Dan Snow: History in the Digital World

As part of Lancaster University’s Public Lecture Series, BAFTA-winning historian Dan Snow presented a talk exploring all the tools available to those who want to talk about, teach and enjoy history online.

A Lancaster Honorary Graduate, Dan has live-streamed on TikTok while searching for Shackleton's ship Endurance, posted on Instagram from WW1 biplanes and recorded podcasts from inside the Arctic and Antarctic circles.

When he started working there were no podcasts, no YouTube, no Facebook, no Netflix, no 3G mobile network and no iPhone. So during the course of two decades Dan has responded to huge technological changes, taking advantage of huge new audiences… and sometimes embarrassing himself along the way!

Dan explores some of the strengths and weaknesses about making history accessible online, along with the opportunities and dangers of this revolution in broadcasting.

Find out more about Lancaster University’s Public Lectures Series and watch past lectures here: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/events/pu...