History in Conversation

A selection of Podcast episodes from the Institute of Historical Research:• A Historian's Life• History in Conversation

History in Conversation is a news podcast hosted by Institute of Historical Research, with 12 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  A Historian's Life - Richard Overy with Lisa Pine 2023 11 15

  Jun 25, 202559 minS0

  Lisa Pine speaks to Richard Overy about his life in history and the history of his life. Richard Overy was educated at Caius College, Cambridge. He taught at Cambridge from 1972 to 1979 at Queens' College and from 1976-79 as a University Assistant Lecturer. From 1980 to 2004 he taught at King's College, London where he was made professor of Modern History in 1994. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (1977), Fellow of the British Academy (2000) and Fellow of King's College (2003). In 2001 he was awarded the Samuel Elliot Morison Prize of the Society for Military History for his contribution to the history of...

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  A Historian's Life - Lisa Pine speaks with Margot Finn

  Jun 25, 202548 minS0

  Lisa Pine talks to Margot Finn about her life in history and the history of her life. Margot Finn is Professor of Modern British History at UCL and President of the Royal Historical Society. Previously editor of the Journal of British Studies, she is a co-editor of Cambridge University Press’s Modern British Histories monograph series and serves on the Executive Board of UCL Press. Finn’s early publications focused on nineteenth-century British radical culture and politics in a broader European context. Her second major monograph explored the intersections of literary, legal, social and cultural developments in the history of debt...

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  A Historian's Life - Lisa Pine speaks with Rana Mitter

  Jun 25, 202557 minS0

  Lisa Pine talks to Rana Mitter about his life in history and the history of his life. Professor Mitter studies the emergence of nationalism in modern China, both in the early twentieth century and in the contemporary era. He is particularly interested in the impact of China's war with Japan in the 1930s and 1940s on the development of Chinese politics, society, and culture. His publications include China's War with Japan, 1937-45: The Struggle for Survival (2013), Modern China: A Very Short Introduction (2008), and A Bitter Revolution: China's Struggle with the Modern World (2004, 2005). The host of A Historian's Life, Lisa Pine...

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  A Historian's Life - Lisa Pine speaks with Simon Schama - Part 1

  Jun 25, 202545 minS0

  Lisa Pine talks to Simon Schama about his life in history and the history of his life. Sir Simon Michael Schama CBE FBA FRHistS FRSL is an English historian and television presenter, who specialises in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. He is a professor of history and art history at Columbia University. Schama first came to public attention with his history of the French Revolution titled Citizens, published in 1989. He is also known for writing and hosting the 15-part BBC television documentary series A History of Britain (2000–2002), as well as other documentary series such as The Am...

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  A Historian's Life - Lisa Pine speaks with Simon Schama - Part 2

  Jun 25, 202537 minS0

  In part 2 of this two-part discussion, Lisa Pine talks to Simon Schama about his life in history and the history of his life. Sir Simon Michael Schama CBE FBA FRHistS FRSL is an English historian and television presenter, who specialises in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. He is a professor of history and art history at Columbia University. Schama first came to public attention with his history of the French Revolution titled Citizens, published in 1989. He is also known for writing and hosting the 15-part BBC television documentary series A History of Britain (2000–2002), as well as ot...

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