Patrick N. Allitt Audio & Video

This 84-lecture series features three top professors sharing insights into this nation’s past, from European settlement and Revolutionary War through Civil War, 19th-century industrialization, world wars, and today.

Teaching is more than a job. It's a responsibility—one of the greatest responsibilities in civilized society. Teachers lay bare the mysteries of the world to us. They train our minds to explore, to question, to investigate, to discover.

Whether you are searching for the past or want to better understand the world as it is today, travel - even virtually, from the comfort of home - offers a unique opportunity to see the world in new ways.

How did Prince Albert, an obscure German prince, leave an indelible mark on the British monarchy?

What defines an American? Is it the love of liberty, the pursuit of justice, the urge to invent, the desire for wealth, the drive to explore, the quest for spiritual values?

From electric lights to automobiles to the appliances that make our lives easier at work and at home, we owe so much of our world to the Industrial Revolution.

This course explores the particularly rich history of religion in the U.S.

History is filled with surprises, not the least of which, was the very idea of America.

Preserving the traditions and values of the past and applying them to the future—this is the core of the Conservative attitude.

Our understanding of the American West has moved far beyond pop culture in recent years.