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Learn about history and more from the best universities and institutions around the world.

Study world history online with courses covering a variety of subjects from ancient to modern. Topics include ancient Greek history, European art history, religion in history, human evolution and much more. Enroll in Harvard University’s popular ten-part series on the history of China or any of the many free courses offered.

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Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking…

The Architectural Imagination…

World Religions Through Their Scriptures…

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U.S. Government…

XSeries Program (4 courses)

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Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking…

The Architectural Imagination…

The Path to Happiness: What Chinese Philosophy Teaches us about the Good Life…

PredictionX: Omens, Oracles & Prophecies…

Masterpieces of World Literature…

Pyramids of Giza: Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology…

Women Making History: Ten Objects, Many Stories…

CitiesX: The Past, Present and Future of Urban Life…

Shakespeare's Life and Work…

Tangible Things: Discovering History Through Artworks, Artifacts, Scientific Specimens, and the Stuff Around You…

Buddhism Through Its Scriptures…

U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies…

American Government: Constitutional Foundations…

PredictionX: Lost Without Longitude…

PredictionX: John Snow and the Cholera Epidemic of 1854…

Islam Through Its Scriptures…

Christianity Through Its Scriptures…

European Paintings: From Leonardo to Rembrandt to Goya…

Religion, Conflict and Peace…

Hollywood: History, Industry, Art…

U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy…

The Einstein Revolution…

Religious Literacy: Traditions and Scriptures…

Hinduism Through Its Scriptures…

US-China Relations: Past, Present and Future…

Shakespeare's Hamlet: The Ghost…

Citizen Politics in America: Public Opinion, Elections, Interest Groups, and the Media…

18th-Century Opera: Handel & Mozart…

Japanese Books: From Manuscript to Print…

Judaism Through Its Scriptures…

Gender and Intersectionality…

China and Communism…

Pintura europea: Leonardo, Rembrandt, Goya…

China’s Political and Intellectual Foundations: From Sage Kings to Confucius…

Arab-Islamic History: From Tribes to Empires…

IsraelX, TelAvivUniversity…

First Nights - Beethoven's 9th Symphony and the 19th Century Orchestra…

Shakespeare’s Othello: The Moor…

Terrorism and Counterterrorism…

Contemporary China: The People's Republic, Taiwan, and Hong Kong…

Sikhism Through Its Scriptures…

Policy for Science, Technology and Innovation…

Disease, Climate Shocks, and Wellbeing: a Long History of Social Response to Crisis…

The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism…

StanfordOnline…

Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Shylock…

Globalization: Past and Future…

Indian & Tibetan River of Buddhism…

Noongar Language and Culture…

The Medieval Icelandic Sagas…

The Civil War and Reconstruction - 1850-1861: A House Divided…

19th-Century Opera: Meyerbeer, Wagner, & Verdi…

Invitation to The Tale of Genji: The Foundational Elements of Japanese Culture…

China’s First Empires and the Rise of Buddhism…

The Conquest of Space: Space Exploration and Rocket Science…

Fighting for Equality: 1950–2018…

Modern Japanese Architecture Part 1: From Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War…

Historia global de la arquitectura islámica: espacio, ciudad, arte…

First Nights - Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring: Modernism, Ballet, and Riots…

Modern China’s Foundations: The Manchus and the Qing…

Biblical Archaeology: The archaeology of ancient Israel and Judah…

La España del Quijote…

Introducción al griego clásico: verbos, oraciones y filosofía…

Creating Modern China: The Republican Period to the Present…

Global China: From the Mongols to the Ming…

First Nights - Handel's Messiah and Baroque Oratorio…

The Supreme Court & American Politics…

UniversityofBaltimore, USMx…

Historia de la ética…

The Civil War and Reconstruction – 1865-1890: The Unfinished Revolution…

Foundations for Transforming Teaching and Learning about Native Americans…

SmithsonianX…

Introducción a la caligrafía y paleografía en archivos hispanos medievales y modernos…

Invasions, Rebellions, and the Fall of Imperial China…

Cosmopolitan Tang: Aristocratic Culture in China…

The Civil War and Reconstruction - 1861 - 1865: A New Birth of Freedom…

The Bible in Light of the Ancient Near East…

Griego clásico a través de las Guerras Médicas…

Tokyo Hillside, Tokyo Riverside: Exploring the Historical City…

American Prophet: The Inner Life and Global Vision of Martin Luther King, Jr.…

StanfordOnline…

Seeking Women’s Rights: Colonial Period to the Civil War…

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: An Introduction…

The Korean Story: Secrets of an Economic Miracle…

Chinese History From Warring States to the Tang Dynasty | 资治通鉴…

Europe Without Borders?…

Literati China: Examinations, Neo-Confucianism, and Later Imperial China…

Visualizing the Birth of Modern Tokyo…

China Humanities: The Individual in Chinese Culture…

Historia latinoamericana a través de objetos de arte, diseño y artesanía…

Interdisciplinary Teaching with Museum Objects…

SmithsonianX…

The Spain of Don Quixote…

Caligrafía y paleografía: espacios históricos para su estudio y práctica…

Creating a Digital Cultural Heritage Community…

The History of Medieval Medicine Through Jewish Manuscripts…

Evolution of the Human Sociality: A Quest for the Origin of Our Social Behavior…

Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought | 毛泽东思想概论…

Visualizing Postwar Tokyo, Part 1…

Arctic Security Fundamentals…

Changing Minds: Geographic Discoveries and New Worlds through the Eyes of a Renaissance Jewish Scholar…

