A forthcoming three-part essay series I'm working on about the history of mining. As it stands, there are many specialist studies on the history of mining and a lot of generalizations about mining history as an introduction or component of investigations of other subjects, but there is a striking lack of clearly delineated overviews of this field of human activity. This series aims to fix this by providing a look at the 'global' history of mining.

Once the series is completed (hopefully in the next six months or so), I'll post the entire run as a single essay, with proper citations, as well as an introduction and conclusion.

Below are a selection of videos I made when teaching on class on the subject of Europe's post-World War I political crisis, which began with what many perceived as a "mutilated victory" in 1919 and which ended in the "Götterdämmerung" of Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II, in 1945. The subject-matter of the course was explicitly Eurocentric and political, with the blind spots and shortcomings that inevitably brings. Nevertheless, the lectures showcase my lecturing style and abilities to work within an all digital format, and can provide a springboard for further discussing these skills.

I have chosen to leave the lectures unchanged from how they were created at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020. While I might do a lot of things differently with the experience of the subsequent years, I stand by what I did at that time.

While it has been several years since I taught this course, I'm happy to discuss the subject matter. I can also provide sources for the lectures, which are not provided in the videos. At some point, maybe I'll get around to creating a bibliography or bibliographic essay to post here.

Note: The first four videos posted are circa 35 minutes long. The last video is a little over 1 hour.