Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Blog CLXXXII (182): "I Want My History TV!"

There is a new trend in the history business.  A number of history departments are creating promotional videos for their programs.  The purposes of these videos seem to vary a bit.  I suspect most of them are used at things like freshmen orientation sessions or college nights at high schools where universities recruit students.  Some do seem to be trying to attract undergraduates, but others seem to be selling their graduate programs.  There are 60 departments represented below from universities in Canada, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, and the United States.  Some of these videos are hanging on departmental websites, but most are embedded on Youtube.com or vimeo.com.

Regardless of their location, what they tell us is the public perception that the department would like to project to the outside world.

(Technical note: All of the embedded videos allow the viewer to expand to full screen.  The ones from USC and Princeton are hanging off the server for Blogger and the viewer is limited to a small version.  "In the Service of Clio" has added direct links to the websites where the original versions of these videos can be found and if the viewer wants to, they can expand to full screen.)

Department of History
University of Alabama at Birmingham


Department of History
Baylor University


Department of History
Brown University


Faculty of History
University of Cambridge


Department of History
Central Michigan University

 
Department of History
College of Charleston


Department of History
The Citadel

 
Department of History
Clemson University


Department of History
Colorado College



Department of History
Concordia College



Department of History
Durham University


Department of History
University of Delaware


 Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
Erasmus University Rotterdam


 
Department of History
Georgia Southern University


Department of History
Harvard University


Department of History
Illinois Wesleyan University



Department of History
University of Kelaniya


School of History
University of Kent


Department of History
University of Kentucky


 
Department of History
University of Limerick


Department of Politics, History, and International Relations
Loughborough University


Department of History
University of Manchester


Department of History
Marquette University


Department of History
University of Memphis


Department of History
Messiah College


 Department of History
Millsaps College

 
Department of History
Misericordia University



Department of History (1 of 2)
Mississippi State University



Department of History (2 of 2)
Mississippi State University



Department of History
University of Nevada, Reno


Department of History
University of New Brunswick


Department of History
North Carolina State University


Department of History
University of North Carolina at Charlotte


Department of History
University of North Carolina at Greensboro


Department of History
University of North Carolina at Pembroke


Department of History
Northern Michigan University


  Department of History
Ohio University


Department of History
The Ohio State University


Department of History and Political Science
Oklahoma Christian University



Department of History
Oklahoma State University



Department of History
University of Ottawa


Department of History
The Paris Institute of Political Studies



Department of History
Pennsylvania State University


Department of History

Department of History
Roanoke College



 Department of History (1 of 2)
University of Southern California

Department of History (2 of 2)


Department of History and Geography
Texas Christian University


Department of History
Trinity International University



Department of History
University College London


Department of Military History
U.S. Army Command & General Staff College


 Department of History
University of Utah


Department of History
Valdosta State University


Department of History
University of Victoria



Department of History
University of Waterloo


Department of History
Waynesburg University



Department of History
Wesleyan University


Department of History, Sociology and Criminology
University of Westminster


Department of History
Wheaton College


Department of History
Wilfrid Laurier University


Department of History
University of WisconsinMilwaukee

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