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2026-03-1445 min
The Week in ArtNational Gallery’s deficit bombshell, Simon Schama on birds and art, Vilhelm HammershøiAfter opening a major building project in May last year and announcing the details of another in September, which is due to open in the early 2030s, the National Gallery in London has revealed, quite unexpectedly, that it has to make serious cuts, including to its staff, in the face of a deficit that could rise to £8.2m in the coming year. Martin Bailey, The Art Newspaper’s special correspondent in London, tells us more. In The Hague in the Netherlands, the Mauritshuis has just opened a new exhibition called BIRDS – Curated by The Goldfinch & Simon Schama. Since The Goldf...
2026-02-201h 02
PodQueueSimon Schama on Rembrandt's Eyes - The John Adams InstituteOn April 13, 2018, renowned English art historian spoke at the John Adams Institute about his book, Rembrandt’s Eyes. In this book, Schama explores Rembrant’s obsession with and admiration of the Flemish painter, Peter Paul Rubens. It was only after the death of the legendary Rubens that Rembrant discovered his own style, enabling him to breathe new life into historical painting, portraits, nudes, and the art of etching. Rembrandt’s Eyes shows us why Rembrandt is such a thrilling painter and so revolutionary in his art. Schama’s understanding of Rembrant’s mind and lifestyle allows him to recreate Rembrant’s world on t...
2025-08-141h 37
Sotheby's TalksPortraiture, with Simon Schama and Eleanor Nairne
Human beings have been making visual depictions of human life for tens of thousands of years. Fascination with our own likeness is one of the great constants of human history – and the portrait has long been the focus of that fascination. What can portraits tell us about the world? And what can they tell us about ourselves? In today’s episode – originally recorded live in Sotheby’s in the week that the National Portrait Gallery reopened in London – Helena Newman, Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe, sat down with Barbican Art Gallery curator Eleanor Nairne, and the award-winning art historian Simon Schama...
2025-07-2335 min
The SpecialistPortraiture, with Simon Schama and Eleanor NairneHuman beings have been making visual depictions of human life for tens of thousands of years. Fascination with our own likeness is one of the great constants of human history – and the portrait has long been the focus of that fascination. What can portraits tell us about the world? And what can they tell us about ourselves? In today’s episode – originally recorded live in Sotheby’s in the week that the National Portrait Gallery reopened in London – Helena Newman, Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe, sat down with Barbican Art Gallery curator Eleanor Nairne, and the award-winning art historian Simon Schama...
2025-06-1835 min
Big IdeasSir Simon Schama — On antisemitismAcclaimed British historian Sir Simon Schama reflects on the history of antisemitism, the Holocaust and contemporary culture. He says that for millennia Jewish people have been "the other of convenience. We are the dark mirror in which the wish fulfilment of other societies takes it out on people who are said to represent its opposite."Presented at the Adelaide Writers Festival in partnership with the University of Sydney.SpeakerSir Simon SchamaBritish historian and television presenterProfessor of Art History and History, Columbia University
2025-04-2449 min
Roger Bolton's Beeb WatchNick Kent on his BBC Two documentary "Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz" and public service broadcastingNick Kent is the chief executive and creative director of Oxford Films, which made this week’s BBC Two documentary "Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz". We discuss the challenges making an impactful 60 minute documentary which explores the Holocaust's broader historical context, the role of language and visual imagery, ethical considerations in portraying the Holocaust and the importance of public service broadcasting.“We're living in a time when the BBC is in jeopardy, and what's at stake now is higher, I think, than it's ever been, in terms of what the BBC can provide.”List...
2025-04-1132 min
HistoryExtra podcastSimon Schama on the HolocaustSir Simon Schama is one of the world's leading historians, a bestselling author and a renowned documentary maker. In his latest documentary film, The Road to Auschwitz, he tells the story of the Holocaust, arguing that it was a crime of complicity across Europe. In this episode, Simon explains to David Musgrove what it was like to visit the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau for the first time, and how deep-rooted prejudice was weaponised to turn people against their Jewish neighbours before the Nazis put their genocidal plans in place. The HistoryExtra podcast is...
2025-04-0744 min
Radio Times PodcastSmart TV: Black Mirror and New Simon Schama DocCaroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week.You can get in touch with our hosts via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES:TV:Black Mirror, NetflixSimon Schama: The Holocaust, BBC2Your Friends and Neighbours, AppleTV+ OUR READERS SAY...More Beyond Zero Talk...
2025-04-0418 min
Sydney IdeasAn evening with Sir Simon SchamaHear Simon Schama, acclaimed historian, writer and Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University, in-conversation with Professor Avril Alba.
This podcast is a recording of a live public event held on 5 March 2025. For more links and resources, including the transcript, visit Sydney Ideas website: https://bit.ly/4bBKrb7
2025-03-1047 min
Oh What A Time...#77 Citizens by Simon Schama (Part 2)This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday!We’ve got a different episode format for you this week; a book review of the 1989 classic chronicle of the French Revolution: Citizens by Simon Schama. We’ll be focussing on; the storming of the Bastille, the flight to Varennes of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and the fearsome guillotine. Elsewhere this week we’re trying to figure out why piano teachers are, by and large, quite mean folk. If you’ve got something to contribute, why not ping us over an email to...
2024-11-1930 minOh What A Time...#77 Citizens by Simon Schama (Part 1)We’ve got a different episode format for you this week; a book review of the 1989 classic chronicle of the French Revolution: Citizens by Simon Schama. We’ll be focussing on; the storming of the Bastille, the flight to Varennes of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and the fearsome guillotine. Elsewhere this week we’re trying to figure out why piano teachers are, by and large, quite mean folk. If you’ve got something to contribute, why not ping us over an email to: hello@ohwhatatime.comIf you fancy a bunch of OWAT content y...
2024-11-1836 min
Stream Complete Audiobook Collection on Any DeviceThe Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age -- Simon SchamaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/803885 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
Author: Simon Schama
Narrator: Mike Cooper
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 20 hours 46 minutes
Release date: November 12, 2024
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary: Simon Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama recreates in...
2024-11-128h 46
Human Voices Wake UsBruce Springsteen / Simon Schama / The Iliad (from the archive)An episode from 7/28/23: Tonight's episode looks in on history, creativity, and mourning from three different angles:
In the first part, we hear scattered remarks from Bruce Springsteen over the years, about his low-fi and haunting 1982 album, Nebraska. It is remarkable how the album was made by Springsteen, alone in his bedroom, with a cheap recorder. For someone who bridges and so seamlessly combines music of the fifties, sixties and seventies, Nebraska sounds nearly timeless.
In the second part, I read a small section from Simon Schama's 1995 book, Landscape and Memory. Here, he talks about not just his o...
2024-11-1144 min
Apocalypse Now?9: Historian Simon Schama: Trump 'gets off on tariff porn'After perhaps the most extraordinary election result in US history, David Patrikarakos speaks to famed historian Sir Simon Schama to unpack what on earth happens next. The pair also discuss how a second Trump term will push America toward authoritarianism and why Ukraine may be the biggest casualty of the result. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-11-0736 min
Life and Art from FT WeekendHistorian Simon Schama wants to make truth sexy againHistorian Sir Simon Schama is one of the most influential public intellectuals of our time. So when he replied to our invitation to come on the show ahead of the US presidential election by saying he wanted to talk about “the unprecedented collapse of truth”, we immediately said yes. It’s been a disorienting presidential campaign. For many Americans, it’s hard to understand how statements which are so clearly untrue – such as the government controls the weather, and sent hurricanes to Republican-leaning states – are working on voters. On today’s show, Simon tells us why the current state of misinformat...
