Cook's writing and Hawkesworth's book

Here is an MP3 recording of my class on the subject of Cook's journal as writing. It deals firstly with how Cook's writing changed, over the eleven years or so that he wrote his expedition journals, and secondly with what John Hawkesworth did with the journal of the first voyage, in the 1770s, to transform it into a successful book. Much of it is based on the research of Jean-Stéphane Massiani.

http://www.jcmullen.fr/finalcookhawkesworth.mp3

Maori tradition today - the Haka in the news

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/12/maori-party-co-leader-ejected-parliament-racism-row-haka

 

James Cook and the history of science , part one

 You will find here the fifteenth video talk on James Cook, which begins reflections on Cook and science

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DNBmnRPfok

Breaking news: Cook dies in Haiti

You will find here video chapter 14, about the end of Cook's participation in the third expedition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulLhcAUWgWQ

There will shortly be more videos, abotu Cook and science.

History, Slavery, Commemoration in the UK today

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/09/remove-or-alter-your-slavery-monuments-churches-are-told 

From the press

 Coming to Britain in 1938

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/may/06/how-jewish-parents-used-guardian-ads-to-save-their-childrens-lives-podcast

Séminaire M2 les années 1970 - assignments

 I have received several assignments. If I have not yet received yours, please send me an email immediately and urgently, and we can fix a precise date.

Les voyages de James Cook: video chapitre 13

 You will find here events processes and questions from the Third Expedition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apXRfH4daQE

The Maori language

 https://www.tamakimaorivillage.co.nz/blog/maori-language-history 

James Cook and his third voyage

Here is video chapter twelve, which moves us onto the third expedition. There will be three chapters on this third expedition, followed by chapters which I am at present writing, about science and Cook's journeys.

video chapter 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjTYaufaiB8&

British Prime Minister under pressure

 After it was alleged that he said « No more lockdowns: let the bodies pile high in their thousands. »

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/apr/27/boris-on-the-ropes-what-the-papers-say-about-mounting-pressure-on-pm 

Contronyms (from a colleague)

 

Agrégation civilisation britannique. The Expeditions of James Cook chapter 11

 Video number 11 can be found here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgYlhD3w0o0 

British history with a smile

 

British history with a smile.

 

If you are tempted by learning about key figures in British history in half hour talks by  a well-known comedian, mixing wild jokes and serious explanation, have a look at these talks by Mark Steel !

 

Oliver Cromwell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3uxXwad3D0&list=PLoTiF9w7DwMlG5_isaeui520rXcg1A-lc&index=5

 

Isaac Newton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX3PMOmVW-w&list=PLoTiF9w7DwMlG5_isaeui520rXcg1A-lc&index=1

 

Charles Darwin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5kDW8G7WSk&list=PLoTiF9w7DwMlG5_isaeui520rXcg1A-lc&index=4

 

Karl Marx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02ddGtKZuSU&list=PLoTiF9w7DwMlG5_isaeui520rXcg1A-lc&index=13

Albert Einstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyd4IWc8f3Y&list=PLoTiF9w7DwMlG5_isaeui520rXcg1A-lc&index=16

The   Industrial revolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIc9rhBCRvE&list=PLoTiF9w7DwMlG5_isaeui520rXcg1A-lc&index=9

Mary Shelley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvN9tDmjQ4Q&list=PLoTiF9w7DwMlG5_isaeui520rXcg1A-lc&index=24

 

Charlie Chaplin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDHlL8i67jY&list=PLoTiF9w7DwMlG5_isaeui520rXcg1A-lc&index=7

Sylvia Pankhurst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgNC5XyCIkA&list=PLoTiF9w7DwMlG5_isaeui520rXcg1A-lc&index=23

James Cook - his story after he died

 You will find here an MP3 recording of the live class I gave about what happened to Cook's story after he died: historiography and biography:

http://www.jcmullen.fr/0421historio.mp3