From Ottoman to Habsburg Rule 1699 1703-11 Hungarian Revolt under Rakocszi Maria Theresa 1740-80 Enlightened Absolutism Joseph II 1780-90...

Free Speech N.Warburton (OUP Very Short Introduction Series) The First Freedom N.Hentoff (American history of the concept) Burning...

At War with The Bolsheviks R.Jackson (Allied Forces during Russian Civil War) Ivan the Terrible I. De Madriaga Armies of Ivan the...

NB You can attend in person or by zoom (to book phone 020 7433 8988. Lecture 1: Early Days 896-1526 Introduction - A far away country of...

General Russian History G.Hosking (OUP Very Short Introduction) Russia M.Sixsmith The Romanovs All About History...

On Thursday 28 April I shall be teaching a Day School on this topic at JW3. You can still book by contacting JW3 Box Office - 020 7433...

Specific The Baltic States A Plakans A History of The Baltic States A Kasekamp The History of The Baltic States K O'Connor The...

WHITHER ITALY? Recap on last week: Berlusconi The Paradoxes of Italian Culture and the long-term Crisis of The Italian State Is Italy...

OUR RIVER JOURNEY COMES TO AN END Leonardo da Vinci Kenneth Graham Civilisation begins with rivers The Heart of Darkness Water...

We are so lucky to live in a country with glorious daffodils, as Spring returns once more. Where I live on England's South Coast there...

North American Indians Perdue & Green (OUP Short Introduction Series) *An Indigenous Peoples' History of The United States R...

Populism Mudde & Laltwasser Liberalism M.Freeden Populism M Burleigh Twilight of Democracy A Applebaum How Democracies...

THE BERLUSCONI YEARS Opening quotation to set the scene Berlusconi: .......the Early Years .......and the Mafia / P2 .......the very...

RIVER THAMES 1. London 'Liquid History' and Kipling Royal River Pageant River Peoples River Trading River Dirty River 2. Rural Thames...

THE MAFIA Problems of Definition Origins in Bourbon Sicily post 1812 Characteristics Prime focus from Protection to Politics Attempts to...

RIVER AMAZON 1. INTRODUCTION In our imagination - The Lost World - Etymology - Facts and Figures 2. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES History and...

There are some events in the contemporary world that suddenly make historians look at the past in a different light. Some books do the...

The Mekong A very international river - Introduction Oc Eo: Early medieval civilisation in Mekong delta Medieval Khmer Empire in Cambodia...

Italy becomes a good European: The 1950s The Monarchy: Abdication and Referendum 1945/46 What sort of Republic? 1946 End of Empire 1947...

I shall be at JW3 in person tomorrow, but you can still view via zoom Mussolini and World War Two 1938 Moving closer to Hitler Italy...