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You don't have to be mad to work here, but... you do. Dr Stephanie Forward. Dr Stephanie Forward is an associate lecturer with the Open University, and currently teaches the courses The Arts Past and...
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We have a comprehensive reading list for anybody interested in the Second World War The OpenLearn team. The OpenLearn content & channel team: bringing you the finest in free, online learning since...
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Fred Davies explores the interfaces between cinema, culture and history. Fred Davies. Fred Davies is an Open University tutor on BA and MA film and TV courses as well as a lecturer at University of...
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What were the lasting legacies of the Second World War? The OpenLearn team. The OpenLearn content & channel team: bringing you the finest in free, online learning since 1999. First published on...
View ArticleThe Voice of the Eyewitness
Oral history is a vital resource that complements and sometimes corrects the evidence of written and visual records. Professor Joanna Bornat. Joanna Bornat is professor of oral history in the...
View ArticleWhose war was it, anyway?
Bill Purdue asks some searching questions about popular views of the second world war. Bill Purdue. Bill Purdue is reader in British history at The Open University and staff tutor in Arts for The Open...
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Dorothy Atkinson describes how the war-time evacuation helped change the nation. Professor Dorothy Atkinson. Dorothy Atkinson is a senior lecturer in the Department of Health and Social Care.First...
View ArticleOU Lecture 2005: Hitler's Place in History
Sir Ian Kershaw delivers the first annual OU Lecture: What is Hitler's place in history? The OpenLearn team. The OpenLearn content & channel team: bringing you the finest in free, online learning...
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Listen to the 2005 Open University Lecture, in which Ian Kershaw, Professor of Modern History at Sheffield University, examines Hitler's place in history Sir Ian Kershaw. Sir Ian Kershaw is Professor...
View ArticleOU Lecture 2005: Hitler's Place in History: Transcript
In the 2005 Open University Lecture, Ian Kershaw, Professor of Modern History at Sheffield University, examines Hitler's place in history. Sir Ian Kershaw. Sir Ian Kershaw is Professor of Modern...
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Sir Ian Kershaw delivers the OU's Annual Lecture, exploring the extraordinary influence of, and ongoing fascination with, Adolf Hitler. The OpenLearn team. The OpenLearn content & channel team:...
View ArticleLecture Perspective
Benedikt Stuchtey offers a response to Professor Ian Kershaw's Lecture Hitler's Place in History Benedikt Stuchtey. Benedikt Stuchtey is deputy director of the German Historical Institute London.First...
View ArticleOU Lecture 2005: Hitler's Place in History - Hitler: The Discussion
Following the OU Annual Lecture, the studio debate is chaired by Laurence Rees and features a panel of the UK's leading historians of Hitler and the Third Reich - including Professor Ian Kershaw. The...
View ArticleHitler's rise and fall: Timeline
Track the key events in Hitler's life, from his childhood in Austria to his suicide in the bunker in Berlin. The OpenLearn team. The OpenLearn content & channel team: bringing you the finest in...
View ArticleOU on the BBC: Nation On Film - Shooting The War: A VE Day Special
A special edition of the BBC/OU series Nation on Film, Shooting the War, marks the 60th anniversary of VE Day. The OpenLearn team. The OpenLearn content & channel team: bringing you the finest in...
View ArticleThe Things We Forgot To Remember - The Battle of Britain
A look at the pivotal moments of the Second World War, from the BBC/OU series 'The Things We Forgot to Remember' The OpenLearn team. The OpenLearn content & channel team: bringing you the finest in...
View ArticleThe Battles of Britain - Transcript
In this edition of The Things We Forgot To Remember, Michael Portillo discovered that The Battle of Britain wasn't the only significant turning point in the Second World War. Michael Portillo. Former...
View ArticleJourneys In Thought - Arendt In Jerusalem
Jonathan Rée goes to Jerusalem, in the footsteps of Hannah Arendt. The OpenLearn team. The OpenLearn content & channel team: bringing you the finest in free, online learning since 1999. First...
View ArticleHistory Mysteries: The post mistress who was a spy
Was postmistress Mabel Stranks really a spy? The History Mysteries team investigate the rumours. The OpenLearn team. The OpenLearn content & channel team: bringing you the finest in free, online...
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