2024-10-2827 min
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsThe History Man - with Sir Simon SchamaAs the war rages on despite the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the world watches with mounting concern for Northern Gaza - and waits for Israel's response to Iran's missile attack earlier this month. Plus: ahead of the Hebrew anniversary of October 7, 2023, we turn to a man uniquely able to put the events of the last year in their historical context - Sir Simon Schama. You can watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LLHv3pKSxE0 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unholypodcast/X: https://x.com/2jewsonthenews ...
2024-10-231h 01
Intelligence Squared: Arts & CulturePortraiture, with Simon Schama and Eleanor NairneHuman beings have been making visual depictions of human life for tens of thousands of years. Fascination with our own likeness is one of the great constants of human history – and the portrait has long been the focus of that fascination. What can portraits tell us about the world? And what can they tell us about ourselves? In today’s episode – originally recorded live in Sotheby’s in the week that the National Portrait Gallery reopened in London – Helena Newman, Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe, sat down with Barbican Art Gallery curator Eleanor Nairne, and the award-winning art historian Simon Schama...
2024-01-1435 min
Intelligence Squared: BusinessPortraiture, with Simon Schama and Eleanor NairneHuman beings have been making visual depictions of human life for tens of thousands of years. Fascination with our own likeness is one of the great constants of human history – and the portrait has long been the focus of that fascination. What can portraits tell us about the world? And what can they tell us about ourselves? In today’s episode – originally recorded live in Sotheby’s in the week that the National Portrait Gallery reopened in London – Helena Newman, Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe, sat down with Barbican Art Gallery curator Eleanor Nairne, and the award-winning art historian Simon Schama...
2024-01-1437 min
Enjoy This Captivating Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.Citizens by Simon SchamaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/27393to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Citizens
Author: Simon Schama
Narrator: Frederick Davidson
Format: mp3
Length: 36 hrs and 48 mins
Release date: 01-06-24
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 6 ratings
Genres: Europe
Publisher's Summary:
From one of the truly preeminent historians of our time, this is a landmark book chronicling the French Revolution. Simon Schama deftly refutes the contemporary notion that the French Revolution represented an uprising of the oppressed poor against a decadent aristocracy and corrupt court. He argues instead that the revolution was born of a rift among the elite over the speed of progress...
2024-01-0612h 48
FT News BriefingCulture chat: ‘Napoleon’ with historian Simon SchamaHistorian Sir Simon Schama and FT deputy arts editor and film expert Raph Abraham join Lilah to discuss the historical epic ‘Napoleon’. Ridley Scott’s new two-and-a-half-hour-long film stars Joaquin Phoenix, and documents a lot: Napoleon’s rise and fall, some of his most famous battles, and his relationship with his wife, Josephine. But how well does it represent his character? We discuss what the film got right and wrong (historically and dramatically), why Napoleon continues to loom so large in culture, and whether historical epics still satisfy us.-------We are still collecting your cultural...
2023-12-2726 minLife and Art from FT WeekendCulture chat: ‘Napoleon’ with Simon SchamaHistorian Sir Simon Schama and FT deputy arts editor and film expert Raph Abraham join Lilah to discuss the historical epic ‘Napoleon’. Ridley Scott’s new two-and-a-half-hour-long film stars Joaquin Phoenix, and documents a lot: Napoleon’s rise and fall, some of his most famous battles, and his relationship with his wife, Josephine. But how well does it represent his character? We discuss what the film got right and wrong (historically and dramatically), why Napoleon continues to loom so large in culture, and whether historical epics still satisfy us.-------We are still collecting your cultural...
2023-12-0925 min
Intelligence SquaredSimon Schama on Pandemics and the Health of Nations, Part TwoThis is the second instalment a two-part discussion. Bestselling author, historian and broadcaster Simon Schama discusses Foreign Bodies, his new epic history of vulnerable humanity caught between the terror of contagion and the ingenuity of science. Produced in partnership with the British Library, the talk looks at how the narrative of cities and countries engulfed by panic and death, desperate for vaccines but fearful of what inoculation may bring, is one we have seen before in the past as well as during the Covid-19 pandemic. Joining Schama in conversation is our host, Kavita Puri, the award-winning journalist, broadcaster and...
2023-10-2350 minIntelligence SquaredSimon Schama on Pandemics and the Health of Nations, Part OneFor this first episode of a two-part discussion, bestselling author, historian and broadcaster Simon Schama discusses Foreign Bodies, his new epic history of vulnerable humanity caught between the terror of contagion and the ingenuity of science. Produced in partnership with the British Library, the talk looks at how the narrative of cities and countries engulfed by panic and death, desperate for vaccines but fearful of what inoculation may bring, is one we have seen before in the past as well as during the Covid-19 pandemic. Joining Schama in conversation is our host, Kavita Puri, the award-winning journalist, broadcaster and...
2023-10-2244 min
NPR's Book of the Day'Foreign Bodies' traces the history of pandemics and vaccine hesitancyHistorian Simon Schama's new book, Foreign Bodies:Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations, recounts the pain and panic caused by smallpox, cholera and the Bubonic plague over the past two centuries. But he also examines how vaccines were developed for each disease – and how understanding science and our bodies brings humans closer together. In today's episode, Schama speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about how the history of mass disease and immunization is still relevant to today's global health, especially when it comes to political messaging around COVID-19.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-09-2510 min
Free Library PodcastSimon Schama | Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of NationsPine Tree Foundation Endowed Lecture
In conversation with Maiken Scott
''A historian of prodigious and varied gifts'' (San Francisco Chronicle), Simon Schama is the author of 20 books, including The Embarrassment of Riches; Scribble, Scribble, Scribble; and the National Book Critics Circle Award winner Rough Crossings, an account of the enslaved people who escaped to fight for the British during the American Revolutionary War. A professor of art history and history at Columbia University, he has written and presented more than 40 documentaries for the BBC, PBS, and The History Channel, including the seminal 15-part series A History of Britain, the Emmy-winning...
2023-09-2254 min
Washington Post LiveSimon Schama on lessons learned from pandemics through historySenior writer Frances Stead Sellers speaks with historian Simon Schama, who has chronicled subjects, including the French Revolution, Rembrandt and America’s place in the world about his latest book, “Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations,” which details lessons from the coronavirus outbreak and pandemics in earlier centuries.
Conversation recorded on Tuesday, September 19, 2023.
2023-09-1929 min
Get Hooked On This Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook — Perfect This Weekend.Foreign Bodies by Simon SchamaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/46863to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Foreign Bodies
Author: Simon Schama
Narrator: Simon Schama
Format: mp3
Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
Release date: 09-19-23
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 22 ratings
Genres: Sociology
Publisher's Summary:
Cities and countries engulfed by panic and death, desperate for vaccines but fearful of what inoculation may bring. This is what the world has just gone through with Covid-19. But as Simon Schama shows in his epic history of vulnerable humanity caught between the terror of contagion and the ingenuity of science, it has happened before.
