Shannon McSheffrey – I’ll Be Watching You: Can We Reconcile Privacy and Security?
Every Breath You Take Concordia University President Conference Series November 4, 2009 Professor Shannon McSheffrey of Concordia University discusses the historical and cultural…
Research on Japanese pirates in the 15th and 16th centuries
This video report details the work by Peter Shapinsky of the University of Illinois – Springfield, related to Japanese pirates from the 15th and…
Byzantine Elements in the Umayyad Mosque at Damascus
Byzantine Elements in the Umayyad Mosque at Damascus By Robert Hillenbrand (University of Edinburgh) Given at the International Symposium on the Historical Relations Between…
Arabs in the Byzantine Aristocracy
Arabs in the Byzantine Aristocracy By Christos Stavrakos (University of Ioannina) Given at the International Symposium on the Historical Relations Between Arabia, the Greek…
Hunting Arabia Felix: Politics of the Byzantines, Sasanids, Ethiopians and Arabs in South Arabia in the 6th century A.D
Hunting Arabia Felix: Politics of the Byzantines, Sasanids, Ethiopians and Arabs in South Arabia in the 6th century A.D By Alexander Matveev (St. Petersburg…
Harran as a Co-existence Centre of various cultural bodies in the 7th-10th c. A.D.
Harran as a Co-existence Centre of various cultural bodies in the 7th-10th c. A.D. Paper by Sinasi Gündüz (Istanbul University) Given at the…
Christian Mission in Yemen in the 6th century A.D.: Truth and Legend
Christian Mission in Yemen in the 6th century A.D.: Truth and Legend Paper by Albrecht Berger (University of Munich) Given at the International Symposium on…
The Eastern Luxury Nexus in Middle-Byzantine Literature: A Reality Check
The Eastern Luxury Nexus in Middle-Byzantine Literature: A Reality Check Paper by Nike-Ekaterini Koutrakou (Institute for Oriental and African Studies/Greece) Given at the…
Medieval Muslim Perceptions of Constantinople
Shows how the Islamic views on the Byzantine city of Constantinople as shown in various chronicles, religious traditions, geographical texts and literary tales.
The World of Khubilai Khan: A Revolution in Painting
The World of Khubilai Khan: A Revolution in Painting Lecture by Maxwell K. Hearn Given at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on October…
The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty – A Retrospective
The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty – A Retrospective Lecture by James C. Y. Watt On October 8,…
Retooling the Instruments of Christ’s Passion: Late Medieval Labor, Burial, and Prayer
Retooling the Instruments of Christ’s Passion: Late Medieval Labor, Burial, and Prayer Lecture by Ann Astell Given at Villanova University on October 21,…
How Effective Was the Longbow, and What Damage Did it Do?
A debate between Kelly DeVries and Clifford Rogers about the medieval weapon known as the longbow.
Interview with Anthony Adams
A video interview with Anthony Adams, Assistant Professor of English at Brown University. We talk about Adams the book Professor Adams is currently…
Anthea Boylston – The Towton Mass Grave Project
Anthea Boylston of the University of Bradford discusses the Towton Mass Grave Project – in 1996 a mass burial pit was discovered at the site of the Battle of Towton, a major battle fought in 1461 during England’s War of the Roses.
Phylogenetics of medieval manuscripts
Phylogenetics of medieval manuscripts Lecture by Christopher Howe Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge Given on December 17, 2007 Length: 35 minutes There…
What is Medieval Military History and Why Does it Matter?
What is Medieval Military History and Why Does it Matter? is a lecture delivered by Professor John France of the University of Wales-Swansea during…
Worlds Upon Worlds: An Illustrated Talk by Toby Lester
Worlds Upon Worlds: An Illustrated Talk By Toby Lester Google Tech Talk given on August 23, 2010 Toby Lester — a longtime editor…
Hidden Treasure: The Intellectual Life of Medieval Ashkenazi Jews
Lecture: Hidden Treasure: The Intellectual Life of Medieval Ashkenazi Jews By Ephraim Kanarfogel, Yeshiva University Given at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on…
Natalie Zemon Davis: Why Gender and Women’s Studies Matter
Carla Hesse, Dean of Social Sciences at the University of California – Berkeley in conversation with renowned historian Natalie Zemon Davis of the…
Thomas Hahn on Medieval Studies
From the program UO Today from the University of Oregon: Thomas Hahn, Professor of English at the University of Rochester, discusses the relevance of…
History: Great Battles Medieval – Interview with Iain McNeil
Interview Iain McNeil, Development Director of Slitherine, about the video game History: Great Battles Medieval What was the motivation for Slitherine to make…
Medieval Gdansk
Gdansk was first mentioned in historical sources in the year 997 and has had a long history of being fought over between Polish…
Mystery of the Black Death
From the BBC Programme Timewatch First aired in 2004 For years, it has been believed that the Black Death, which swept through Europe…
Thames Discovery Programme
The Thames Discovery Programme is a community archaeology project, focusing on the archaeology of the River Thames at London England. The Thames Discovery…