History in Conversation

Lisa Pine speaks to Richard Overy about his life in history and the history of his life. Richard Overy was educated at Caius College, Cambridge. He taught at Cambridge from 1972 to 1979 at Queens' College and from 1976-79 as a University Assistant Lecturer. From 1980 to 2004 he taught at King's College, London where he was made professor of Modern History in 1994. He is a Fellow of the Royal Histo...

Lisa Pine talks to Margot Finn about her life in history and the history of her life. Margot Finn is Professor of Modern British History at UCL and President of the Royal Historical Society. Previously editor of the Journal of British Studies, she is a co-editor of Cambridge University Press’s Modern British Histories monograph series and serves on the Executive Board of UCL Press. Finn’s early pu...

Lisa Pine talks to Rana Mitter about his life in history and the history of his life. Professor Mitter studies the emergence of nationalism in modern China, both in the early twentieth century and in the contemporary era. He is particularly interested in the impact of China's war with Japan in the 1930s and 1940s on the development of Chinese politics, society, and culture. His publications includ...

Lisa Pine talks to Simon Schama about his life in history and the history of his life. Sir Simon Michael Schama CBE FBA FRHistS FRSL is an English historian and television presenter, who specialises in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. He is a professor of history and art history at Columbia University. Schama first came to public attention with his history of the Fre...

In part 2 of this two-part discussion, Lisa Pine talks to Simon Schama about his life in history and the history of his life. Sir Simon Michael Schama CBE FBA FRHistS FRSL is an English historian and television presenter, who specialises in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. He is a professor of history and art history at Columbia University. Schama first came to publi...

In this episode, recorded in August 2020, Professor Jo Fox, Director of the IHR, talks to Professor Richard Vinen of King's College, London. Richard and Jo discuss what recent events mean for how we think about chronologies of the recent past, and whether -- and why -- future historians will remember this year as significant. When the history of 2020 is written, how will it be shaped by economic a...

In this episode, recorded in July 2020, Jo Fox, Director of the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) talks to the modern historian, Professor Claire Langhamer of Sussex University. Clare and Jo discussed how historians are responding to the 2020 pandemic and Black Lives Matter campaign, and how future historians will write the history of this extraordinary year. Claire is also a Trustee of the M...

In this recording, from April 2018, Jo Fox speaks to Justin Champion about the value of history, the importance of historical knowledge and the need for academic historians to take their work well beyond classrooms and seminars. Justin sadly died in June 2020. He was a great friend of the IHR and held in great esteem by colleagues and students at Royal Holloway where he taught. We hope this record...

Episode 4 of the History in Conversation podcast, hosted by Liam Cunningham. In this episode, IHR Director Professor Jo Fox speaks with Helen Pankhurst about her for gender equality in politics. Helen is the great granddaughter of the suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst, and the author of 'Deeds not Words: The Story Of Women's Rights Then And Now' (2018). Jo spoke to Helen ahead of an event at t...

In this episode, IHR Director Professor Jo Fox speaks to the campaigner and author Caroline Criado Perez about her activism and its relationship to history. This conversation was recorded in May 2018 before an IHR event on 'Women and Public Commemoration'.

In our first episode, we interview Professor Jo Fox about fake news, propaganda, and how historical perspective on these phenomena can help us navigate the 'perfect storm' we're living through now.

A teaser to introduce our new podcast series, launching in 2019!