2023-09-194h 15
Ruthie's Table 4Simon SchamaAuthor of books on Art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, French history, and now Foreign Bodies explores medical history - Simon Schama is one of the broadest and most influential historians of our time. His television series - ‘Civilisation’ ‘ The Story of the Jews’ and ‘The Power of Art’ have reached millions of viewers. The world knows this about Simon Schama, but I know something else - Simon is passionate about food, obsessed with the quality of ingredients, an excellent cook who thinks nothing better than preparing a meal for his family. What a man. Please rat...
2023-07-2537 min
Get Lost in a World of Words, Without Ever Opening a Free Audiobook Thanks, AudiobookCiudadanos: Una crónica de la Revolución francesa - Simon SchamaEscuche este audio libro completo gratis enhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeTítulo: Ciudadanos: Una crónica de la Revolución francesaAutor: Simon SchamaNarrador: Germán GijónFormato: UnabridgedDuración: 37:57:26Idioma: EspañolFecha de publicación: 06-08-2023Editor: Penguin Random House Grupo EditorialCategorías: History, World, Europe, MilitaryResumen:¿Fue la libertad la causa o el producto de la Revolución francesa?
La mejor crónica sobre uno de los periodos estelares de la humanidad.
Ciudadanos no es la versión tril...
2023-06-081h 57HistoryExtra podcastSimon Schama on how inoculation changed the worldAs the recent past will attest, the discovery of vaccines can not only save lives, but also change the course of human history. Speaking with Matt Elton, Simon Schama explores the story of inoculation, charting the individuals and organisations who played a pivotal role in its use against deadly diseases including plague, smallpox and cholera.(Ad) Simon Schama is the author of Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations (Simon & Schuster, 2023). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2...
2023-05-2953 min
Grab Full Digital Audiobooks in High QualityForeign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations [Written by Simon Schama]Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/568510 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations
Author: Simon Schama
Narrator: Simon Schama
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 14 minutes
Release date: May 25, 2023
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary: ‘This splendid and often moving work of history… Schama has a gift for combining novelistically colourful detail, serious analysis and wryly amusing asides’ Daily Telegraph ‘Superb’ Observer ‘Extraordinary… A meticulous retelling of a terrible yet scientifically innovative period… Makes an urgent case for building a b...
2023-05-254h 14
A conversar é que a gente se entende#113 Germano Almeida - "As sociedades atuais, abertas, estão partidas."Neste 113º episódio, conversei com o jornalista, analista de dados e especialista em geopolítica, Germano Almeida. Neste episódio, começamos por falar sobre os balões que têm sobrevoado espaços aéreos de diversos países, em particular dos EUA, e as suas implicações para as relações com a China. De seguida, conversamos sobre a multipolaridade, com tendências bipolares, da geopolítica atual e sobre as diferenças entre as doutrinas de Trump e Biden. Falamos, também, sobre as eleições presidenciais que se aproximam nos EUA, sobre as nomeações democrata e republican...
2023-02-181h 10
20 Questions With20 Questions With Sir Simon SchamaSir Simon Schama is one of Britain's most famous historians. He is both a heavyweight academic and a teller of history who can communicate to millions on BBC television with his energetic and engaging style. Born into the rubble of the closing stages of the Second World War, Schama has himself lived through the struggle for freedom that gripped the second half of the 20th century. As battles that once seemed won now resurface, his new series, 'The History of Now', is a deeply personal account of the challenges that continue to face humanity. In this episode of 20 Questions...
2022-12-2343 min20 Questions With20 Questions With Sir Simon SchamaSir Simon Schama is one of Britain's most famous historians. He is both a heavyweight academic and a teller of history who can communicate to millions on BBC television with his energetic and engaging style. Born into the rubble of the closing stages of the Second World War, Schama has himself lived through the struggle for freedom that gripped the second half of the 20th century. As battles that once seemed won now resurface, his new series, 'The History of Now', is a deeply personal account of the challenges that continue to face humanity. In this episode of 20 Questions...
2022-12-2343 min
Start the WeekTaking a standThe Nobel peace prize-winner Maria Ressa is a journalist who has spent decades speaking truth to power in the country of her birth, the Philippines. She looks back at her life, and her ongoing battle against disinformation and political lies in How To Stand Up To A Dictator. She tells Kirsty Wark that although she is hounded by the state and faces threats of imprisonment, she is determined to continue fighting for the truth.Zsuzsanna Szelényi was once one of the leading politicians in Hungary’s ruling party, Fidesz, but now sits in opposition. In Tainted Dem...
2022-11-2142 min
Connect to Your Favorite Digital Audiobooks Instantly OnlineSimon Mawer - AncestryPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600348 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Ancestry
Author: Simon Mawer
Narrator: Jonathan Keeble
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 18 minutes
Release date: July 28, 2022
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary: A new novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Glass Room and The Girl Who Fell from the Sky. Ancestry contains stories that are gripping and heart-breaking, from the squalor and vitality of Dickensian London to the excitement of seafaring in the last days of sail and the horror of the trenches of the Crimea. 'Simon Mawer is a...
2022-07-2911h 18
Life and Art from FT WeekendTina Brown and Simon Schama on the royal familyThis weekend, we're marking the Queen's Platinum Jubilee with a spirited discussion on what’s next for the Windsors. Tina Brown, author The Palace Papers, speaks with historian Simon Schama and HTSI editor Jo Ellison about the state of the royal family. As Britain celebrates 70 years of Elizabeth II on the crown, what will the royal family look like over the next decade? We bring you this conversation from the recent US FT Weekend festival stage.--------------Want to say hi? We love hearing from you. Email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com. We’re on Twit...
2022-06-0425 min
2historyków1mikrofon96. Czy zła historia może zabijać? O powinności historyka w czasie chaosuNastępny ... 96 odcinek podcastu #2historykow1mikrofon pt. "Czy zła historia może zabijać? O powinności historyka w czasie chaosu" jest już dostępny online. Takiego stwierdzenia (pierwsza część) użył ostatnio jeden ze znanych brytyjskich historyków, Simon Schama. Działania prezydenta Rosji potwierdzają taką obserwację. Jak temu przeciwdziałać? Czy odpowiedzią jest zdemokratyzowana historia? Co to oznacza dla naszego fachu i dla nas samych? W trakcie rozmowy uzmysłowiliśmy sobie, że wymienione powyżej pytania i tematy wracają w naszych rozmowach od dwóch lat. Czy jesteśmy w stanie od nich się uwolnić? Dużo było także o różnych lekturach...
2022-05-161h 02
Leftist ReadingRussia in Revolution Part 1Episode 89:This week we’re starting Russia in Revolution An Empire in Crisis 1890 - 1928 by S. A. Smith[Part 1 - This Week]Introduction - 1:01[Part 2 - 4?]1. Roots of Revolution, 1880s–1905[Part 5 - 7?]2. From Reform to War, 1906–1917[Part 8 - 10?]3. From February to October 1917[Part 11 - 14?]4. Civil War and Bolshevik Power[Part 15 - 17?]5. War Communism[Part 18 - 20?]6. The New Economic Policy: Politics and the Economy[Part 21 - 24?]7. The New Economic Policy: Society and Culture[Pa...
