Lectures in History

Boston College professor Seth Jacobs discussed President Lyndon Johnson and the factors that led him to escalate the war in Vietnam following the assassination of his predecessor, John F. Kennedy.

Clemson University professor C. Bradley Thompson teaches a class about the preamble of the Declaration of Independence.

Iowa State University professor Carmen Bain teaches a class on women's work on family farms during the 20th century.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor William G. Thomas III teaches a class on some of the lawsuits brought by enslaved people who sued for their freedom in the antebellum period.

Wofford College professor Mark Byrnes teaches a class about U.S. public opinion, the rise of radio, and the debate about whether to enter World War II.

Johnson County Community College professor Tai Edwards teaches a class about the expansion of the United States during the Spanish-American War and the acquisition of Hawaii.

Gettysburg College professor Timothy Shannon teaches a class on Colonial-era diplomatic ties between the Iroquois Confederacy of the eastern Great Lakes region and European settlers.

Daniel Richter of the University of Pennsylvania teaches a class on 18th century power struggles between Native Americans, colonial settlers and European empires.

U.S. Air Force Academy professor Stephen Randolph teaches a class about President Richard Nixon, his National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger, and their strategy for the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam.

Loyola University Chicago professor Michelle Nickerson teaches a class on the deindustrialization of the U.S. in the 1970s and '80s and how music and popular culture of the period reflected these economic changes.

Tulane University professor John "Ray" Proctor teaches a class about playwright August Wilson, his contribution to African American theatre and his Pulitzer prize-winning play, [Fences].

Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt teaches a class about anti-Semitism in America and Holocaust denial.

University of Arkansas professor Elliott West lectures on the environmental impact of the California Gold Rush, part of a seminar for high school teachers hosted by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

University of Colorado Denver professor Sarah Fields teaches a class about the 1981 Jean Harris trial, also known as the "Scarsdale Diet" doctor murder case.

Colorado College professor Santiago Guerra teaches a class on marijuana regulation in U.S. History.