Courses

An exploration of the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.

Embark on a global journey to explore the past, present, and future of world literature.

Explore the reunification of China under the Tang with a focus on aristocratic culture — from poetry to calligraphy to literature.

Join Harvard faculty in this online course to discover the physical history of the Jewish bible.

Explore the impact of the conquest dynasties and the world of the Ming.

Traces Albert Einstein’s engagement with relativity, quantum mechanics, Nazism, nuclear weapons, philosophy, the arts, and technology.

Combine literary research with data science to find answers in unexpected ways. Learn basic coding tools to help save time and draw insights from thousands of digital documents at once.

Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present.

Examine how cultures of the ancient world defined themselves through literature and how their vision of literature contributes to our understanding of civilization, culture, and literature today.

This course examines the Sikh scripture from a doctrinal and historical perspective by providing an overview of Sikh teachings as well as the historical context within which the scripture evolved and became canonized.

An exploration of the magnetic and ambivalent character of Shylock in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

Examine how great modern writers capture the intricacies of our globalized world and how their works circulate within that world to find their own audiences.

Gain critical communication skills in writing and public speaking with this introduction to American political rhetoric.

Learn how to read William Shakespeare's plays through his biography, Elizabethan and Jacobean history, and modern performance.

Explore acts of storytelling in Shakespeare’s Othello alongside world-class artists who interpret Othello’s story in new forms and contexts today.