Category: International AudioThe Berlin Wall 1961: the construction 50 years onFriday 9 September 2011This talk covers the circumstances which brought about the construction of the wall, what...AudioThe Second World War and Roche’s expansion to the West: a Swiss pharmaceutical company in the United KingdomMonday 9 May 2011Roche was founded in 1896 as one of the very first industrial companies solely...AudioHidden Women: uncovering the veil of silence during the partition of Punjab, India 1947Monday 29 November 2010Dr Pippa Virdee of De Montfort University uncovers the hidden voices of Muslim women...AudioThe first Afghan warFriday 17 September 2010In this talk, journalist and historian Jules Stewart will guide us through the 1838-1842...AudioTreaties in The National ArchivesFriday 23 July 2010James Cronan introduces some of the most richly decorated and important documents held at...AudioThe South African empireWednesday 7 July 2010Historian Dr Anne Samson explores South Africas attempt to build an empire over the...AudioResearching the British Empire and CommonwealthFriday 26 June 2009The British Empire existed for four centuries and, at its height, governed one quarter...AudioFrom Mountbatten to Patten: the last proconsuls and the ending of the British EmpireFriday 24 April 2009After the Second World War, the role of governors in Britain’s overseas territories changed....AudioThe road to Jamestown – part 2Thursday 13 December 2007The second part of Sean Cunningham’s talk about how and why English sailors and...AudioThe road to Jamestown – part 1Thursday 6 December 2007Sean Cunningham talks about how and why English sailors and the English Crown turned their...AudioThe making of the Stalinist state 1928-1941 – part 2Thursday 29 November 2007The second part of this talk in which Dr Jane McDermid puts Joseph Stalin’s...AudioThe making of the Stalinist state 1928-1941 – part 1Thursday 22 November 2007Dr Jane McDermid puts Joseph Stalin’s Russia under the microscope from the first of... « 1 … 4 5 6 7 »