Podcasts
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wolfson History Prize in 2022, we partnered with BBC History Magazine to hear from leading historians about how history writing has changed over time, and how it can help us understand the contemporary world.
A series of four conversations, two of which were live panel discussions, explore themes covered by books recognised by the Wolfson History Prize over the past 50 years. All four conversations are available on the History Extra podcast.
History and religion
The first episode explores how history helps us understand religion and the role religion has played in society over time. The speakers are Carole Hillenbrand (Wolfson History Prize judge), Peter Marshall (winner, 2018) and Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad (Distinguished Professor of Comparative Religion and Philosophy at the University of Lancaster). The conversation is chaired by Diarmaid MacCulloch (winner, 2004 and Wolfson History Prize judge).
History and the Holocaust
Rebecca Clifford (shortlisted author, 2021), Richard Evans (winner, 1989 and Wolfson History Prize judge) and Mary Fulbrook (winner, 2019) discuss how our understanding of the Holocaust has changed over the decades.
History, empires and global histories
Recorded live at the V&A South Kensington, David Cannadine (Chair of judges), Toby Green (shortlisted author, 2020), Sudhir Hazareesingh (winner, 2021) and Olivette Otele (Distinguished Professor of the Legacies and Memory of Slavery at SOAS, University of London) consider how attitudes to empires and global histories – across different time periods and regions – have informed how these histories have been written, and how this is changing today.
History and science
Alice Roberts, biological anthropologist, author and broadcaster, chairs a conversation at the Royal Society exploring the connections between history and science. She is joined by Sanjoy Bhattacharya (Head of the School of History and Professor of Medical and Global Health Histories at the University of Leeds), Lindsey Fitzharris (shortlisted author, 2018) and Sasha Handley (shortlisted author, 2017).
