Description
For as long as humans have been communicating, they have been communicating secretly. In this class, explore the history of secret codes from ancient times to the present. Learn and practice some of the basic methods of code-making and code-breaking. Explore some of the ways that secret codes still govern our lives today.
Caleb Richardson is Associate Professor of History and the Associate Chair of the History Department at UNM. His first book, Smyllie’s Ireland: Protestants, Independence, and the Man Who Ran the Irish Times, was published in 2019. He teaches courses in British history, Irish history, the history of espionage, military history, and counterfactual history.