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The Lessons of History

on BBC Radio 3

Earlier today members of the University of Oxford and visitors heard the Inaugural Lecture of the new Regius Professor of Modern History, Michael Howard.
The general public still look to history to provide guidance, to teach lessons. Professional historians reject this role. What should the relationship be between the obligation of the historian to the integrity of his subject and the expectations of society? followed by an interlude

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Michael Howard.

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