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History

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of History.

Video playlists about History

Ancient clues

6 talks • 1h 49m

Fascinating talks about humanity's beginnings and evolution's journey.

Talks to celebrate Black History Month

14 talks • 3h 17m

These fascinating talks offer fresh perspectives on black identity, and fascinating insights on how to finally defeat racism.

Time warp

7 talks • 1h 30m

Time is measured in seconds, minutes and hours. But these talks show it isn't always so simple.

Fascinating history

12 talks • 2h 53m

Be transported through the centuries with these talks for your inner (and outer) history buff.

See all 14 playlists on History

Talks about History

Cecile Richards

The political progress women have made — and what's next

Posted Jan 2019

Ariana Curtis

Museums should honor the everyday, not just the extraordinary

Posted Dec 2018

Stacey Abrams

3 questions to ask yourself about everything you do

Posted Dec 2018

Suzie Sheehy

The case for curiosity-driven research

Posted Nov 2018

Graham Allison

Is war between China and the US inevitable?

Posted Oct 2018

Kelly Richmond Pope

How whistle-blowers shape history

Posted Oct 2018

Chip Colwell

Why museums are returning cultural treasures

Posted Sep 2018

Stephen DeBerry

Why the "wrong side of the tracks" is usually the east side of cities

Posted Aug 2018

Walter Hood

How urban spaces can preserve history and build community

Posted Aug 2018

Supasorn Suwajanakorn

Fake videos of real people — and how to spot them

Posted Jul 2018

Mikhail Zygar

What the Russian Revolution would have looked like on social media

Posted Jul 2018

Brett Hennig

What if we replaced politicians with randomly selected people?

Posted Jun 2018

Oskar Eustis

Why theater is essential to democracy

Posted Jun 2018

Yuval Noah Harari

Why fascism is so tempting — and how your data could power it

Posted May 2018

Kate Raworth

A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow

Posted May 2018

Steven Pinker

Is the world getting better or worse? A look at the numbers

Posted Apr 2018

See all 180 talks on History

Exclusive articles about History

A mobile documentary asks: What if Martin Luther King, Eartha Kitt and others were on Facebook in 1968?

In journalist Mikhail Zygar’s innovative series, you can watch the events of that momentous year come to vibrant life on your phone in weekly episodes. Imagine your phone screen...

These 6 pioneering women helped create modern computers

It seems like a story made for the movies: the first general-purpose computer was actually programmed by a half-dozen female math whizzes. Yet for too long, their efforts have b...

Quiz: How much do you really know about the pencil?

You’ve probably used and discarded hundreds of pencils in your life so far. Put your knowledge to the test — and learn some cocktail party trivia in the process.

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