Great Britain and the ‘Scramble for Africa’ The scramble for Africa in the 1880s saw the unclaimed...
The Dutch East Indies Company - The Second 100 Years This second lecture will focus on the VOC's second hundred...
The Dutch East Indies Company - The First 100 Years A series of two lectures. Dr Thomas Crump moved to...
Great Britain and the other imperial powers: Conflict over China During the nineteenth century, Great Britain fought two wars, the...
Imperial Rivalry with the Russian Empire During the nineteenth century, Great Britain and Russia engaged in...
The face of Charles Dickens - portraits of the great author Charles Dickens was drawn, painted and photographed more than most...
In the beginning: the Roman, the Viking and the Norman Conquests As an island people, the inhabitants of Britain were repeatedly...