cartoons and seaside piers! What the modern period does better than any other is allow us to delve into a rich variety of records from government dossiers to personal recollections. Read more
Britain & Ireland
- Virtual Branch: Vagabonds versus the Mendicity Society
- Anti-Americanism in Britain during the Second World War
- Recorded Webinar: Female slave-ownership in 18th and 19 century Britain
- Recorded Webinar: Nineteenth-century crime and punishment
- Recorded webinar: Queer beyond London
- Film: Bricks and the making of the city - London in the 19th century
Europe
- Introductory film: Khrushchev - Interpretations
- Women and the French Revolution: the start of the modern feminist movement
- Film: Heligoland: Britain, Germany, and the Struggle for the North Sea
- Evelyn Waugh’s books on the Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935–36
- Recorded Webinar: Ukraine and the Soviet Politics of Empire
- Recorded webinar: Ordinary people - Holocaust Memorial Day 2023
World
- Introductory film: Khrushchev - Interpretations
- The Olympics - politics, impact and legacy - its not just about the sport
- Recorded webinar series: The Olympic Games
- Muddy Waters: from migrant to music icon
- My Favourite History Place: The Tenement Museum, New York
- History Abridged: American Policy: theory and practice over 200 years