21H.126 America in Depression and War (MIT)
The Great Depression and World War II permanently changed American politics and society. Topics include: the Great Crash, the New Deal, Roosevelt, the home front, the Normandy Invasion, and the atomic bomb. Explores those events through film, novels, newspapers, and other historical documents.
History and Politics Out Loud
HPOL is a collection of invaluable audio materials some available for the first time on this website capturing significant political and historical events and personalities of the twentieth century. The materials range from formal addresses delivered in public settings to private telephone conversations conducted from the innermost recesses of the White House. Our aim is to provide an accessible source of audio information to enliven instruction and scholarship in history and politics and to ena
Embedding Computer Activities into the Context of Preschools
Computer activities are all too often employed in preschool (and kindergarten) activity rooms with little regard for what is going on beyond the computer. Consequently, in those circumstances computer time is lacking appropriate context that could help link computer activities with the educational themes surrounding non-computer activities. Providing technical computer training to preschool and kindergarten teachers is often not sufficient to originate activities that embed that context beyond s
Bulletin of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Volume XXIX, Summer 2002
CONTENTS: Cover Illustration Description, Brownlee Lecture, In Gratitude, 2002 Fall Lecture Series, Call for Papers, Mimesis in Ancient Jewish and Christian Literature Project, Book Reviews
Bulletin of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Volume XVI, Issue 1
CONTENTS:
Cover Illustration Description,
Calendar of Events,
Scholar in Focus: James M. Robinson,
Update on Computerized Nag Hammadi Library,
Scholarly Societies to Hold Meetings in Claremont,
Silva Delivers Lectures in Claremont,
Contexts No. 11--"In Quest of the Rhetorical Jesus",
Notes and News,
New SAC Volume Now Available
Social movements and global justice
In this podcast we hear about an international conference which brings together academics and social movement activists from around the world.
The conference is hosted by the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice, in the School of Politics and International Relations.
More information is available Author(s):
Dr Sara Motta
Bulletin of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Volume VII, Issue 2
CONTENTS:
IAC Plans New Exhibit,
Cover Illustration Description,
Advisory Board Elects Chairman,
Challenge Grant Goal Reached,
Ancient Lands Tour: Egypt and Israel,
Visiting Scholar Studies Ezekiel,
Dead Sea Scrolls Seminar,
Receptions Honor Scholars,
Personalia
Politics in 60 seconds. Social democracy
Professor Steven Fielding defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on social democracy as a political concept.
Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.
May 2010
Suitable for Undergraduate study and Community education
Professor Steven Fielding, School of Politics and International Relations
Professor Steven Fielding is Professor of Political History and Director of the Centre for British Politics: CBP at
Politics in 60 seconds. History and the state
Dr Malika Rahal defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on history and the state as a political concept.
Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.
May 2010
Suitable for Undergraduate study and Community education
Dr Malika Rahal, School of Politics and International Relations
Dr Malika Rahal is a lecturer specializing in Middle Eastern and North African History and Politics. Before joining the School of P
The Defence of the Realm
For the first time, the British Security Service to mark the centenary of its foundation has opened its archives to an independent historian - Christopher Andrew. He will be at LSE to speak about his book, The Defence of the Realm. The book reveals the precise role of the Security Service in twentieth-century British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909, through two world wars, up to and including its present roles in counter-espionage and counter-terr
The Government of Uncertainty: how to follow the politics of oil
This lecture explores the politics of oil and how we can seek to understand it, at a time when uncertainty is presenting new challenges to the claims of objective knowledge. Tim Mitchell is professor of Arab studies at Columbia University, New York. Sam Ashenden is managing editor of Economy and Society and senior lecturer in Sociology, Birkbeck College.
Special Lecture 03 - 11/24/2010
Special Lecture 03
17.504 Ethnic Politics I (MIT)
This course is designed to provide students with a broad overview of the major theories on the relationship between ethnicity and politics. The course is divided into three sections. The first covers general theory and discusses the social construction of ethnicity as well as the limits of construction. The second section discusses ethnicity as a dependent variable. This section studies the forces that shape the development of ethnic identities and their motivating power. The third section addre
10 Devolution
Politics in the UK - Devolution
6 The changing party system
The Changing Party System - Politics in the UK
4 Thatcherism
Thatcherism - Politics in the UK
2 Decline as a key to postwar politics
Decline as a Key to Post-War Politics - Politics in the UK
1 Post War Consensus
Post War Consensus - Politics in the UK
Professor Wyn Grant Discusses UK Election Politics
In the year of a General Election, Professor Wyn Grant from the Department of Politics and International Studies discusses the complexities of UK election politics
Patterns of migration - a problem or opportunity?
Does the UK's current immigration policy cause us problems or does it provide us with opportunities for economic growth? Are we experiencing a new immigration phenomenon or is the flow of people from country to country something that has always been with us?
Professor Zig Layton-Henry, Politics and International Studies, is an expert in the patterns and policy of migration.
Length: 22 minutes
