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18th century

How Epidemics End
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Carolyn Eastman on Yellow Fever in New York

Dr Carolyn Eastman (VCU) and Dr Erica Charters discuss how epidemics of yellow fever ended in 1790s New York, and the multiple ends of an epidemic for different parts of a society.
Musical Abstracts

Research behind... Understanding Misunderstanding

A podcast about a song about the parallels of fake news today and satire in the 18th Century based on research by Prof Abigail Williams at the University of Oxford
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Naming Names: Underwriting Patronage in Tonson's Caesar (1712)

Professor Michael Suarez, in the Lyell Lectures 2015, locates the visual sources of a famous illustrated edition of Caesar's works and comments on the social and political significance of the subscription plate book.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Singular Multiples: Comprehending the General Evening Post (1754-86)

Professor Michael Suarez continues the Lyell Lectures 2015, showing that archival evidence is necessary to understand the history of newspapers
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Proliferating Images: Diagrams of the Slave Ship Brookes (1789)

Professor Michael Suarez traces the transatlantic journey of a famous image deployed against the slave trade.
Voltaire Foundation

‘True Enlightenment can be both achieved and beneficial.’ The German Enlightenment and its Interpretation

Professor Joachim Whaley, Professor of German History and Thought, Cambridge, gives the 2014 Besterman Lecture, hosted by The Besterman Centre for the Enlightenment and the TORCH Enlightenment Programme.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Self-publishing in 18th-century Paris and London

Marie-Claude Felton, Royal Bank of Canada-Bodleian Visiting Scholar, gives a talk for the Bodleian Library BODcasts series
Judgement and Justice: The Life and Diary of William Godwin

Godwin and his historical context

A discussion of the historical period in which William Godwin was writing and the social and political pressures that he was working under at the time.
Judgement and Justice: The Life and Diary of William Godwin

Godwin and his friends

A discussion about the social aspects of the life of the writer William Godwin- how he interacted with his friends and how he was seen by his peers.
Judgement and Justice: The Life and Diary of William Godwin

Introduction to William Godwin

The first part in this series gives a biography of the writer William Godwin, exploring his background and the key points from his life.

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