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“Die Vorlesungsreihe vermittelt einen guten Überblick über die europäische Geschichte. Der Dozent redet manchmal etwas schnell, dafür spart er mit Fachausdrücken, so dass man mit passablen Englischkenntnissen gut folgen können sollte. Insgesamt uneingeschränkt zu empfehlen.”
Voice_HN via Apple Podcasts ·
Germany ·
11/07/15
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“Made a history lover out of me and that's no easy task. Thank you Professor Merriman! Honored to be "attend" lectures all the way from Indiana!!”
Waitress212 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/25/15
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“I'm a retired professor of Comaprative Literature. I'm well over 85. And I listen to this course on my daily walk. Prof. Merriman does, indeed, have some human stutters in his lecture, but this is one of the best courses I've ever heard--and I've heard very, very many. It's a privilege to...”Read full review »
PN1925 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/21/14
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“If you've read his books, you already know that John Merriman is a leading expert in European history. This is a fabulous introductory course - highly recommend.”
Cari in Brooklyn via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/19/14
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“I listened to the first 10 lectures and finally gave up. I love history, but the constant vocal tics, the leaning into the mic and shouting, the off-topic inserts (do I need to know about his French neighbor's grandfather's issues???) On the good side, Prof. Merriman's biases are clear; no one...”Read full review »
child33315 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/09/13
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“This is an excellent overview course for European history in the time period stated. Not being a student of history, I learned many new things. It makes a good follow-on course to Professor Wrightson's course on early modern England, and does presume some knowledge of this topic (e.g., English...”Read full review »
Mapmyrunner via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/14/13
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“Merriman's a pretty good speaker, apart from a few minor tics. The class isn't bad by any means, but after listening I sort of have the same sensation I'd get from watching a survey show on The History Channel. There isn't a sense of a connected narrative in Merriman's lectures - the course has...”Read full review »
Polymathus via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/15/12
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“Great course, a huge oportunity to learn - review recent European history, the teacher got in the game, Yale many thanks”
Carmen Finlandia via Apple Podcasts ·
Spain ·
10/19/12
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“This course gives a good overview of trends in history, and has some interesting perspectives. Unfortunately the professor's delivery gets in the way - too many 'ums' and 'uhs' and an almost comically overdone accent when pronouncing words in French and German interrup the flow. If you can get...”Read full review »
mpvmd via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/07/12
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“Sehr spannende Vorlesung.”
Lutzio via Apple Podcasts ·
Germany ·
07/01/12
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“Enjoyable and informative lecture series.
The only downside was that every topic seemed to relate back to France in some manner, and the over-pronunciation of French words became a little distracting.”
dprlynch via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/30/12
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“Professor Merriman is highly knowledgeable about his subject. Unfortunately, in his last lecture he injected an obvious anti-American bias, outrageously stating that Bush and Cheney were responsible for putting America on a list of nations that use torture and that they should be brought before...”Read full review »
Jim La Marca via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/20/12
“This professor obviously has a dominating command of the information he is presenting, but like the other reviewers have mentioned, his "add-ins" or "catch phrases" are incredibly distracting. "Uh", "um" and his repeating certain words several times before moving on with his sentences can really...”Read full review »
Gidget1899 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/12/12
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“This guy is ALL over the place. He can't stay on track.
In addition his VERY obvious liberal bias is why so many people distrust academia.”
Jedited via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/12/12
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“Merriman doesn't seem to have a plan. His lecture on Napoleon is all over the place, with little sense of chronology or purpose. He is constantly referring to topics that he "will get to later". Perhaps he brings more cohesion to other subjects, but this was dissapointing.”
Bizmhamama via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/10/12
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“The course focus too much on biographies and psycological issues. It is not my preference, but it may suit you.
The professor is quite interesting, though. Many others will like the lectures a lot, I'm sure.”
Hitohitohitohitohito via Apple Podcasts ·
Brazil ·
04/23/12
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“Obviously the instructor is very intelligent and knowledgeable, but he’s in desperate need of a vocal coach. If I paid tuition for this class, I’d be extremely unhappy that the vast majority of lecture content would be “ah/um/er” or stutters. Every last word is bracketed by lengthy vocal tics and...”Read full review »
Sean9123 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/12/12
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“Thank you for providing an open door to European history. Much appreciated.”
ArtHxProf via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/17/12
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“To somebody who gave up history for biology in high school this is a gift: at last tying together the experience of the common man to the macro events; the horse shoe nails (and their shoddy manufactures) to the fall of empires.
JM Keynes' hand may be invisible but sometimes you can sense where...”Read full review »
Ashley Silver via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
12/25/11
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“This is a great class. If you are looking for an intro class this is not for you. If you love history and enjoy listening to a great prof weave ideas and events that you would have never connected this is the class for you.”
Bphorn via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/28/11
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“Great overview. Quirky and engaging with distinct french focus.”
