Videos

Historians put the presidential debates in perspective in this online forum hosted by the American Historical Association. Participants include Yale University’s Joanne Freeman, Purdue Unive…

Purdue University Professor Kathryn Brownell taught a class about political advertising in the 1950s, highlighting Dwight Eisenhower’s presidential campaigns. She compared radio and early te…

Historians discussed the effect of media and technology on 20th century politics. Topics included the government’s impact on Silicon Valley, artificial intelligence and cable television. Th…

This was a discussion about congressional oversight of presidential misconduct. University of Texas at Austin Professor Jeremi Suri and Purdue University Professor Kathryn Brownell talked ab…