#BirkbeckInspires: The life and legacy of historian Eric Hobsbawm

Birkbeck, University of London, has launched a new programme, 'Birkbeck Inspires', free online events, activities and resources programme designed to inspire learning, provoke thought, and entertain and excite curious minds.

Eric Hobsbawm, by the time of his death in 2012 at the age of 95, was the best-known and most widely respected historian in the world. This video is a conversation about Eric's life and legacy, between Professor Julian Swann, Birkbeck's Pro-Vice Master for Research and Professor Sir Richard J Evans, historian and Fellow of the College and previously Birkbeck's Acting Master as well as Professor of History and Head of Department.