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William Tyler

About William Tyler

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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 (161)

Date
Title
8 January
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal
15 January
Not So Neutral: America 1939 - 1941
22 January
Pearl Harbor: 1941 - 1945
29 January
"I will defend Korea as I would my own country": Quote of General MacArthur
5 February
From Cold War to Hot War in Vietnam
12 February
An Old War's Open Wounds Continue to Fester: Civil War and Civil Rights
19 February
Emerging Voices: Black, Female, Young and Hispanic
26 February
The Golden Boy: JFK
4 March
The American Dream
11 March
The Bad Boy: Nixon
18 March
Victory in the Cold War Creates its Own Problems
25 March
2024: An Uncertain World
8 April
Roman Palestine
15 April
The Rise of Islam to the Crusading Centuries
24 April
The Rise and Fall of The Byzantine Empire
29 April
The Ottoman Empire
20 May
The Christian and Muslim Enlightenment
29 May
The Decline of the Ottoman Empire to 1914
3 June
War in the Middle East 1914-1918
10 June
English Arabists and Zionists
17 June
Dividing Up the Spoils of War
24 June
Churchill, the Jews and Arabs in the Middle East
1 July
The British Mandate in Palestine
8 July
World War II in the Middle East
15 July
Post-War Palestine, the Creation of Israel and War
22 July
Wars and Intifadas
29 July
World Without End: Onwards and into the Future
10 September
Four Slave Rebellions, Part 1: Spartacus Shakes Ancient Rome
16 September
Four Slave Rebellions, Part 2: Zanj Rebellion of African Slaves in Arabia
23 September
Four Slave Rebellions, Part 3: Haiti and the Black Spartacus
30 September
Four Slave Rebellions, Part 4: Nat Turner and the United States
14 October
Towards Definitions of Heroes and Villains: Joan of Arc and Count Dracula
21 October
Heroes with Clay Feet: Clive of India and Florence Nightingale
28 October
Heroes and Villains of the Ancient World: Caesar and Nero
4 November
‘Enemy’ Heroes and Villains: Napolean and Leopold of the Belgians
11 November
Heroes and Villains of the United States: George Washington and Aaron Burr
18 November
Heroes Home and Abroad in the Medieval World: William Marshall and Mansa Musa
25 November
The Iconic Hero and Villain at the Moment of Death: Nelson and Robespierre
2 December
Modern Female Heroes and Villains: Rosa Parks and Marie Antoinette
9 December
Rexque Futurus: King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtable