History Society

The History Society – Autumn Season (Part One)

T10 – Every Tuesday –  3.30 to 4.30 – Please note that there will be cake

Date

Video

Suitable For

 

 

  • Historiography and the Cold War Season

 

 

10/9

The Betrayal

A history of Stalin and the  Warsaw Rising

 

All – but especially Y13 (coursework).

17/9

The Cold War – Part One

Comrades

Other episodes will be shown later in the year.

 

All – but especially Y13 (coursework).

 

 

  • Elizabeth and the historians season

 

 

24/9

“From the Tower to the throne” – David Starkey

Part One of Starkey’s seminal series.

The other episodes will be shown later in the year.

 

 

All – but especially Y12

1/10

“The body of the Queen” – Simon Schama.

A history of Britain Series

A comparison of Elizabeth and Mary Stuart.

 

All – but especially Y12

 

Comparative history

8/10

She-Wolves – Helen Castor

How the Tudor queens Jane, Mary and Elizabeth struggled with a crown made for a male head.

All – but especially Y12

 

Also a good introduction to feminist reinterpretations.

15/10

The Time traveller’s guide to Elizabethan England

– Ian Mortimer

The Court and the Rich

The other episodes will be shown later in the year.

 

All – but especially Y12

22/10

Elizabeth – The greatest Briton ?

Michael Portillo

All – but especially Y12

Date

Video

Suitable For

 

 

  • Historiography and the Cold War Season

 

 

10/9

The Betrayal

A history of Stalin and the  Warsaw Rising

 

All – but especially Y13 (coursework).

17/9

The Cold War – Part One

Comrades

Other episodes will be shown later in the year.

 

All – but especially Y13 (coursework).

 

 

  • Elizabeth and the historians season

 

 

24/9

“From the Tower to the throne” – David Starkey

Part One of Starkey’s seminal series.

The other episodes will be shown later in the year.

 

 

All – but especially Y12

1/10

“The body of the Queen” – Simon Schama.

A history of Britain Series

A comparison of Elizabeth and Mary Stuart.

 

All – but especially Y12

 

Comparative history

8/10

She-Wolves – Helen Castor

How the Tudor queens Jane, Mary and Elizabeth struggled with a crown made for a male head.

All – but especially Y12

 

Also a good introduction to feminist reinterpretations.

15/10

The Time traveller’s guide to Elizabethan England

– Ian Mortimer

The Court and the Rich

The other episodes will be shown later in the year.

 

All – but especially Y12

22/10

Elizabeth – The greatest Briton ?

Michael Portillo

All – but especially Y12

 

The History Society – Autumn Season (Part Two)

T10 – Every Tuesday –  3.30 to 4.30 – Please note that there will be cake

Date

Video

Suitable For

 

 

  • Remembrance Specials

 

 

5/11

The Somme – Frome Defeat to Victory

Part One

This part explains how the British were defeated at the end of the first day of the battle.

 

All

Especially good for anyone interested in military history or how historiography works.

12/11

The Somme – Frome Defeat to Victory

Part Two

The conclusion shows how the British learnt from their failures and developed radical new tactics that would help the allies to win the war.

 

All

Especially good for anyone interested in military history or how historiography works.

 

  • Italian Unification Special

 

 

19/11

Warwick histories

Understanding the Unification of Italy

 

All – but especially Year 12

 

  • Russian Dictatorships (Second Season)

 

 

26/11

Twin Tyrants – Stalin and Hitler – Part One

Denys Blakeway

Part One

 

All – but especially Y13 (Russian).

Comparative history

3/12

Twin Tyrants – Stalin and Hitler – Part Two

Denys Blakeway

Part One

 

All – but especially Y13 (Russian).

Comparative history

9/10

MON

Lenin’s Secret Files

A Timewatch Special

Robert Service explores Soviet records in the 1990s

 

All – but especially Y13 (Russian). See revisionist historians at work.

 

2 Responses to History Society

  1. Nick says:

    This was thoroughly interesting, but truly horrific. The scope of this uprising was incredible, with 200,000 deaths caused by the conflict within its 63 day duration and much of the city destroyed. What is more, it is a miserable fact that so little was done by Poland’s allies and when help came, it ended in failure (Operation Frantic leading to the Nazi army gaining four fifths of the food parcels dropped). A stauch reminder of the destructiveness that human conflict can bring and a testament to the Resistance’s courage.

  2. HollyR says:

    This week’s video was equally fascinating and particularly useful for contextualising the event timeline of our Cold War coursework. Seeing images of the unimaginable destruction after of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 helped highlight just how significant these weapons – as well as their theoretical power and the political implications of these weapons – really was. The video also raised some interesting questions about the policy of Appeasement and its impact of Soviet relations with the west. Overall it provided a good overview of key events leading up to and during The Cold War

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