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Slavery in World History

Slavery in World History
A Discussion with Jeremy Black
New Books Network, 2020

Arguing HistoryNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World Affairs February 14, 2020 Charles Coutinho

Notwithstanding the fact that slavery is almost as old if not older than human civilization itself, involving almost every country and continent on the face of the planet, the vast majority of scholarly attention tends to be focused on the North American continent and for less than two-hundred years. In... Read More
The Treaty of Versailles One Hundred Years On

The Treaty of Versailles One Hundred Years On
A Discussion with Jeremy Black
New Books Network, 2019

Arguing HistoryNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network December 27, 2019 Charles Coutinho

The Versailles Treaty of 1919, celebrates its one-hundred anniversary this year. And, yet unlike the more recent centenaries, such as that of the outbreak of the Great War or the Russian Revolution, the Versailles Treaty, notwithstanding its importance as perhaps the most important of the twentieth-century, has not seen the... Read More
What Should We Think of the British Empire?

What Should We Think of the British Empire?
A Discussion with Jeremy Black
New Books Network, 2019

Arguing HistoryNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network November 26, 2019 Charles Coutinho

The British Empire at its greatest extent covered approximately twenty-five percent of the surface of the globe with the same percentage of the world so population under its rule, directly or indirectly. And, yet a little over one-hundred years after its apogee, with its fall made absolute by the process... Read More
Appeasement Eighty Years On

Appeasement Eighty Years On
A Discussion with Jeremy Black
New Books Network, 2019

Arguing HistoryNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network November 18, 2019 Charles Coutinho

According to one dictionary definition, the term means: “to yield or concede to the belligerent demands of (a nation, group, person, etc.) in a conciliatory effort, sometimes at the expense of justice or other principles”. Of course when one employs this term in a historical context, it is usually taken... Read More
What are Empires and Why do they Matter?

What are Empires and Why do they Matter?
A Discussion with Jeremy Black
New Books Network, 2019

Arguing HistoryNew Books in Big IdeasNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network November 14, 2019 Marshall Poe

You hear a lot about “empires,” but what are they? Do they still exist? And why does it matter? Today I talked to Jeremy Black about empires, historical and present. Jeremy has thought deeply about empires, and written a lot about them. We discussed them from, if not every angle,... Read More
Is Military History Worth Studying?

Is Military History Worth Studying?
A Discussion with Jeremy Black
New Books Network, 2019

Arguing HistoryNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network October 9, 2019 Charles Coutinho

Military history is thought by some to be a valuable field of study to both professional soldiers and civilians. It is indeed one of the most popular fields in the genre of history. And yet many academics tend to look down upon the field as fundamentally unserious and not therefore... Read More
Is the Idea of “The Enlightenment” Still Useful?

Is the Idea of The Enlightenment Still Useful?
A Discussion with Jeremy Black and William Gibson
NBN, 2019

Arguing HistoryNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network August 9, 2019 Charles Coutinho

In a new podcast of the series ‘Arguing History’, Professor Jeremy Black, the most prolific historian writing in the Anglophone world, if not on the entire planet, and renowned Ecclesiastical Historian Professor William Gibson discuss the question: ‘is the idea of the Enlightenment one which is no longer useful for... Read More
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