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OAH Distinguished Lectures Podcast
This podcast features lectures by leading historians who participate in the Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lectureship Program, a speakers bureau dedicated to American history. Click here to subscribe to the Distinguished Lectures Podcast in iTunes or watch individual clips by clicking on their titles.
“Intimate Strategies: Civil War Military Commanders and Their Wives”
An OAH Distinguished Lecture by Lesley J. Gordon.
Dr. Gordon is a professor of history at the University of Akron. This lecture was sponsored by the Michael J. Colligan History Project at Miami University Hamilton. Recorded by Michael Bisson, Computer and Information Technology Services, in March 2011.
File type: video
Length: 54 min.
File size: 200 MB
“Why the Civil War Mattered”
An OAH Distinguished Lecture by Steve Hahn
Dr. Hahn is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and the Roy F. and Jeanette P. Nichols Professor of American History at the University of Pennsylvania. This lecture was presented at the tenth annual Idaho Council for History Education conference in Boise. Recorded by Boise School District’s Instructional Technology staff in October 2010.
File type: video
Length: 36 min.
File size: 213 MB
“Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South”
An OAH Distinguished Lecture by Stephanie McCurry.
Dr. McCurry is a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. This lecture was presented as part of the Stanton Sharp Lecture Series, sponsored by the Clements Department of History at Southern Methodist University. Recorded by Kathleen Tibbetts in October 2010.
File type: audio
Length: 25 min.
File size: 10 MB
“From Border States to Border South: Slavery, Civil War, and the Politics of Identity in Missouri”
An OAH Distinguished Lecture by Christopher W. Phillips.
Dr. Phillips is a professor of history at the University of Cincinnati. This lecture was presented as the annual Spencer Cave Black History Month Lecture at Park University in Parkville, Missouri, and sponsored by the university’s history program. Recorded by Ronnie LaNear in February 2011.
File type: video
Length: 56 min.
File size: 207 MB
“Rightward Bound: The Rise of Conservatism in Modern American Politics”
An OAH Distinguished Lecture by Bruce J. Schulman.
Dr. Schulman is the William E. Huntington Professor of History at Boston University. This lecture was presented as the annual Paul V. McNutt Lecture at Indiana University, sponsored by the university’s history department. Recorded by Nic Champagne in March 2011.
File type: audio
Length: 51 min.
File size: 15 MB