2022-05-0921 min
In Common086: Environmental history with Mahesh RangarajanIn this episode Hita spoke with Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan, Vice Chancellor of Krea University, India and a Professor of History and Environmental Studies at the University. They discussed what it means to be a historian, the importance of intellectual exchange and cooperation across different stages of career, and the environmental history of large charismatic mammals in south Asia. Some non-English words that occur through the episode include:
Padyatra: A journey undertaken by foot, usually with some social purpose behind it
Pindaris: Thugs or bandits as referred to in colonial literature
Valmiki Ramayana: An epic poem of In...
2022-02-0745 min
We Are HabsSir Simon Schama - The life and times of Sir Simon at Habs and his life beyondElliott Gotkine (OH 1994) host of the opening season of 'We Are Habs' is joined by Sir Simon Schama (OH 1962). In this episode you can find Sir Simon sharing his memories of being educated at Habs and how it informed his love of learning leading to his world renowned career as an author, historian and academic.
2022-02-041h 01
Intelligence SquaredThe Sunday Debate: Rembrandt vs VermeerWe compare the works of two of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age: Rembrandt and Vermeer. Making the case for Rembrandt van Rijn in this debate was historian, author and broadcaster Simon Schama. For Schama, Rembrandt's works are raw humanity personified with formal beauty being the least of the painter's concerns. Novelist Tracy Chevalier, however, champions Johannes Vermeer. She claims that the artist's charm lies in the very fact that he absents himself from his paintings and as a result they are less didactic and more magical.
The debate was chaired by art historian, writer and museum director, Tim Mar...
2021-12-191h 04
History with JacksonRichard II: The English and British Monarchs SeriesToday in The English and British Monarchy Series we are looking at the reign of Edward III.In this series, we will look at English and British Monarchs from Edward the Confessor to Elizabeth II whilst also stopping to examine major events in English and British History.We will examine who these Monarchs were, what their early life was like, what happened in their reign, their death, and if they were a good Monarch.To buy Gwynne's Kings and Queens: The Indispensable History of England and Her Monarchs by Nevile Gwynne head to: Gwynne's Kings and Queens...
2021-12-0520 min
History with JacksonEdward III: The English and British Monarchy SeriesToday in The English and British Monarchy Series we are looking at the reign of Edward III. In this series, we will look at English and British Monarchs from Edward the Confessor to Elizabeth II whilst also stopping to examine major events in English and British History. We will examine who these Monarchs were, what their early life was like, what happened in their reign, their death, and if they were a good Monarch. To buy Gwynne's Kings and Queens: The Indispensable History of England and Her Monarchs by Nevile Gwynne head to: Gwynne...
2021-11-2117 min
Discover Your Day With A Captivating Full Audiobook.Citizens by Simon SchamaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/128326to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Citizens
Author: Simon Schama
Narrator: Sara Powell
Format: mp3
Length: 38 hrs and 11 mins
Release date: 07-22-21
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings
Genres: France
Publisher's Summary:
In this New York Times best seller, award-winning author Simon Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology - a strikingly fresh view of Louis XVI's France. One of the great landmarks of modern history publishing, Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution is the most authoritative social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution ever produced.
2021-07-222h 11
NIF Australia PodcastOur History, Our Future, with Sir Simon Schama, Deborah Lipstadt and David MyersIn a time of fake news, rising populism and renewed antisemitism, join two of the world’s leading historians, Sir Simon Schama and Professor Deborah Lipstadt, in conversation with NIF’s global president and UCLA Jewish History Professor David Myers, discuss how our understanding of history shapes our current reality. Navigating how this plays out in a fractured Israel and a divided America, amidst challenges to democracy and an increase in nationalism and racism around the world, the insights of these two preeminent Jewish scholars of our time will be crucial in working out how to heal thes...
2021-04-2149 min
5x15The world in 2021 - Simon SchamaWhat lessons does the past hold for our future? Join Britain’s pre-eminent public historian to explore his thoughts on the pandemic, the Biden presidency, the future of populism and more.The events of 2020 have upturned the order of the world, and the medical, economic and political crises we face will not fade quietly as the new year begins.Though so much of the present moment feels strange and unprecedented, there is wisdom in heeding to George Santayana’s famous proverb that those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.To help ensure that we do not fall...
2021-01-121h 03
5x15The world in 2021 - Simon SchamaWhat lessons does the past hold for our future? Join Britain’s pre-eminent public historian to explore his thoughts on the pandemic, the Biden presidency, the future of populism and more.
The events of 2020 have upturned the order of the world, and the medical, economic and political crises we face will not fade quietly as the new year begins.
Though so much of the present moment feels strange and unprecedented, there is wisdom in heeding to George Santayana’s famous proverb that those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.
To help ensure that we do not fall...
2021-01-121h 03
How To Academy PodcastSimon Schama – The World in 2021The events of 2020 have upturned the order of the world, and the medical, economic and political crises we face will not fade quietly as the new year begins. Though so much of the present moment feels strange and unprecedented, there is wisdom in heeding to George Santayana’s famous proverb that those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it. To help ensure that we do not fall foul of the prophecy, Simon Schama joined How To Academy to share his insights into the past and near future. A natural storyteller with a deep grasp of human ps...
2021-01-111h 02Life and Art from FT WeekendSimon Schama on what history can teach usSimon is one of the world’s premier historians and art historians, and also a colleague! After a tumultuous election, we've invited him on to help connect the dots and give us much-needed historical context. Plus: Neil Munshi, our west Africa correspondent joins us from Lagos to reflect on our conversation and discuss his recent piece on how companies are facing their brutal colonial histories. Two people with global and historical lenses through which to see 2020.What do you think is possible now, that seemed impossible before? Email us at culturecall@ft.com. You can message Lilah on In...
2020-11-2043 minLife and Art from FT WeekendiO Tillett Wright on the American experiment“I feel like America was an experiment that right now is yielding really hideous, ugly results". In the days after the US election, Lilah explores how divided the US is with artist and activist iO Tillett Wright. iO created the hit true-crime podcast The Ballad of Billy Balls. He just finished a ten-year project travelling to all 50 states to photograph 10,000 queer Americans and has a unique lens on America. They discuss the election, how Americans were taught to hate, the dangers of groupthink, the ebb and flow of the fight for queer rights, this generation’s fight for civil rights...
