Podcasts and Lectures

Fashioning the National in the Eighteenth Century. Online lecture for Relational Forms conference.

Forthcoming Lectures

  • Why the Allies Won World War Two, Devon Cambridge Society, 5 March
  • The Grand Tour, Athenaeum Library, Talk, 9 March, Members and their Guests only.
  • Strategy in French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period, virtual conference, c/o Alexander Mikaberidze, 11 March
  • ‘The Importance of Being Poirot,’ FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival, 6.00 pm, 1 April. OLF website
  • Agatha Christie topic for Agatha Christie Festival, Torre Abbey, 16 September

Podcasts

‘Pride & Prejudice (2005) vs. Bridget Jones’s Diary.’ Podcast for Reels of Justice website.The “Scramble for Africa.” Was the “Scramble for Africa” in the late nineteenth century strategically planned? Podcast for The Critic.

The Boer War: why the British found the Boers so difficult to defeat. Podcast for The Critic

The Ladykillers (1955) vs. The Ladykillers (2004). Podcast for Reels of Justice website.

A Short History of War (Yale University Press, 2021). Podcast for the New Books Network

The Critic podcasts – most recent first

The Eastern Question and the origins of The Great Game. How was the balance of power maintained in the eighteenth century? Podcast for The Critic

General History Podcasts

  1. The Crimean War https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-crimean-war
  2. The Napoleonic Wars https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-napoleonic-wars
  3. Was there a military revolution in early modern Europe? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/was-there-a-military-revolution-in-early-modern-europe
  4. Medieval Warfare https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/medieval-warfare
  5. Siege Warfare https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/siege-warfare
  6. Warfare in the classical world https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/warfare-in-the-classical-world
  7. Japan v China – the history of a rivalry https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/japan-v-china-the-history-of-a-rivalry
  8. Does AUKUS change Australia’s role in the Pacific https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/does-aukus-change-australias-role-in-the-pacific
  9. A short history of war https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/a-short-history-of-war

British Armed Forces

  1. The Long View of Britain’s Armed Forces https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-long-view-of-britains-armed-forces
  2. Where does American Strategy go from here https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/where-does-american-strategy-go-from-here
  3. Britain’s Military Performance in Iraq and Afghanistan https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/britains-military-performance-in-iraq-and-afghanistan
  4. Fighting for the new world order https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/fighting-for-the-new-world-order
  5. Were British forces a match for the Warsaw Pact? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-falklands-war
  6. The Falklands War https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-falklands-war
  7. How the British Army fought the IRA https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/how-the-british-army-fought-the-ira
  8. Confronting or managing decolonisation? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/confronting-or-managing-decolonisation
  9. From fighting fascists to confronting communists https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/from-fighting-fascists-to-confronting-communists
  10. Allies at war https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/allies-at-war
  11. British forces on the offensive 1943-45 https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/british-forces-on-the-offensive-1943-45
  12. The British Military in the Second World War https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/the-british-military-in-the-second-world-war-slow-or-quick-l
  13. Britain’s armed forces during the rise of Hitler https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/britains-armed-forces-during-the-rise-of-hitler
  14. A contemptible little Army? https://shows.acast.com/the-critic-magazine-and-jeremy-black-podcast/episodes/a-contemptible-little-army

General History Podcasts

France Podcasts

General History Podcasts

Hail to the Chief Podcasts

General History Podcasts

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