Twenty-first Century Threats: Malaria In 1955, the World Health Organization announced an ambitious plan...
Twenty-first Century Threats: Tuberculosis This lecture is a part of the series Twenty-First Century...
To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
Culture and Resistance: Indigenous Responses to a Globalised World This lecture looks at the place occupied by indigenous cultures...
John F. Kennedy, President, 1961-1963 Kennedy's brief Presidency, terminated by assassination, still has glamour attached...
Dwight Eisenhower, President, 1953-1961 Eisenhower was elected on a programme of repudiating both Franklin...
Why is Africa still the poorest continent? Among 29 countries where human life expectancy is still 50...
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President 1933-1945 - Foreign Policy Elected in the midst of the Great Depression, Roosevelt transformed...