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1. Darwin and the Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs and the 'Deep Past' in the 19th-Century Imagination
Why was the young Darwin's fascination with geology so important for his later work? And why was prehistory so popular in early nineteenth-century Britain? A podcast with...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Fri 5 Jun 2009
2007, An oral history of gendered analyses in archaeology.
Four of most eminent scholars in archaeology, William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, Henrietta Moore, Professor Meg Conkey from University...
Collection: Personal-Histories Project
Institution: Department of Archaeology
Created: Mon 15 Nov 2010
2008, Personal Histories of the Theoretical Archaeology Group
An oral history of TAG through 31 years is presented by the two original founders of TAG, Professor Colin Renfrew, Cambridge, and Professor Andrew Fleming, University of Wales,...
Collection: Personal-Histories Project
Institution: Department of Archaeology
Created: Mon 15 Nov 2010
30 Why are we here?
Various theories about how history works - whether there are laws, or we are governed by chance; revolution and evolution of human history.
Collection: How the World Works: Letters to Lily
Institution: King's College
Created: Thu 10 Jan 2013
A History of Cosmologies and their Religious Contexts
Research Seminar given by Dr Simon Mitton
Collection: Faraday Institute Lectures
Institution: Faraday Institute
Created: Fri 29 Jun 2012
Akanksha Mehta: Visual Narratives of `Fierce`Goddesses and `Brave` Women
Akanksha Mehta (SOAS): Visual Narratives of `Fierce`Goddesses and `Brave` Women
Collection: Exploring modern South Asian history with visual research methods
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Tue 21 May 2013
Alan Macfarlane and Mark Turin discuss changing film technologies
Filmed in Cambridge in 2010 by Xu Bei, Alan Macfarlane and Mark Turin discuss the changing film technologies they have used in their projects.
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 21 Aug 2012
Alan's Room in the Cavendish
Filmed by Xu Bei
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 7 Aug 2012
Ancestor Halls of Cambridge
A film made in summer 2010 of Alan Macfarlane, filmed by Xu Bei, talking about well-known figures in Cambridge.
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 7 Aug 2012
Ancestor Objects
Alan Macfarlane describes some of the objects which he donated to the Department of Social Anthropology in 2010, including objects belonging to Edmund Leach, Meyer Fortes, Marilyn...
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 7 Aug 2012
Andrew Morgan
An Interview of the teacher Andrew Morgan. An interview by Alan Macfarlane on 14th May 2000, edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 11 Apr 2011
Animal Behaviour and Human Morality in Historical Perspective
Research Seminar given by Prof. Nicolaas Rupke
Collection: Faraday Institute Lectures
Institution: Faraday Institute
Created: Tue 28 Feb 2012
Anne Salmond
Interview of Anne Salmond on her life and work on the history and anthropology of the Pacific and in particular the Maoris. Interview of Anne Salmond, interviewed and filmed by...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 13 Apr 2011
Annotating a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I on the interactive whiteboard
This clip depicts classroom dialogue in a secondary school history lesson where students in turn annotated a portrait of the young Queen Elizabeth projected onto the interactive...
Collection: Supporting classroom dialogue using interactive whiteboard technology: professional development resources
Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Wed 12 Jan 2011
Anthony Gormley's Buried Man in Cambridge
Alan Macfarlane describes the buried man which was made by Anthony Gormley and buried in the Downing Site at Cambridge. Filmed in 2009 by Xu Bei.
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012
Anthropology, history and memory
An informal lecture by Professor Alan Macfarlane given at Peking University in October 2012 to a seminar of anthropologists, convened by Professor Wang Mingming.
Collection: Lectures and other materials
Institution: King's College
Created: Wed 21 Nov 2012
Arab identity in the Making: The 'Unique Necklace' in Umayyad Andalusia
Wright Lecture given on 14th February, 2013 by Dr Isabel Toral-Niehoff, Marie Curie Senior Research Fellow, Aga Khan University in London, Institute for the Study of Muslim...
Collection: Wright Lectures
Institution: Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Created: Mon 18 Feb 2013
A short history of punting in Cambridge
Filmed on the Backs in Cambridge, Alan Macfarlane explains a little of the background to the quite recent invention of the tradition of punting along the Backs. Filmed by Xu Bei...
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012
Babbage, Turing and Wilkes: history of computing in Cambridge
A brief talk by Alan Macfarlane about the early days of computing in Cambridge, including the famous images of the coffee pot and the intranet.
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 7 Aug 2012
Barry Supple
An interview of the economic historian and former Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Professor Barry Supple, talking about his life and work. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 13 Apr 2011
