VIDEOS

Sixth form Tudor History Conference Wednesday 25th March 2025.

Tracy Borman. HENRY VIII AND THE MEN WHO MADE HIM

VIDEOS FROM THE AFRICAN KINGDOMS CONFERENCE APRIL 2025

Here are links to the three African Kingdoms lectures from the 6th form conference:

Toby Green

Https://mediasite.bris.ac.uk/Mediasite/Play/2da7f6514ea445918fe0c9893843fdc21d

Jose Lingna Nafafe

https://mediasite.bris.ac.uk/Mediasite/Play/c0320e8878514e7a925573029b2407301d

Kate Skinner

Https://mediasite.bris.ac.uk/Mediasite/Play/64ca116ba9fc4b0d9aff7d74a4ad8d891d

VIDEOS FROM 2020-2022

During the 2020-2021 season and at the start of the 2021-2022 season we were obliged to use ZOOM. Here are the recordings of those meetings……

  1. OKINAWA 1945 Professor Saul David
  2. LGBT+ in 1970s East Germany Professor Josie McLellan
  3. Class & Community from Bristol & beyond Professor Jon Lawrence
  4. Famine & Plague in Early Modern England Professor Ronald Hutton
  5. The Making of 100 Great Black Britons Dr Patrick Vernon
  6. The Vikings Professor Katy Cubitt
  7. Henry VII Treason & Trust Dr Sean Cunningham
  8. Bristol’s First Slave Traders Dr Richard Stone
  9. Protest & Education in Burmese History Dr Su Lin Lewis
  10. Unbuilt Bristol Eugene Byrne
  11. About Britain Professor Tim Cole
  12. Thirty Years of writing about Black Britain Stephen Bourne
  13. The Story of China Michael Wood
  14. The Great Debate 2021
  15. Bristol’s Black History 1963-2021 Dr Edson Burton
  16. The Plague in Bristol in the 16th and 17th centuries Professor Evan Jones

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Wednesday 7th October 2020. 7.30pm On ZOOM. Professor Saul David. Crucible of Hell: Okinawa – The Last Great Battle of the Second World War

Wednesday 21st October 2020. 7.30 pm on ZOOM Professor Josie McLellan. Glad to Be Gay Behind the Wall: LGBT+ activism in 1970s East Germany

Wednesday 11th November 2020. 7.30pm on ZOOM Professor Jon Lawrence. Family, Place and Belonging: stories about class and community from Bristol and beyond Apologies. The first half of this lecture did not record.

Wednesday 25th November 2020. 7.30 pm on ZOOM. Professor Ronald Hutton. Famine and Plague in Early Modern England.

Wednesday 9th December 2020. 7.30 pm on ZOOM. Dr Patrick Vernon OBE. The Making of 100 Great Black Britons 2003-2020.

Wednesday 27th January 2021. 7.30 pm on ZOOM. Professor Katy Cubitt. The Vikings.

Wednesday 24th February 2021. 7.30 pm on ZOOM. Dr Sean Cunningham. Henry VII: Treason and Trust

Wednesday 10th March 2021. 7.30pm on ZOOM Dr Richard Stone. Bristol’s First Slave Traders 1662-1698 – a local detective story

Wednesday 31st March 2021. 7.30pm on ZOOM. Dr Su Lin Lewis. Protest and Education in Burmese History

Wednesday 12th May 2021. 7.30pm on ZOOM. Eugene Byrne. Local historian and writer. Unbuilt Bristol.

Wednesday 6th October 2021. 7.30pm on ZOOM. Professor Tim Cole. About Britain.

Wednesday 20th October 2021. 7.30pm on ZOOM. Stephen Bourne. 30 Years of writing about Black British History.

Wednesday 10th November 2021. 7.30pm on ZOOM. Dr Lindsey Jenkins. Women Labour MPs after 1945.

This video is not available on our YouTube site. If you would like to see it please contact Rob.

Wednesday 24th November 2021. 7.30pm on ZOOM. Michael Wood. ‘The Story of China – Voices from the Chinese Past’

Wednesday 1st December 2021. 6.00pm on ZOOM. GREAT DEBATE.

The 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II has seen global and widespread changes including in: societal infrastructure, industry, rural life, the environment, and ideas: Which changes of the last 70 years have affected your local area the most?

There are three videos.

Part 1. Eloise, Louise, Caitlin, Lauren & Marie.

Part 2. Isabelle, Ellie, Loreta, Louis & Mackenzie.

Part 3. The Judges’ verdict.

If you are one of the contestants or their teachers, please contact Rob who will give you a link.

Wednesday 15th December 2021. 7.30pm on ZOOM. Dr Edson Burton. Bristol’s Black History from about 1963 until 2021

Wednesday 26th January 2022 7.30pm on ZOOM. Professor Evan Jones. Putting Covid in context. The Plague in Bristol in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries