Professor Rayner talks about society in the 21st century the impacts of science and technology, particularly cyber-technology and the Internet. He also asks how new technology will change society and what it means to be a person.

Societies in Transition: Industrial Transformation

Mar 24th, 2009 59m 47s

Professor Palmer looks at the Industrial Revolution and how it transformed societies. She also examines the idea that the Revolution is as important to civilization as the transition from hunter-gatherers to farming societies thousands of years

Societies in Transition: The End of Roman Civilization

Mar 24th, 2009 48m 46s

Dr Ward-Perkins (Trinity College, Oxford) examines the Roman-made ecological disasters and examines how far the environmental pollution contributed to the fall of Rome and why this matters in today's world.

Societies in Transition: Becoming Roman in Britain

Mar 24th, 2009 57m 3s

Lecture on Britain under Roman rule and the incorporation of Britain into the Roman world. Professor Gosden also talks about the significance of our environment, the outside, material world, and how it influences historical events in ancient hi

Societies in Transition: Volcanogenic Origins of the Classical World

Mar 24th, 2009 56m 1s

A lecture on the origins of the classical world: from the growth of Minoan Crete during the Bronze Age, 2000 BCE, where a possible volcanic eruption on Santorini led to the destruction of Minoan Crete and a catalyst to the creation of the Class

Societies in Transition: Early Metallurgy Around the World

Mar 24th, 2009 58m 2s

Professor David Killick (Dept. Anthropology, University of Arizona) talks about the invention of metallurgy and the transition from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age and what the social roles of emerging metallurgy were in societies throughout th

Societies in Transition: Farming in Island Southeast Asia

Mar 24th, 2009 51m 6s

Professor Graeme Barker talks about the transition from hunter-gatherer societies to farming societies in the Stone Age in South East Asian Islands. He discusses the various reasons why this transition took place and the advantages it brought t

Societies in Transition: The Neanderthal-Modern Human Transition

Mar 24th, 2009 59m 14s

Professor Chris Stringer, Research Leader in the Paleontology department at the Natural History Museum, discusses skeletal, DNA and behavioural evidence that sheds light on the transition between neanderthals and modern humans.

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