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Florence Nightingale’s contribution to this comprehensive report, compiled by a government-appointed Commission of Enquiry.Ursula Ackrill, Librarian (Special Collections) Recorded February…
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In 1917, at the height of the First World War, F.B. MacNutt edited a collection of 17 essays entitled The Church in the Furnace. These essays were written by Anglican army chaplains who reflected on…
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‘Woodbine Willie’ – the Anglican World War I padre who gave cigarettes to the troops and wrote poetry - is well known. But the man himself, G.A. Studdert-Kennedy is not nearly so…
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Dr Stuart Bell argues that the early twentieth-century Anglican writer, G.A. Studdert-Kennedy (better known as ‘Woodbine Willie’), is the first modern British theologian in that he…
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Famous to the British soldiers of the Great War as ‘Woodbine Willie,’ the Revd G.A. Studdert Kennedy (1883-1929) is also a great forgotten theologian. In this video, Dr Stuart Bell…
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The First World War was the single most important event is shaping modern European society. In this video Dr Stuart Bell discusses how the experience of the war had a long lasting affect on Christian…
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The First World War was the single most important event is shaping modern European society. In this video Dr Stuart Bell discusses the experience of one man from Derbyshire in the Great War and how…
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The First World War was the single most important event is shaping modern European society. In this video Dr Stuart Bell discusses the myths that grew up about the Great War and religion.
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Promotional video for "Parchment, Paper and Pixels" iBook from Manuscripts and Special Collections.
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In discussion of ethics and morality one can often hear someone say that ‘the bible says … .’ But this video explores how what ‘the bible says’ is far from a simple…
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Charging Against Napoleon - Part 5: Napoleon
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Charging Against Napoleon - Part 4: Battlefield Tourism
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Charging Against Napoleon - Part 3: History of the Battle
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Charging Against Napoleon - Part 2: Wellington
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Charging Against Napoleon - Part 1: Peninsular Wars
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Charging Against Napoleon - Introduction
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Professor Judith Mossman (Dept of Classics, University of
Nottingham), and expert on Greek tragedy, introduces one of the most powerful
of the plays of Euripides: The Bacchae. This gives us…
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Dr Jon Hoover gives an introduction to Ibn Taymiyya. He was
a scholar who lived in Damascus 800 years ago, but is very influential among
many Islamic groups today.
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1915 is when it all began, a small department with a big heart. What a century it has been.
In this video we meet former students and academics and the current Head of Department. We hear about many…
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For
years, Britons commemorated the Battle of Waterloo in a myriad of ways.
However, after Wellington's death in 1852, official acts of public
commemoration declined as the legacy of Waterloo…
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Professor Charles Esdaile re-considers Wellington's command of the Allied forces and the tactics
which delivered his "immortal victory". This audio recording is of a lunchtime talk…
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Richard Gaunt, curator of the Weston Gallery exhibition 'Charging Against Napoleon',
reflects on the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, 200 years to the
day since it was fought. …
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Professor William Kay, one of the world’s leading Pentecostal theologians, discusses the origins of Pentecostalism at the end of the nineteenth century with Dr Frances Knight. He describes how…
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M13193 The War in Iraq with Andrew Mumford
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M13192 Rethinking the Cold War with Ben Holland
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Dr Frances Knight introduces William Temple (1881-1944), Archbishop of Canterbury (1942-44) who has been described as the spiritual father of the Welfare State. A quintessential member of the…
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In the Shadow of War features the work of a generation of artists who rose to prominence in post-war Britain. Visual Arts Officer, Neil Walker talks us through the theme of this exhibition and the…
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In the Shadow of War features the work of a generation of artists who rose to prominence in post-war Britain. Visual Arts Officer, Neil Walker talks us through Graham Sutherland’s…
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In the Shadow of War features the work of a generation of artists who rose to prominence in post-war Britain. Visual Arts Officer, Neil Walker talks us through the sculpture included in the show. …
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The First World War: A Test of Manhood or the Collapse of Humanity? Audio recording of a lunchtime talk that accompanied the Manuscripts and Special Collections exhibition 'All Quiet in the…
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"Why I changed my name and did my duty: one family's experience of World War One" Audio recording of a lunchtime talk that accompanied the Manuscripts and Special Collections…
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PhD student Sachi Tsukamoto, from The University of Nottingham, has organised a symposium on 'comfort women' -- the women and girls forced into sexual slavery for the Imperial Japanese Army…
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PhD Student Sachi Tsukamoto, from The University of Nottingham, explains why she decided to learn more about the plight of 'Comfort Women' -- the women and girls forced into sexual slavery…
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Cigarettes, Soldiers, Sailors and the British Home Front: the war and the tobacco industry. Recording of a lunchtime talk that accompanied the Manuscripts and Special Collections exhibition…
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A short film on the Windows on War project. Listen to project participants and how they built the online exhibition.
For more information visit:
http://windowsonwar.nottingham.ac.uk/
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Audio recording of a lunchtime talk, part of the events programme for the Manuscripts and Special Collections, Weston Gallery exhibition, 'Secret Intelligence and Hidden Evidence' at…
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On
March 10 241BC a huge naval battle took place off the coast of Sicily between
the Romans and their archenemies the Carthaginians. It put an end to the First
Punic War and set the Roman Republic on…
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