2020-11-0645 min
杨照书话杨照谈西门·沙马“犹太人的故事”（四）收听提示（约200-300字）今天要为大家介绍Simon Schama的《犹太人》（内地译《犹太人的故事》）这本书，英文原来的书名叫The Story of the Jews，这是关于犹太人的故事。Simon Schama这位史学家，他自己是一个犹太人，他前言当中告诉我们，从一九七三年，他就已经动过了这样的一个念头：想要写一部关于“犹太人”的历史。 这个背景是来自于从一九四五年纳粹德国被打败了，在战争的过程当中屠杀了六百万犹太人的故事被揭露，因而犹太人的灾难、犹太人的遭遇进入到了欧洲乃至于全世界的人的心灵里面。虽然如此，但是犹太人的故事并没有能够被好好地叙述。这里面有一种Simon Schama称之为“犹太叙事的苍白”，也就意味着想到犹太人就想到了毒气室，想到了集中营就想到了以色列人，想到以色列和中东之间政治上面的冲突，但是犹太人真正的本色，犹太人的特质就像中国人一样，其实是在于它的历史意识，犹太人有非常深远的历史，更重要的是犹太人有一种自我内在文明当中的价值，认为所有的历史都跟当下现在的人是有关系的。所以更完整的犹太人故事，不只是集中营、毒气室和以色列建国之后各种不同的国际现实。 本集书目——《犹太人的故事》 本书将你带到从未想象的地方：南阿拉伯群山中的犹太王国，叙利亚犹太会堂荧光闪烁的墙壁，罗马犹太墓地的棕榈树林。横跨了几千年时间和几个大洲——从埃及到希腊、从阿拉伯到基督教世界、从印度到安达卢西亚、从开罗的集市到牛津的大街、从三大宗教的发源到新月沃土的文明与冲突。书中亦记载了《塔木德》在巴黎街头燃烧，中世纪伦敦街头的大批绞刑架，改造世界的马略卡反射镜，点燃的蜡烛台，吟诵的圣歌，骡队的货物，满载香料和珍宝的海船……Simon Schama，生于1945年，犹太裔英国人，英国著名历史学家、学术明星、哥伦比亚大学历史学教授、艺术史教授。他先后在剑桥大学、牛津大学、哈佛大学任教，自1993年至今在哥伦比亚大学历史系任教。他编写并主持过数十本畅销著作及纪录片，作品曾获众多奖项，包括：沃夫森历史奖、W.H.史密斯文学奖、全美书评人协会奖、艾美奖等重量及奖项。《犹太人的故事：寻找失落的字符（公元前1000年—公元1492年）》获得塞缪尔·约翰逊奖(Samuel Johnson Prize)，该奖项是英国针对非小说类图书设立的地位最高的一个奖项。
2020-10-0912 min
杨照书话杨照谈西门·沙马“犹太人的故事”（三）收听提示（约200-300字）今天要为大家介绍Simon Schama的《犹太人》（内地译《犹太人的故事》）这本书，英文原来的书名叫The Story of the Jews，这是关于犹太人的故事。Simon Schama这位史学家，他自己是一个犹太人，他前言当中告诉我们，从一九七三年，他就已经动过了这样的一个念头：想要写一部关于“犹太人”的历史。 这个背景是来自于从一九四五年纳粹德国被打败了，在战争的过程当中屠杀了六百万犹太人的故事被揭露，因而犹太人的灾难、犹太人的遭遇进入到了欧洲乃至于全世界的人的心灵里面。虽然如此，但是犹太人的故事并没有能够被好好地叙述。这里面有一种Simon Schama称之为“犹太叙事的苍白”，也就意味着想到犹太人就想到了毒气室，想到了集中营就想到了以色列人，想到以色列和中东之间政治上面的冲突，但是犹太人真正的本色，犹太人的特质就像中国人一样，其实是在于它的历史意识，犹太人有非常深远的历史，更重要的是犹太人有一种自我内在文明当中的价值，认为所有的历史都跟当下现在的人是有关系的。所以更完整的犹太人故事，不只是集中营、毒气室和以色列建国之后各种不同的国际现实。 本集书目——《犹太人的故事》 本书将你带到从未想象的地方：南阿拉伯群山中的犹太王国，叙利亚犹太会堂荧光闪烁的墙壁，罗马犹太墓地的棕榈树林。横跨了几千年时间和几个大洲——从埃及到希腊、从阿拉伯到基督教世界、从印度到安达卢西亚、从开罗的集市到牛津的大街、从三大宗教的发源到新月沃土的文明与冲突。书中亦记载了《塔木德》在巴黎街头燃烧，中世纪伦敦街头的大批绞刑架，改造世界的马略卡反射镜，点燃的蜡烛台，吟诵的圣歌，骡队的货物，满载香料和珍宝的海船……Simon Schama，生于1945年，犹太裔英国人，英国著名历史学家、学术明星、哥伦比亚大学历史学教授、艺术史教授。他先后在剑桥大学、牛津大学、哈佛大学任教，自1993年至今在哥伦比亚大学历史系任教。他编写并主持过数十本畅销著作及纪录片，作品曾获众多奖项，包括：沃夫森历史奖、W.H.史密斯文学奖、全美书评人协会奖、艾美奖等重量及奖项。《犹太人的故事：寻找失落的字符（公元前1000年—公元1492年）》获得塞缪尔·约翰逊奖(Samuel Johnson Prize)，该奖项是英国针对非小说类图书设立的地位最高的一个奖项。
2020-10-0912 min
杨照书话杨照谈西门·沙马“犹太人的故事”（一）收听提示（约200-300字）今天要为大家介绍Simon Schama的《犹太人》（内地译《犹太人的故事》）这本书，英文原来的书名叫The Story of the Jews，这是关于犹太人的故事。Simon Schama这位史学家，他自己是一个犹太人，他前言当中告诉我们，从一九七三年，他就已经动过了这样的一个念头：想要写一部关于“犹太人”的历史。 这个背景是来自于从一九四五年纳粹德国被打败了，在战争的过程当中屠杀了六百万犹太人的故事被揭露，因而犹太人的灾难、犹太人的遭遇进入到了欧洲乃至于全世界的人的心灵里面。虽然如此，但是犹太人的故事并没有能够被好好地叙述。这里面有一种Simon Schama称之为“犹太叙事的苍白”，也就意味着想到犹太人就想到了毒气室，想到了集中营就想到了以色列人，想到以色列和中东之间政治上面的冲突，但是犹太人真正的本色，犹太人的特质就像中国人一样，其实是在于它的历史意识，犹太人有非常深远的历史，更重要的是犹太人有一种自我内在文明当中的价值，认为所有的历史都跟当下现在的人是有关系的。所以更完整的犹太人故事，不只是集中营、毒气室和以色列建国之后各种不同的国际现实。 本集书目——《犹太人的故事》本书将你带到从未想象的地方：南阿拉伯群山中的犹太王国，叙利亚犹太会堂荧光闪烁的墙壁，罗马犹太墓地的棕榈树林。横跨了几千年时间和几个大洲——从埃及到希腊、从阿拉伯到基督教世界、从印度到安达卢西亚、从开罗的集市到牛津的大街、从三大宗教的发源到新月沃土的文明与冲突。书中亦记载了《塔木德》在巴黎街头燃烧，中世纪伦敦街头的大批绞刑架，改造世界的马略卡反射镜，点燃的蜡烛台，吟诵的圣歌，骡队的货物，满载香料和珍宝的海船……Simon Schama，生于1945年，犹太裔英国人，英国著名历史学家、学术明星、哥伦比亚大学历史学教授、艺术史教授。他先后在剑桥大学、牛津大学、哈佛大学任教，自1993年至今在哥伦比亚大学历史系任教。他编写并主持过数十本畅销著作及纪录片，作品曾获众多奖项，包括：沃夫森历史奖、W.H.史密斯文学奖、全美书评人协会奖、艾美奖等重量及奖项。《犹太人的故事：寻找失落的字符（公元前1000年—公元1492年）》获得塞缪尔·约翰逊奖(Samuel Johnson Prize)，该奖项是英国针对非小说类图书设立的地位最高的一个奖项。
2020-10-0911 min
杨照书话杨照谈西门·沙马“犹太人的故事”（二）收听提示（约200-300字）今天要为大家介绍Simon Schama的《犹太人》（内地译《犹太人的故事》）这本书，英文原来的书名叫The Story of the Jews，这是关于犹太人的故事。Simon Schama这位史学家，他自己是一个犹太人，他前言当中告诉我们，从一九七三年，他就已经动过了这样的一个念头：想要写一部关于“犹太人”的历史。 这个背景是来自于从一九四五年纳粹德国被打败了，在战争的过程当中屠杀了六百万犹太人的故事被揭露，因而犹太人的灾难、犹太人的遭遇进入到了欧洲乃至于全世界的人的心灵里面。虽然如此，但是犹太人的故事并没有能够被好好地叙述。这里面有一种Simon Schama称之为“犹太叙事的苍白”，也就意味着想到犹太人就想到了毒气室，想到了集中营就想到了以色列人，想到以色列和中东之间政治上面的冲突，但是犹太人真正的本色，犹太人的特质就像中国人一样，其实是在于它的历史意识，犹太人有非常深远的历史，更重要的是犹太人有一种自我内在文明当中的价值，认为所有的历史都跟当下现在的人是有关系的。所以更完整的犹太人故事，不只是集中营、毒气室和以色列建国之后各种不同的国际现实。 本集书目——《犹太人的故事》（台版《猶太人》）（翻譯名字不一樣，可能需要稍作提示） 本书将你带到从未想象的地方：南阿拉伯群山中的犹太王国，叙利亚犹太会堂荧光闪烁的墙壁，罗马犹太墓地的棕榈树林。横跨了几千年时间和几个大洲——从埃及到希腊、从阿拉伯到基督教世界、从印度到安达卢西亚、从开罗的集市到牛津的大街、从三大宗教的发源到新月沃土的文明与冲突。书中亦记载了《塔木德》在巴黎街头燃烧，中世纪伦敦街头的大批绞刑架，改造世界的马略卡反射镜，点燃的蜡烛台，吟诵的圣歌，骡队的货物，满载香料和珍宝的海船……Simon Schama，生于1945年，犹太裔英国人，英国著名历史学家、学术明星、哥伦比亚大学历史学教授、艺术史教授。他先后在剑桥大学、牛津大学、哈佛大学任教，自1993年至今在哥伦比亚大学历史系任教。他编写并主持过数十本畅销著作及纪录片，作品曾获众多奖项，包括：沃夫森历史奖、W.H.史密斯文学奖、全美书评人协会奖、艾美奖等重量及奖项。《犹太人的故事：寻找失落的字符（公元前1000年—公元1492年）》获得塞缪尔·约翰逊奖(Samuel Johnson Prize)，该奖项是英国针对非小说类图书设立的地位最高的一个奖项。 延伸书目（音频中提到书和纪录片）The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden A
2020-10-0912 min
The Borris BroadcastsSimon Schama and William DalrympleHistorian and passionate cultural commentator Simon Schama luxuriates in what he calls 'the performing tumble of language' with fellow writer William Dalrymple.
