
Preble Hall
A naval history podcast from Preble Hall - the United States Naval Academy Museum in Annapolis, Maryland. Preble Hall will interview historians, practitioners, military personnel, and other experts on a variety of naval history topics from ancient history to recent history.
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May 1, 2021 • 59min
9/11 and the Office of Naval Intelligence
Preble Hall is produced by the United States Naval Academy Museumhttp://usna.edu/museumhttp://www.facebook.com/usnamuseum/https://twitter.com/usnamuseumA History of the Navy in 100 Objects from the USNA Museumhttps://www.usna.edu/100Objects/index.phpDate records: 30 April 2021

Apr 26, 2021 • 25min
Scholars by the Sea, Episode 1: Professor Brian VanDeMark
The US Naval Academy Department of History is introducing three new podcast series through the Preble Hall Naval History podcast. On Preble Hall episode 106, the department introduced "The Top Three." On this episode, the hosts highlight the work of Naval Academy history professors and other historians (beyond naval history).

Apr 22, 2021 • 56min
Why Gallipoli?
Preble Hall is produced by the United States Naval Academy Museumhttp://usna.edu/museumhttp://www.facebook.com/usnamuseum/https://twitter.com/usnamuseumA History of the Navy in 100 Objects from the USNA Museumhttps://www.usna.edu/100Objects/index.phpDate records: 19 April 2021

Apr 19, 2021 • 41min
Remembering Admiral Sam Gravely
Preble Hall is produced by the United States Naval Academy Museumhttp://usna.edu/museumhttp://www.facebook.com/usnamuseum/https://twitter.com/usnamuseumA History of the Navy in 100 Objects from the USNA Museumhttps://www.usna.edu/100Objects/index.phpDate recorded: 21 March 2021

Apr 17, 2021 • 35min
The Top Three: Military Disasters
Preble Hall is produced by the United States Naval Academy Museumhttp://usna.edu/museumhttp://www.facebook.com/usnamuseum/https://twitter.com/usnamuseumA History of the Navy in 100 Objects from the USNA Museumhttps://www.usna.edu/100Objects/index.phpRecorded on 31 March 2021

Apr 15, 2021 • 56min
The Masqueraders and "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Livestream link for A Midsummer Night's Dream:Friday, Oct 16:https://youtu.be/cohlj8uzajcSaturday:https://youtu.be/L0hXX8yJM_cAnyday: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL-LpIXwY3oU-BY_AJY3MxA/live Preble Hall is produced by the United States Naval Academy Museumhttp://usna.edu/museumhttp://www.facebook.com/usnamuseum/https://twitter.com/usnamuseumA History of the Navy in 100 Objects from the USNA Museumhttps://www.usna.edu/100Objects/index.php

Apr 9, 2021 • 43min
Reflections on the Cold War from North Korea to the Strategic Defense Initiative, with VADM Bob Monroe, USN (Ret)
Preble Hall is produced by the United States Naval Academy Museumhttp://usna.edu/museumhttp://www.facebook.com/usnamuseum/https://twitter.com/usnamuseumA History of the Navy in 100 Objects from the USNA Museumhttps://www.usna.edu/100Objects/index.php Host: Claude Berube, PhD, Director, US Naval Academy MuseumDate recorded: 8 March 2021

Mar 29, 2021 • 26min
Americans in the Mexican Navy and Army
Preble Hall is produced by the United States Naval Academy Museumhttp://usna.edu/museumhttp://www.facebook.com/usnamuseum/https://twitter.com/usnamuseumA History of the Navy in 100 Objects from the USNA Museumhttps://www.usna.edu/100Objects/index.php Host: Claude Berube, PhD, Director, US Naval Academy MuseumDate recorded: 5 March 2021

Mar 19, 2021 • 1h 7min
2021 Bancroft Lecture at the Academy: Dr. Vincent Brown, "Charting the Course of an Atlantic Slave War."
About Dr. Vincent Brown:Vincent Brown is Charles Warren Professor of American History, Professor of African and African-American Studies, and Founding Director of the History Design Studio at Harvard University. His research, writing, teaching, and other creative endeavors are focused on the political dimensions of cultural practice in the African Diaspora, with a particular emphasis on the early modern Atlantic world. Brown is the author of numerous articles and reviews in scholarly journals, he is Principal Investigator and Curator for the animated thematic map Slave Revolt in Jamaica, 1760-1761: A Cartographic Narrative (2013), and he was Producer and Director of Research for the award-wining television documentary Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness(2009), broadcast nationally on season 11 of the PBS series Independent Lens. His first book, The Reaper’s Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery (2008), was co-winner of the 2009 Merle Curti Award and received the 2009 James A. Rawley Prize and the 2008-09 Louis Gottschalk Prize. His most recent book is Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War, published by Belknap Press in January 2020, which was awarded the 2020 Sons & Daughters of United States Middle Passage Phillis Wheatley Book Award for Non-Fiction Research and was a finalist for the 2020 Cundill History Prize.

Mar 15, 2021 • 43min
Pirates of the Chesapeake, with Dr. Jamie Goodall
Episode NotesPreble Hall is produced by the United States Naval Academy Museumhttp://usna.edu/museumhttp://www.facebook.com/usnamuseum/https://twitter.com/usnamuseumA History of the Navy in 100 Objects from the USNA Museumhttps://www.usna.edu/100Objects/index.php Host: Claude Berube, PhD, Director, US Naval Academy MuseumDate recorded: 11 March 2021