Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge University) http://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/collection/1092396
Those interested in the lifes and work of some leading historians of the 20th century will be pleased to know that 22 film interviews between Alan Macfarlane and selected individuals are available online.The interviews are lengthy and details, covering a lof the individuals early life, family life, education and so on.
Example: Brian Harrison interviewed 22 June 2012
The videos can be streamed and also embedded. Transcripts are also available.
Here is the list of historians:
To go directly to the Cambridge University Streaming Media version, click SMS
- DAVID ELLISTON ALLEN – historian (naturalist, administrator) – interview 1983 SMS
- PETER BURKE – historian – interview 2004 SMS
- JAMES CAMPBELL – historian – interview 2009 SMS
- OWEN CHADWICK – historian (theologian) – interview 2008 SMS
- MARTIN DAUNTON – historian – interview 2013 SMS
- JOHN DUNN – historian (political theorist) – interview 2008 SMS
- MARK ELVIN – historian (late imperial Chinese) – interview 2012 SMS
- OWEN GINGERICH – historian of science (astronomer) – interview 2008 SMS
- BRIAN HARRISON – historian – interview 2012 SMS
- AKIRA HAYAMI – demographer (economic historian) – interview 2009 SMS
- ERIC HOBSBAWM – historian – interview 2009 SMS
- LISA JARDINE – historian (English literature) – interview 2008 SMS
- LI BOZHONG – economic historian – interview 2011 SMS
- JEAN MICHEL MASSING – art historian – interview 2014 SMS
- PETER MATHIAS – historian – interviews 2008 and 2009 SMS
- ANDREW MORGAN – historian – interview 2000 SMS
- RICHARD RATHBONE – historian (Africa, anthropology) – interview 2013 SMS
- SIMON SCHAFFER – historian of science – interview 2008 SMS
- QUENTIN SKINNER – historian – interview 2009 SMS
- GARETH STEDMAN JONES – historian – interview 2012 SMS
- BARRY SUPPLE – economic historian – interview 2010 SMS
- KEITH THOMAS – historian – interview 2009 SMS
People are asking valid questions about gender balance. Can I suggest you ask the creators of the interviews? I’m afraid we don’t know the selection criteria ourselves.
Was there a particular reason why only one woman was included here? Presumably if you had trouble identifying “leading” women historians it’s because people like you deny them a place on your own lists. You can’t possibly plead ignorance here. Appalling.
a very representative list…not. where are the women?
Why is only one out of these 22 ‘leading historians’ a woman? The selection here does not at all the reflect the reality of the discipline.
Great idea but why only one woman historian on the list?