2020-09-2456 min
Moment LiveA Wide-Open Conversation with Historian Simon Schama and Journalist Robert SiegelHistorian and documentarian, Sir Simon Schama, author of The Story of the Jews, joins Robert Siegel, former NPR host of All Things Considered, for a wide-open conversation about history, Jewish culture, art and more. Watch the zoominar here.
2020-09-1559 minThe Week in ArtWhat will culture be like in the next decade?We explore the Serpentine Galleries’ new report into Future Art Ecosystems: with existing art industry models under threat, can new ones emerge in the post-coronavirus era? We talk to Ben Vickers, the Serpentine Galleries’ chief technology officer, about art and advanced technologies. As his BBC radio series Great Gallery Tours continues, we hear from a Simon Schama, who is marooned in Trump’s America yet yearns for a sunlit morning on the Thames in London: his choice for our Work of the Week is J.M.W. Turner’s Mortlake Terrace: Early Summer Morning in the Frick in New York. An...
2020-07-241h 01
The London Library PodcastSimon Schama on 'The Books That Made Me'Simon Schama on 'The Books That Made Me' by The London Library
2020-07-031h 03
The Borris BroadcastsSimon Schama, Misha Glenny and Fintan O'TooleHistorian and prolific commentator Simon Schama and cybersecurity investigative journalist Misha Glenny (also author of McMafia) discuss whether democracy can survive in a world run by algorithms, with Fintan O'Toole. Podcast available here https://festivalofwritingandideas.com/podcasts/
2020-04-1750 min
Access Full Audiobook Collection in High QualityListen to Wordy by Simon SchamaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369651 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Wordy
Author: Simon Schama
Narrator: Simon Schama, Gareth Armstrong
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 35 minutes
Release date: July 25, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary: ‘Wordy is about the intoxication of writing; my sense of playful versatility; different voices for different matters: the polemical voice for political columns; the sharp-eyed descriptive take for profiles; poetic precision in grappling with the hard task of translating art into words; lyrical recall for memory pieces. An...
2019-07-251h 35Life and Art from FT WeekendOur big summer books episode 2019. Plus Simon Schama on WordinessOur big summer books episode! Plus, Simon SchamaLooking for a book that will give you an existential crisis on holiday? Gris and Lilah talk with Innovation Editor John Thornhill about what this summer’s best tech books say about our cultural psyche. (John sees a future in which a machine can write about its experience being a machine.) Plus, a conversation with resident genius Simon Schama, who defends the value of wordy writingListen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
2019-06-2838 min
Arts & IdeasSimon Schama, Siri Hustvedt, Catherine Fletcher at Hay.How does writing about art help us embrace a new way of seeing the work ? Rana Mitter is joined at the Hay Festival by the novelist and art essayist Siri Hustvedt , the writer and broadcaster Simon Schama and, marking the 500th anniversary of the Italian Renaissance painter Leonardo da Vinci, the Radio 3/AHRC New Generation Thinker and historian of Renaissance and early modern Europe Catherine Fletcher. Siri Hustvedt’s books include her novels What I Loved, The Summer without Men and The Blazing World and her essays on paintings, Mysteries of the Rectangle and Living, Thinking, Looking.
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2019-05-3045 min
The Book Club Review34. Simon Schama interviewA special episode with historian, academic, documentary maker, journalist, cultural polymath and keen fiction reader Simon Schama. Listen in to find out what sends him to sleep happy, how his reading informs his writing, his favourite bookstores, his views on the pleasure of imperfect books, and best of all a ton of book suggestions and a brilliant book club recommendation just for us. Books by Simon Schama include: Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution The Embarrassment Of Riches: An Interpretation Of Dutch Culture In The Golden...
