Migration in Britain
This playlist brings is targeted at GCSE students taking the papers (AQA) AC Britain: Migration, empires and the people: c790 to the present day, (Edexcel) Option 13: Migrants in Britain, c1800-present, and (OCR) J410/08 Migration to Britain c.1000 to c.2010.
What this playlist includes:
68 lectures across 13 courses.
All resources designed and delivered by university academics and researchers.
Courses and Lectures
1. Migration – Anglo-Saxons, 450-1066
Prof. Ryan Lavelle
Winchester University
Winchester University
1.1. Early Anglo-Saxons and their Settlements – 10:17
1.2. The Anglo-Saxons' Continental Connections – 14:05
1.3. Trade and the Built Environment – 14:04
1.4. The Experiences of Migrants in Early Medieval E... – 10:58
1.5. Alfred the Great and the Kingdom of Wessex – 12:50
1.6. Cnut the Great and the North Sea Empire – 12:15
2. Migration – Vikings, 700-1100
Dr Erin Goeres
UCL
UCL
2.1. What is the connection between the Vikings and ... – 09:44
2.2. Eirikr Bloodaxe: Viking King of York – 09:56
2.3. Gunnhildr Mother-of-Kings: A Migrant Queen – 10:09
2.4. Cnut the Great: King of England, Denmark and No... – 08:07
2.5. Emma of Normandy: Queen of England – 08:55
2.6. Sigurðr, Earl of Gloucester – 11:25
3. Migration – The Normans, 846-1204
Prof. Leonie Hicks
Canterbury Christ Church University
Canterbury Christ Church University
3.1. Why the Normans? – 06:54
3.2. From Norway? To Normandy – 13:28
3.3. Why did the Normans go to Italy? – 14:41
3.4. The Normans in England – 15:00
3.5. Conquerers or Assimilators? – 19:41
4. Migration – The English Invasion of Ireland, 1169-1210
Dr Colin Veach
Hull University
Hull University
4.1. Who ruled over Ireland between 1002 and 1166? – 06:17
4.2. How did the English invasion of Ireland progres... – 11:13
4.3. Why did England want control of Ireland? – 07:31
4.4. How did the English invasion of Ireland impact ... – 09:46
4.5. How did the English invasion of Ireland impact ... – 11:25
5. Migration – The Plantation of Ulster, 1593-1643
Dr Ruth Canning
Liverpool Hope University
Liverpool Hope University
5.1. How did the idea for the Plantation of Ulster a... – 11:11
5.2. What were the plans for the Plantation of Ulster? – 12:17
5.3. Who participated in the Plantation of Ulster? – 12:12
5.4. How did tensions in Ireland develop into the Ir... – 10:22
5.5. What was the significance and impact of the Pla... – 06:57
6. Migration - The Caribbean, 1600-1900
Prof. Sean Kelley
Essex University
Essex University
6.1. The Origins of British Settlement in the Caribbean – 07:54
6.2. British Migration to the Caribbean in the 17th ... – 11:33
6.3. Sugar and Slavery – 09:04
6.4. The Transatlantic Slave Trade – 12:44
6.5. British Migration to the Caribbean After Slavery – 11:37
7. Migration – The British East India Company, 1600-1858
Dr John Mcaleer
Southampton University
Southampton University
7.1. What was the British East India Company? – 05:44
7.2. What did the early days of EIC trading look like? – 15:39
7.3. What role did the EIC play in the textile trade? – 09:50
7.4. How did the EIC develop a trading relationship ... – 09:59
7.5. How did the EIC decline in the 19th century? – 11:06
8. Migration – The British East India Company and Migration, 1600-1874
Dr Guido van Meersbergen
Warwick University
Warwick University
8.1. What was the British East India Company (EIC)? – 10:41
8.2. How did the EIC operate in South Asia during th... – 11:36
8.3. How did the EIC come to control India? – 13:08
8.4. What was the nature of British migration to and... – 12:00
8.5. What was the nature of Indian migration to and ... – 14:25
9. Migration – American War of Independence, 1700-1800
Dr Jon Chandler
UCL
UCL
9.1. Introduction – 04:19
9.2. Who migrated to the colonies in the 18th century? – 10:11
9.3. What was the impact of migration? – 05:22
9.4. Migration and the American War of Independence – 07:12
10. Migration – India, 1700-1900
Prof. Shruti Kapila
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
10.1. How did the East India Company establish itself... – 10:35
10.2. How did the East India Company colonise India a... – 08:20
10.3. How did the East India Company transform India? – 10:22
10.4. How can the Indian Rebellion of 1857 be defined... – 11:45
10.5. What were the causes and effects of the famines... – 14:16
10.6. How did the British Raj transform India? – 10:39
11. Migration – British Migration, 1900-79
Dr Daniel Renshaw
Reading University
Reading University
11.1. What is migration history and what has it looke... – 05:10
11.2. What was the state of and response to migration... – 09:12
11.3. How did immigration policy in Britain change fr... – 07:26
11.4. What was the nature of migration to Britain dur... – 05:33
11.5. What was the state of and response to migration... – 11:04
12. Migration – India in the 20th Century
Prof. Faisal Devji
University of Oxford
University of Oxford
12.1. Soldiers, Ayahs and Lascars – 07:18
12.2. Travellers – 04:52
12.3. Ambassadors – 10:47
12.4. Asian Politicians in England – 04:51
12.5. Representatives of Indian Interests in Britain – 05:43
12.6. Mahatma Gandhi – 07:36
13. Migration – Jewish Migration in the 1930s
Prof. Tony Kushner
Southampton University
Southampton University
13.1. Migration at the Turn of the 20th Century – 10:03
13.2. Inter-War Jewish Migration – 10:45
13.3. The Kindertransport – 10:25
13.4. Domestic Refugees – 08:53
13.5. How did the Second World War affect Jewish migr... – 09:58
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