History Reclaimed

Thomas Otte is Professor of Diplomatic History at the University of East Anglia. He teaches the history of modern war and conflict, military intervention and diplomacy, and British and European history, c. 1650-2000. Thomas is the author or editor of some twenty-one books, among them July Crisis: How the World Descended into War, Summer 1914 (CUP, 2014), and, most recently, Statesman of Europe: A Life of Sir Edward Grey (Allen Lane, 2020). He has been an adviser to the Foreign Office and is elected Councillor of the Royal Historical Society.

Welcome to the third in the History Reclaimed series of webinars turned podcast on the British campaigns against slavery and the slave trade.

History Reclaimed was delighted to welcome Professor Andrew Lambert who is the Laughton professor of Naval History at King's College London and the director of the Laughton Naval unit. He delivered a fascinating lecture on the Royal Navy's struggles against the slave trade.

This is the first-ever History Reclaimed webinar, chaired by Professor Robert Tombs. We're very pleased to have Professor Doug Stokes, who is a Professor at the Strategy and Security Institute at the University of Exeter and the author of an excellent book called Against Decolonisation: The Campus Culture Wars and the Decline of the West.

In this podcast journalist Boni Sones interviews Professor Ashoka Mody

In a new podcast for History Reclaimed, Jeff Fynn-Paul a Senior Lecturer in Economic History and International Studies at Leiden University, The Netherlands tells us why he wants historical contributions to be valued on the “quality of the science” not on who's saying it. He calls this a new form of Donatism:

Tiffany Jenkins is a writer, author and broadcaster. Her next book Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life.

The Elitist Movement that Threatens Democracy, Tolerance and Reason

In a new podcast for the History Reclaimed Book Award we talk to shortlisted author Andrew Roberts about his acclaimed book: George III: the Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch.

In a new podcast for the History Reclaimed Book Prize Jane Ridley, Professor of History at Buckingham University, talks about her new book George V: Never a Dull Moment, published by Chatto & Windus. It is one of eight on the shortlist for the Prize.

In a further podcast for History Reclaimed Book Prize series Paul Moon, Professor of History at Auckland University of Technology, talks about his new book Colonising New Zealand: A Reappraisal.

In a new podcast for the History Reclaimed Book Prize Nicholas Orme, Emeritus Professor of History at Exeter University tells us how he has spent a life-time – in fact 60 years – writing his new book “Going to Church in Medieval England”.

In a new podcast for the History Reclaimed Book Prize Dr Edward Shawcross tells us how he turned his PHD thesis into a book focusing on one of the most extraordinary stories in history, the execution of Ferdinand Maximilian.

In an Exclusive podcast for History Reclaimed, David Abulafia, Professor of Mediterranean History at Cambridge University, spells out why he thinks the refusal of what is called the “woke brigade” to debate history with those who oppose their views is dangerous for Society.

In an exclusive podcast with Dr Alka Sehgal-Cuthbert says that she is “disturbed” by so-called theories of “white privilege” which by-pass empirical historical research methods to focus instead on “social justice”, as a prism through which historical events should be judged.

In a new #podcast documentary the History Reclaimed website speaks to six leading historians and commentators to explore the #noplatform culture and why history teaching needs to be rigorous and objective in the values it sets out and the stories it tells.