2019-02-0516 min
How I Got ThereEpisode 4: Simon SchamaThis time on How I Got There Matt welcomes Sir Simon Schama (CBE) into the studio. From nation-building and revolution to the power of art and human memory, Simon has authored eighteen books which have been translated into sixteen languages. He’s a prolific writer, art sleuth, travel journalist, political pundit and university professor, who's summed up life using these six words: “recklessness undeservedly rewarded by good fortune”. Together Matt and Simon discuss the influence of Dickens and Shakespeare, his formidable mother: “she used to stick me in a basket and put me on the door steps on one of the neig...
2018-11-1500 minLife and Art from FT WeekendSimon Schama on satire in the age of TrumpAs the US President descends on Britain — and a great big inflatable baby blimp Trump floats above Westminster — we ask Simon Schama whether this is a good time for political comedy, how satire has adapted to Donald Trump and whether it can really change anything. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-07-1321 min
The Civilisations PodcastEpisode 9: Simon SchamaSimon Schama talks to Viv Jones about the making of Civilisations. They discuss the highs and lows of filming such an ambitious global series, from being granted rare access to breathtaking cave paintings, to coming face-to-face with a bolting horse in the ancient city of Petra.
2018-04-2627 minStart the WeekArt and CivilisationsWhat is art - and why do we need it? Fifty years ago the landmark BBC Two series Civilisation set out to answer this question. Now historians Mary Beard, Simon Schama and David Olusoga take on this challenge of defining human civilisation through art, in a bold update renamed Civilisations. Mary Beard tells Andrew Marr how humans have chosen to depict themselves, from enormous pre-historic heads in Mexico to lustful paintings meant for male eyes. She unpicks the bloody battle between religion and art, and declares that "one man's art is another's barbarity".But should...
2018-03-0542 minLife and Art from FT WeekendSimon Schama on Civilisations. Plus: artist Eddie PeakeArt historian Simon Schama on why he's updating Kenneth Clark's landmark TV series from 1969 and what 'civilisation' means today. Plus: we visit provocative artist Eddie Peake's new exhibition at White Cube and chat to him about nudity, desperation and the changing face of London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-02-2444 min
VINTAGE BOOKSSimon Schama and the story of the JewsThe Jewish story is a history that is about, and for, all of us. Alex Clark speaks to Simon Schama about his new book Belonging, shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize.Read an extract from the book: http://po.st/f9IgdlFollow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooksSign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletterSimon Schama - BelongingSelected as a Book of the Year 2017 by the Daily Telegraph, Mail...
2017-10-1921 min
Feel The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Soul-Stirring!Belonging by Simon SchamaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/131909to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Belonging
Author: Simon Schama
Narrator: Saul Reichlin
Format: mp3
Length: 36 hrs and 14 mins
Release date: 10-12-17
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings
Genres: 21st Century
Publisher's Summary:
2017-10-1212h 14
The Book ReviewSimon Schama's 'The Face of Britain'Simon Schama talks about “The Face of Britain: A History of the Nation Through Its Portraits,” and Robert Gottlieb discusses “Avid Reader.”
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2016-09-2347 min
Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and CambridgeSimon Schama on Public HistoryWhat does hip hop have in common with Herodotus? In this lecture celebrated historian Simon Schama explores the tradition of public history drawing on Walter Scott, Thomas Carlyle, Winston Churchill and Lin-Manuel Miranda. http://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/humdiv/humanitas/2016-05-01-humdiv-torch-schama-past-publics-2.mp4
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2016-05-201h 31Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and CambridgeThe Past and its PublicsSimon Schama, Craig Clunas and Margaret MacMillan tackle the thorny question of how the past should interact with the public, or publics, who consume it. Simon Schama (Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University), Craig Clunas (Professor of the History of Art, University of Oxford) and Margaret MacMillan (Professor of International History, University of Oxford)
2016-05-201h 20
Grab Top-Rated Audiobooks Instantly OnlineSimon Schama presents The Face of Britain: The Nation through Its PortraitsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243097 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits
Author: Simon Schama
Narrator: Roy McMillan, Simon Schama
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 14 hours 23 minutes
Release date: September 16, 2015
Genres: Europe
Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Face of Britain by Simon Schma, read by Simon Schama and Roy McMillian. Churchill and his painter locked in a struggle of stares and glares; Gainsborough watching his daughters run after a butterfly; a naked John Lennon five hours before his death...
2015-09-172h 23
Listen to the Best Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentThe Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits by Simon SchamaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243097 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits Author: Simon Schama Narrator: Roy McMillan, Simon Schama Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 23 minutes Release date: September 16, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Face of Britain by Simon Schma, read by Simon Schama and Roy McMillian. Churchill and his painter locked in a struggle of stares and glares; Gainsborough watching his daughters run after a butterfly; a naked John Lennon five hours before his death. Simon Schama has written a tour...
2015-09-1605 min
Poems That Make Grown Men CrySimon McBurney: and our faces, my heart, brief as photos by John BergerAnthony Holden and Ben Holden introduce a selection of poems that haunt a host of eminent men, from their new anthology in association with Amnesty International; they explain why, in words as moving as the poems themselves. With Melvyn Bragg, Richard Dawkins, Richard Eyre, Mike Leigh, Simon McBurney, Ian McEwan, Ben Okri, Simon Russell Beale and Simon Schama, and Kate Allen (Amnesty International UK).
2014-06-0204 minPoems That Make Grown Men CrySimon Schama: Lullaby by W. H. AudenAnthony Holden and Ben Holden introduce a selection of poems that haunt a host of eminent men, from their new anthology in association with Amnesty International; they explain why, in words as moving as the poems themselves. With Melvyn Bragg, Richard Dawkins, Richard Eyre, Mike Leigh, Simon McBurney, Ian McEwan, Ben Okri, Simon Russell Beale and Simon Schama, and Kate Allen (Amnesty International UK).
2014-05-1602 minPoems That Make Grown Men CrySimon Russell Beale: I see a girl draffed by the wrist by Philip LarkinAnthony Holden and Ben Holden introduce a selection of poems that haunt a host of eminent men, from their new anthology in association with Amnesty International; they explain why, in words as moving as the poems themselves. With Melvyn Bragg, Richard Dawkins, Richard Eyre, Mike Leigh, Simon McBurney, Ian McEwan, Ben Okri, Simon Russell Beale and Simon Schama, and Kate Allen (Amnesty International UK).
2014-05-0904 min
Front Row WeeklyFR: Marin Alsop, Simon Schama, Franz FerdinandMark Lawson talks to Marin Alsop, the first woman to conduct the Last Night of the Proms; writers Ruth Rendell and Jeanette Winterson discuss their friendship at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival; Philip French puts away his pen after being The Observer's film critic for 50 years; Scottish playwright and artist John Byrne talks about his new mural for the King's Theatre in Edinburgh; film director Nic Roeg looks back at his career, sex scenes and more in the light of his newly-published memoir; historian Simon Schama discusses the challenge of bringing his latest project The Story of the Jews to...
2013-08-301h 03
Kings PlaceClara Sanabras: A Kings Place PodcastClara Sanabras & Friends
Scattered Flight Launch + Q&A with Simon Schama
Kings Place
Friday 20 September
Clara Sanabras spoke to us about her upcoming album launch at Kings Place. On the night she will be joined by Elysian Quartet, Harvey Brough, Fred Thomas and other guests.
