Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past

IPUP Media Speaker Series: Dan Snow at IPUP

11th May 2010


In a talk entitled “Can Television and the Internet Make a Valid Contribution to Historical Discourse?”, Dan Snow discussed his experience translating history degree skills to production and presenter roles for television. The lecture, organised by IPUP, was held in the Bowland Auditorium in the Berrick Saul Building, and was sponsored by Continuum.

As a programme-maker and someone who is passionate about history I believe television is a vital tool in getting people interested.

IPUP has produced a variety of resources on Dan’s visit, including this video. Also available is a transcript of Dan’s talk edited extracts from an in-depth interview with Dan conducted by IPUP Director Helen Weinstein.


I’m extremely excited about the future of history, and I think the internet and television have got a fantastically important part to play

You can listen to a recording of the talk and subsequent questions right here, and the talk is also available below to download as an mp3:

Talk
Download an Mp3 of Dan's Talk (about 28 MB)
Questions
Download an Mp3 of the questions (about 17 MB)

All Resources

The following list of links and downloadable resources gathers together all IPUP’s material from Dan’s visit.