China’s Ancient Ritual Civilization | 中国古代礼义文明…

Wage Work for Women Citizens: 1870-1920…

Historia económica argentina: avatares de un sistema monetario…

Negotiating a Changing World: 1920-1950…

La costruzione dell'Italia…

Living at the Nuclear Brink…

StanfordOnline…

Sheep in the Land of Fire and Ice…

Storia Economica…

The Tabernacle in Word & Image: An Italian Jewish Manuscript Revealed…

Visualizing Postwar Tokyo, Part 2…

Introduction to the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics | 中国特色社会主义理论体系概论…

『源氏物語』へのいざない…

Letteratura latina, dalle origini all'età augustea…

Sorting Truth From Fiction: Civic Online Reasoning…

Chinese Culture: Tradition…

Chinese Culture: Interaction…

Introduction to American Civics: Presented by Zero-L…

Voyage musical dans la France du 17e siècle…

Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs…

A Global History of Architecture…

Global History of Capitalism…

The Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact On Pop Culture…

SmithsonianX…

America's Poverty and Inequality Course…

StanfordOnline…

Engineering the Space Shuttle…

Jazz: The Music, The Stories, The Players…

History of Chinese Architecture | 中国建筑史…

The Meaning of Rome: The Renaissance and Baroque City…

Global History Lab…

Introduction to Kabbalah…

Global Muckraking: Investigative Journalism and Global Media…

Saving Schools: Reforming the U.S. Education System…

The World History of Modern Wine…

Ancient Egyptian Civilization…

Early Christianity: The Letters of Paul…

Star Trek: Inspiring Culture and Technology…

SmithsonianX…

À la découverte du théâtre classique français – Tome 1…

American Capitalism: A History…

Introduction to Human Evolution…

The Science of Religion…

Ideas of the Twentieth Century…

Introduction to Italian Opera…

Central Challenges of American National Security, Strategy, and the Press…

International Politics in the Korean Peninsula…

Housing and Cities…

Comisión de la Verdad Colombia…

Smithsonian’s Objects That Define America…

SmithsonianX…

Oscar Wilde, écrivain et penseur du langage…

Mawlana Jalal-Uddin Balkhi - Rumi: The Greatest Mystic Poet of All Time…

日本文化艺术专题 | Japanese Culture and Art…

Was Alexander Great? The Life, Leadership, and Legacies of History’s Greatest Warrior…

JuryX: Deliberations for Social Change…

Democracy and Development: Perspectives from Africa…

Interpreting Vernacular Architecture in Asia…

Introduction to German Opera…

U.S. Government - Foundations, Democracy & Politics…

À la découverte du théâtre classique français – Tome 2…

The Legacy of Islamic Civilization…

Antes de Noé: El diluvio en la Antigua Babilonia…

The Book: Scrolls in the Age of the Book…

The Journey of Writing and Scripts in Egypt…

Teaching Historical Inquiry with Objects…

SmithsonianX…

Democratic to Authoritarian Rule…

History of Chinese Costumes|中国服饰七千年…

中国古代史（大学先修课) | Ancient History of China…

Antarctica: From Geology to Human History…

International Politics in the Korean Peninsula, Part 1…

Visualizing Imperialism & the Philippines, 1898-1913…

世界文化地理 | Cultural Geography of the World…

Critical Issues in Urban Education…

Del trazo caligráfico al método paleográfico: experimentando la materialidad de los manuscritos históricos…

The Presidency and the Shape of the Supreme Court…

民俗学 | The Study of Folklore…

New Zealand Landscape as Culture: Wai (Water)…

Oriental Beliefs: Between Reason and Traditions…

New Zealand Landscape as Culture: Motu (Islands)…

Shakespeare on the Page and in Performance: Young Love…

Deciphering Secrets: Unlocking the Manuscripts of Medieval Toledo (Spain)…

Star Trek: Inspiring Culture and Technology II…

SmithsonianX…

New Zealand Landscape as Culture: Maunga (Mountains)…

Star Trek: Inspiring Culture and Technology III…

SmithsonianX…

Shakespeare: On the Page and in Performance…

Deciphering Secrets: Unlocking the Manuscripts of Medieval Burgos (Spain)…

Casing the Joint: Introducing Histories of Australian Crime…

Jazz Appreciation…

A History of Violence: From the Middle Ages to Modern Times…

Modern Japanese Architecture: From Meiji Restoration to Today…

A History of European Empires: 1400–1522…

Introduction to Sociology…

Western Civilization: Ancient and Medieval Europe…

Fairy Tales: Meanings, Messages, and Morals…

All History Programs

World Religions Through Their Scriptures…

XSeries Program (7 courses)

U.S. Government…

XSeries Program (4 courses)

Shakespeare’s Outsiders…

XSeries Program (3 courses)

History of China: The Modern Era…

XSeries Program (5 courses)

Classical Works…

XSeries Program (5 courses)

History of China: Bronze Age to the Last Dynasties…

XSeries Program (5 courses)

Griego clásico…

XSeries Program (3 courses)

The Civil War and Reconstruction…

XSeries Program (3 courses)

Historias de la creatividad en el sur global: arte, arquitectura y diseño…

XSeries Program (3 courses)

Women Have Always Worked…

XSeries Program (4 courses)

Visualizing Japan…

XSeries Program (3 courses)

Star Trek: Inspiring Culture and Technology…

SmithsonianX…

XSeries Program (3 courses)

Chinese Culture: Tradition, Transformation and Interaction…

XSeries Program (3 courses)