Podcasts
This page shares some of our Podcasts that have been taken from various conferences, symposiums as well as members of staff being interviewed on television and radio.
Knowledge Networks Conference - 27th May 2011
Keynote Address: Leon Jackson (University of South Carolina), “Exposing Periodicals: Moral Failure, Knowledge Networks, and Serial Culture in Antebellum America”
Landscapes of Secrecy
On 29/30 April, the School hosted a major international conference which explored and debated the history of the Central Intelligence Agency and its place within the wider realms of post-war American politics and culture.
To listen to the full conference programme, which features papers from some of the world's leading scholars in the fields of history, international relations, and film, literature and media studies, click here
American Studies Annual Lecture - Professor David Reynolds, Cambridge gave a talk on 'The Implausibility of American History'
Click here to listen- Podcast
Prof Pete Messent was featured on last half hour of World Service programme on Thursday 6th January 2011, 'World Have your Say'. The topic was: A new edition of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn removes offensive racial epithets
Duration: 50 mins
A new edition of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn removes offensive racial epithets
Prof Peter Ling was featured globally on the BBC World Service's "World Have Your Say" talk show on Monday 11th January 2011. The topic was: What does the Giffords shooting say about US political debate?
Duration: 50 mins
Does the Arizona shooting tragedy reflect the state of political debate in the US?