Thomas Otte is Professor of Diplomatic History at the University of East Anglia. He teaches the history of modern war and conflict, military intervention and diplomacy, and British and European history, c. 1650-2000. Thomas is the author or editor of some twenty-one books, among them July Crisis: How the World Descended into War, Summer 1914 (CUP, 2014), and, most recently, Statesman of Europe: A Life of Sir Edward Grey (Allen Lane, 2020). He has been an adviser to the Foreign Office and is elected Councillor of the Royal Historical Society.
Dec 10, 2023
1 hr 23 min
Welcome to the third in the History Reclaimed series of webinars turned podcast on the British campaigns against slavery and the slave trade.
Dec 4, 2023
1 hr 10 min
S02E02 – The Royal Navy’s Campaign Against the Slave Trade – Professor Andrew Lambert & Robert Tombs
History Reclaimed was delighted to welcome Professor Andrew Lambert who is the Laughton professor of Naval History at King’s College London and the director of the Laughton Naval unit. He delivered a fascinating lecture on the Royal Navy’s struggles against the slave trade.
Nov 27, 2023
1 hr 12 min
This is the first-ever History Reclaimed webinar, chaired by Professor Robert Tombs. We’re very pleased to have Professor Doug Stokes, who is a Professor at the Strategy and Security Institute at the University of Exeter and the author of an excellent book called Against Decolonisation: The Campus Culture Wars and the Decline of the West.
Nov 20, 2023
58 min
In this podcast journalist Boni Sones interviews Professor Ashoka Mody
Oct 29, 2022
45 min
In a new podcast for History Reclaimed, Jeff Fynn-Paul a Senior Lecturer in Economic History and International Studies at Leiden University, The Netherlands tells us why he wants historical contributions to be valued on the “quality of the science” not on who's saying it. He calls this a new form of Donatism:
Oct 19, 2022
15 min
Tiffany Jenkins is a writer, author and broadcaster. Her next book Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life.
Aug 12, 2022
19 min
In a new podcast for the History Reclaimed Book Award we talk to shortlisted author Andrew Roberts about his acclaimed book: George III: the Life and Reign of Britain’s Most Misunderstood Monarch.
Apr 10, 2022
18 min
In a new podcast for the History Reclaimed Book Prize Jane Ridley, Professor of History at Buckingham University, talks about her new book George V: Never a Dull Moment, published by Chatto & Windus. It is one of eight on the shortlist for the Prize.
Apr 6, 2022
24 min