William Tyler
About William Tyler
William Tyler has spent his entire professional life in adult education, beginning at Kingsgate College in 1969. He has lectured widely for many public bodies, including the University of Cambridge and the WEA, in addition to speaking to many clubs and societies. In 2009, William was awarded the MBE for services to adult education, and he has previously been a scholar in residence at the London Jewish Cultural Centre.
William’s lectures (154)
Date
Title
9 January
The Fifth Republic: 1958-2022
16 January
Albania: Nearly a Century of Modern Nationhood, 1912-2022
23 January
Romania: Beginnings of the Modern State 1856-1940
30 January
Romania: Dictatorship, Marxism and Democracy
6 February
Medieval Germany and Germanies
13 February
Martin Luther Changes the Future
20 February
The Rise and Rise of Prussia
27 February
1848: The Year of National Awakening
6 March
Bismarck and Unification
7 March
Occupied France
13 March
Bismarck's Rule
20 March
Towards 1914 and Hubris
27 March
The Weimar Republic
3 April
The Rise of Nazism
10 April
WWII: The Homefront
24 April
Dreams Shattered
1 May
Germany in the Aftermath of War: Denazification and Division
8 May
The West German Miracle
15 May
The East German Prison
22 May
Reunification of Germany
5 June
Victoria Regina
12 June
Robert Peel: The First Modern Politician
19 June
Industry and Slum Housing
26 June
Imperial Glory or Imperial Shame?
3 July
The Rise of "the New Woman"
10 July
The Kosher Nostra, Part 1
17 July
Education and Health: A Story of Progress
4 September
1918-1922: A Faulty Peace and Broken Promises
11 September
1920's: Old Class Divisions Resurface: Flappers and General Strikes
18 September
Political Britain Puts its Head in the Sand: 1933-1938
20 September
Reflections on the Continuing Shadow of the Holocaust in Germany and Beyond
16 October
The Zulu Wars
17 October
British Imperialism: The British and the Boers go to War
23 October
Switzerland in Reformation Times: A Country Divided by Religion
30 October
Swiss Neutrality
6 November
Towards Conflict and Civil War
12 November
America: State Religion?
13 November
Into Conflict and Civil War
20 November
Post-Bellum America: 1866 Onwards
27 November
America 1900: A Situation Report
4 December
Back into Europe: War and Versailles
11 December
The Hedonistic 20’s and the Crash of 1929
18 December
Factory Production Line and Much More