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In this online course, students will learn about Qing´s forced re-encounter and engagement with the West and its ideas and technology and the impact of imperialism and dynastic...

This online course explores the magnetic and ambivalent character of Shylock in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

This online course explores handwriting’s role in the later Middle Ages as Europe was in the midst of the "paper revolution” and the quantity of documents was exploding.

This four-week course provides the context in which to understand the Ebola outbreak -- why now, and why did so many people suffer and die? The course lays out the global...

This online course gives an overview of divination systems, ranging from ancient Chinese bone burning to modern astrology.

In this online course, students will learn about the period from Deng Xiaoping´s rise in 1978 to the present, through the disciplines of sociology, political science and economics.

In Tangible Things, students will discover how material objects have shaped academic disciplines and reinforced or challenged boundaries between people. This course will draw on...

This online course gives an introduction to European handwriting of the so-called “twelfth-century renaissance,” when manuscript production skyrocketed as never before.

This introductory global health course aims to frame global health's collection of problems and actions within a particular biosocial perspective. It develops a toolkit of...

This online course explores how readers in the first information age interacted with their books.

This online course (MOOC) gives an introduction to moral philosophy. It is the online version of one of the most famous courses taught at Harvard College.The course explores...

In this online course, students will learn about the creation of the first centralized bureaucratic empire in 221 BC through its dissolution and restoration.

This online course explores the process of creation, and the relationship between making and meaning, in the illuminated manuscripts of the western Middle Ages.

This online course addresses Einstein's engagement with relativity, quantum mechanics, Nazism, nuclear weapons, philosophy, the arts, and technology, and raises basic questions...

In this online course, students will learn about the rise of the Chinese Communist Party, the People´s Republic under Mao Zedong, and the beginning of China´s reopening and...

This online course explores the moral limits of markets. It draws upon philosophy and contemporary moral and political controversies to consider what moral limits, if any, the...

This online course gives an introduction to Sikhism and provides an overview of Sikh teachings as well as the historical context of the Sikh scripture.

This online course explores how to protect children from violence, exploitation, and neglect through law, policy, and practice in a human rights framework.

In Leaders of Learning, students will identify and develop their personal theory of learning, and explore how it fits into the shifting landscape of learning. This isn't just...

This online course is designed to introduce the range of issues that arise when entering and enforcing contracts. It will provide an introduction to what a contract is and also...