Plus, in keeping with the theme of Spanish Exile, renowned historian Simon Schama joins Sanbras for a pre-concert conversation plus Q&A.
Her new album produced by Harvey Brough (Harvey & The Wallbangers) and recorded by Peter Schwier (Dexys) features stellar guests including Eliseo Parra, Cobla Sant Jordi, Elysian Quartet; some of whom will...
2013-08-3011 minKings Place Mini Podcasts - FolkClara Sanabras: A Kings Place PodcastClara Sanabras & Friends
Scattered Flight Launch + Q&A with Simon Schama
Kings Place
Friday 20 September
Clara Sanabras spoke to us about her upcoming album launch at Kings Place. On the night she will be joined by Elysian Quartet, Harvey Brough, Fred Thomas and other guests.
Plus, in keeping with the theme of Spanish Exile, renowned historian Simon Schama joins Sanbras for a pre-concert conversation plus Q&A.
Her new album produced by Harvey Brough (Harvey & The Wallbangers) and recorded by Peter Schwier (Dexys) features stellar guests including Eliseo Parra, Cobla Sant Jordi, Elysian Quartet; some of whom will...
2013-08-3011 min
Front Row: Archive 2013Simon Schama, Big Data art, Night of the DemonWith Kirsty LangHistorian Simon Schama discusses the challenge of bringing his latest project The Story of the Jews to television, the importance of story-telling to the Jewish experience, and how his former professor inspired him to focus on bringing history to popular audiences.The vast and ever-growing amount of information now stored on computer servers around the world has become a ready source of inspiration for artists. With an estimated 90 per cent of the world's data having been created in the last two years, there is plenty to call on. Artists Stanza and R...
2013-08-2928 min
Editorial Intelligence PodcastsBright Spotlight - Simon Schama Simon Schama: ‘The Jewish Story in the World’, introduced by Julia Hobsbawm
2013-03-2438 min
Fuel Your Mind With The Most Addictive Full Audiobook Today!A History of Britain: Volume 1 by Simon SchamaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/128960to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A History of Britain: Volume 1
Series: A History of Britain, Book 1
Author: Simon Schama
Narrator: Stephen Thorne
Format: mp3
Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
Release date: 09-06-12
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 835 ratings
Genres: Ireland
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2012-09-063h 43
Unlock This Award-Winning Full Audiobook — Perfect On A Rainy Day.Citizens by Simon SchamaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/128272to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Citizens
Author: Simon Schama
Narrator: Frederick Davidson
Format: mp3
Length: 36 hrs and 48 mins
Release date: 05-15-12
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 418 ratings
Genres: France
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2012-05-1512h 48
Front Row: Archive 2011Simon Schama interviewedWith John Wilson. Historian Simon Schama has selected his pick of works from the Government Art Collection for an exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery. While hanging the exhibition, he reveals how his choices were inspired by the British romance with travelling. Dame Edna Everage, Ann Widdecombe and Vanilla Ice are all making their pantomime debuts this year. Danny Robins has seen all three and considers the qualities needed for panto success.A large crane has been lowering a new art project onto the roof of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's South Bank...
2011-12-1428 min
TalksSimon Schama on The Beast in Contemporary ArtIf all figurative art approaches taxidermy in its crafty fixing of vitality, British contemporary artists have taken on board the conceit with striking compulsiveness. James T. Demetrion Lecture presents Simon Schama on The Beast in
Contemporary Art.
2011-06-0100 min
Grab Premium Audiobooks with Easy AccessKing James Bible, The Readings And Documentaries From BBC Radio (By James Naughtie)Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100170 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: King James Bible, The Readings And Documentaries From BBC Radio
Author: James Naughtie
Narrator: Rowan Williams, Hugh Bonneville, Various Artists, Simon Schama, Emilia Fox, Samuel West
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 30 minutes
Release date: April 1, 2011
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6
Genres: Arts & Entertainment
Publisher's Summary: 2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, a seminal text that remains the most widely published and influential book in the English language. Once described as 'the noblest monument of English prose...
2011-04-016h 30Enjoy Quantity of Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseKing James Bible, The Readings And Documentaries From BBC Radio - James NaughtieListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: King James Bible, The Readings And Documentaries From BBC RadioAuthor: James NaughtieNarrator: Emilia Fox, Hugh Bonneville, Rowan Williams, Samuel West, Simon Schama, Various ArtistsFormat: UnabridgedLength: 6:30:00Language: EnglishRelease date: 04-01-2011Publisher: Penguin Books LTDGenres: Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, Bibles, Art & MusicSummary:2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, a seminal text that remains the most widely published and influential book in the English language. Once...
2011-04-016h 30
Get New Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentKing James Bible, The Readings And Documentaries From BBC Radio by James NaughtiePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100170 to listen full audiobooks. Title: King James Bible, The Readings And Documentaries From BBC Radio Author: James Naughtie Narrator: Rowan Williams, Hugh Bonneville, Various Artists, Simon Schama, Emilia Fox, Samuel West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, a seminal text that remains the most widely published and influential book in the English language. Once described as 'the noblest monument of English prose', it has been recognised for centuries as both...
2011-04-0103 min
Autumn 2010 | Public lectures and events | VideoOn Writing: High, Low, and everything in BetweenContributor(s): Professor Simon Schama | Simon Schama's latest book a selection of his writings titled Scribble, Scribble, Scribble, explores, amongst other subjects, Shakespeare, contemporary art, Hurricane Katrina, cheese soufflés, "The Fate of Eloquence in the age of Ozzy Osbourne," Barack Obama and baseball.
2010-09-221h 26Autumn 2010 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfOn Writing: High, Low, and everything in BetweenContributor(s): Professor Simon Schama | Simon Schama's latest book a selection of his writings titled Scribble, Scribble, Scribble, explores, amongst other subjects, Shakespeare, contemporary art, Hurricane Katrina, cheese soufflés, "The Fate of Eloquence in the age of Ozzy Osbourne," Barack Obama and baseball.
2010-09-221h 26
Bill Moyers Journal (Video) | PBSSimon Schama Part 2Bill Moyers speaks with historian Simon Schama, who spent months traveling across America in the run-up to an historic election to discover what events in our nation's past can tell us about how we live today and what's in store for the future.
2009-01-1618 minBill Moyers Journal (Video) | PBSSimon Schama Part 1Bill Moyers speaks with historian Simon Schama, who spent months traveling across America in the run-up to an historic election to discover what events in our nation's past can tell us about how we live today and what's in store for the future.
2009-01-1618 minBill Moyers Journal (Audio) | PBSSimon SchamaBill Moyers speaks with historian Simon Schama, who spent months traveling across America in the run-up to an historic election to discover what events in our nation's past can tell us about how we live today and what's in store for the future. Then, find out more about the Born Again American film and project - and get back to basics by reviewing America's founding documents. And, Bill Moyers responds to viewer feedback about Gaza.
2009-01-1600 min
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Title: A History of Britain, Volume 2
Author: Simon Schama
Narrator: Timothy West
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
Release date: 04-27-05
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 31 ratings
Genres: Ireland
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2005-04-2710h 52