Flergie via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/17/11
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“De spreker is type gesjeesde professor, wat af en toe wel wat op mijn zenuwen werkt.
Maar verder informatief en interresant”
Titatovenaar7 via Apple Podcasts ·
Netherlands ·
08/13/11
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“All over, nice solid course”
Marios Richards via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
07/27/11
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“Ah, ah, ah ya know an, an an and ya know this lecture could have taken 15 minutes ah, ah if ah ya know the lecturer would ah have ya know ah just said ah ah ah what meant. There aren't many people who should read their lectures. Here is one.”
Waterman1Z via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/25/11
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“My experience with Merriman's lectures has varied. Initially, I felt annoyed and found his style out of control - a sort of stream of consciousness babble that left me wondering what he just said and if my playback was at too high a speed. Yet even then I appreciated his breadth of knowledge...”Read full review »
zenstrike via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/03/11
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“Good general history of Europe - a balance of social and political history”
VinnyMac83 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/17/11
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“Mr. Merriman opens doors, windows and an entire universe of thought. I found him engaging, brilliant, rambling, evocative and interestingly emotional (not boring). He enabled me to conceptualize a society of thought no other professor has done. A real treasure and MUST HAVE to anyone remotely...”Read full review »
Evagee via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/17/11
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“Professor Merriman's anecdotes about various historical figures are great, and added to what I was already familiar with. But I cannot stand his ceaseless name-dropping of France. I am an American educated in French schools, and therefore love France as much as Prof. Merriman, but I am simply...”Read full review »
E from CA via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/03/11
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“Where does this "ah,ah" man learn rhetoric? It makes it hard to follow the lectures.”
Coconorte via Apple Podcasts ·
Spain ·
04/09/11
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“I devoured this course. I actually looked forward to getting in the car just so I could listen to John Merriman's passionate, insightful and deeply moving lectures. It doesn't get any better than this.”
SaRosF via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/04/11
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“I want to echo the other complaints about speaking French in class..... Ok, I got it, the guy lives in France.... So what? Well, the so what is that almost every topic is related to France, and to someone he knows, or lives near, visited a few years back. Oh did I mention, the guy lives in...”Read full review »
David K64 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/01/11
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“There is not a single lecture where Prof. Merriman does not feel compelled to remind his audience that he lives in "la belle France", even when speaking about the end of Communism in Eastern Europe. Why? He laces each and every lecture with "Frenchisms" and anecdotes about his village in France,...”Read full review »
Asomogyi via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/12/11
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“I wish my university professors were all this engaging when I was in school, but then, I studied Business mostly. I have always enjoyed reading about European history, ever since high school, and Prof. Merriman reminded me how exciting this topic was. At first I was distracted by his lisp, but it...”Read full review »
zoeybeck via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/04/11
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“Other reviewers are correct that Merriman is brilliant. I only wish that his manner of speaking were more fluent. Numerous word whiskers (uh) make these lectures almost impossible to enjoy once you pick up on them. Like the adage of having a face for radio, this speaker has a voice suited for print.”
Visual_Arc via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/10/11
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“Wen die europäische Geschichte der letzten Jahrhunderte interressiert und -wichtig! - wer der englischen Sprache mit amerikanischem Akzent gut mächtig ist, sollte sich das auf jeden Fall laden! Sehr zu empfehlen!!”
Felix FC Bayern Fan via Apple Podcasts ·
Germany ·
02/07/11
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“I listen to many different history classes from Itunes U and this is one of the great ones. He has a depth of understanding and a great insight into the subject matter that has you sitting at the edge of your seat waiting to see what comes next and what he thinks of it. Some of my favorites...”Read full review »
A widower via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/27/11
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“As a student of history on my spare time, these lectures are extremely useful for me to gain a larger perspective of many different areas on which I have read. Please put up more if possible! I for one would appreciate them immensely.”
Oohnocnk via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/29/10
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“Thanks for put'n this class on itunesU! I rather enjoyed listening to all the lectures, I couldn't stop”
thephranke via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/28/10
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“I found this course to be very interesting. I took a modern history course at university, which helped me understand
/remember certain events, how ever, with out that prior knowledge this course would be harder to follow (aparently students parallel to the.lectures were reading books related to...”Read full review »
Diegomorales85 via Apple Podcasts ·
Chile ·
11/06/10
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“Very interesting, very well taught. I listened to mr Merriman for a couple of weeks commuting to and from work and am quite sad to have landed at his last lecture. I sincerely hope more will follow. Thank you very much for sharing this.”
Hisbu via Apple Podcasts ·
Netherlands ·
10/30/10
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“I love this course, it really covers a lot of the european history at that time and it is of great help to understand the reasons of all the events in modern times.
Unfortunately the professor focuses most of the time in French examples, because he is an expert in french history, however it does...”Read full review »
bossacorp via Apple Podcasts ·
Mexico ·
10/20/10
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