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History

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

Video playlists about History

The most popular talks of 2020

20 talks • 7h 50m

What ideas captured people's attention and took off the quickest in 2020? Here are the talks that intrigued and propelled us to the end of this world-shifting year.

Little-known big history

15 talks • 3h 18m

A collection of histories the textbooks left out ...

Theories of evolution

8 talks • 1h 39m

The enduring ideas, discoveries and observations that define and expand life as we know it.

Reclaim the past, save the future

8 talks • 1h 52m

How do we look forward without knowing where we come from? These talks emphasize the importance of historical truths, nuanced observations and preserving cultural heritage.

Talks about History

Kate Lister

An honest history of an ancient and "nasty" word

Posted Apr 2021

Archie Crowley

Language around gender and identity evolves (and always has)

Posted Mar 2021

Greg Anderson

Why there's no such thing as objective reality

Posted Feb 2021

Sarah Kurnick

"Aliens built the pyramids" and other absurdities of pseudo-archaeology

Posted Feb 2021

Cara Greene Epstein

How theater weathers wars, outlasts empires and survives pandemics

Posted Feb 2021

Carolyn Freiwald

The hidden history found in your teeth

Posted Feb 2021

Juan Enriquez

How technology changes our sense of right and wrong

Posted Feb 2021

Amanda Gorman

"The Hill We Climb"

Posted Jan 2021

Kluane Adamek

The legacy of matriarchs in the Yukon First Nations

Posted Dec 2020

Emily Levesque

A stellar history of modern astronomy

Posted Dec 2020

Gloria Steinem

To future generations of women, you are the roots of change

Posted Nov 2020

John Biewen

The lie that invented racism

Posted Sep 2020

Hasan Kwame Jeffries

Why we must confront the painful parts of US history

Posted Sep 2020

Neal Katyal

How to win an argument (at the US Supreme Court, or anywhere)

Posted Sep 2020

Christiane-Marie Abu Sarah

How do daily habits lead to political violence?

Posted Sep 2020

Jose Antonio Vargas

3 questions to ask yourself about US citizenship

Posted Aug 2020

See all 247 talks on History

Exclusive articles about History

How did the human heart become associated with love? And how did it turn into the shape we know today?

We see the familiar symbol everywhere — in text messages, signs, cakes, clothing, and more. But we also know the real heart looks nothing like it. Historian Marilyn Yalom tells ...

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...

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