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This online course program gives an overview of Chinese cultural knowledge, including traditions, philosophy, religion, strategic thinking, as well as paintings, operas and...

The course is an introduction to Dante and his cultural milieu through a critical reading of the Divine Comedy and selected minor works (Vita nuova, Convivio, De vulgari...

This course examines how the idea of "the modern" develops at the end of the 18th century in European philosophy and literature, and how being modern became one of the crucial...

This lecture gives an overview over important issues and key concepts in American literary and cultural history from early colonial times to the present. This part covers...

Taking this course, students will question for themselves the meaning of human freedom, responsibility and identity by reading and responding to Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.

This online coures explores the literature and heroes of ancient Greece through the Homeric Iliad and Odyssey, the tragedies of Sophocles, the dialogues of Plato, and more.

This online course explores the history of the book during the early modern period and shows how the invention of printing revolutionized our world.

This online course explores the Shakespeare authorship question, i.e. the doubt about the authorship of Shakespeare's texts.

This course examines how the idea of "the modern" develops at the end of the 18th century in European philosophy and literature, and how being modern became one of the crucial...

This lecture series provides exemplary close readings of key texts of literary and cultural history in order to illustrate how certain scientific tools and terms can be put to...

This online course covers texts from the domains of classical literature, history, philosophy, and fine arts.

The Systems Biology and Biotechnology Specialization covers the concepts and methodologies used in systems-level analysis of biomedical systems. This course will focus on...

This online course gives an introduction to Gothic cathedrals. The course explores the art, literature, intellectual life, economics, and social arrangements that arose in the...

In this online course, bestseller author James Patterson teaches the art of the book writing process. The course includes more than 20 video lessons and various supplemental...

Diese Vorlesung gibt eine literaturwissenschaftliche Einführung in die Neuere deutsche Literatur.

Dieser Kurs gibt Tipps zum Schreiben von Büchern, den nötigen Zeitrahmen und widmet sich der Planung und Gliederung sowie der Kapitelerstellung.

Exil – Literatur – Judentum

In dieser Videovorlesung erläutern verschiedene Dozenten ausgewählte Aspekte der Literaturwissenschaft. U.a. wird der richtige Umgang mit alten Texten erörtert.

Dieses Videoseminar ist als Online-Version verfügbar. Es gibt eine Einführung in die deutschsprachige Gegenwartsliteratur seit 1945. Enthalten sind diverse Schriftsteller und...

Diese Online-Vorlesung gibt eine literaturwissenschaftliche Einführung in die Neuere Deutsche Literatur.In 10 Videovorlesungen verschiedener Dozenten werden viele grundlegende...