Culture Courses

Learn how global warming impacts human health, and the ways we can diminish those impacts.

Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

Learn how to better understand the rich and complex ways that religions function in historic and contemporary contexts.

Learn about Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, one of the first operas ever written.

Discover Handel’s Messiah in this installment of First Nights, which will explore five masterpieces of western music.

Learn about Beethoven’s monumental 9th Symphony and forms of orchestral music.

Learn about Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, an iconic Romantic symphony that ushered in an era of narrative “program music.”

Learn the fascinating history of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, one of the most challenging and rewarding ballets ever written.

Learn how American women created, confronted, and embraced change in the 20th century while exploring ten objects from Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library.

Gain a foundational knowledge of American constitutional democracy while crafting your own civic voice and identity.

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

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.

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.

Explore Chinese history and culture from the perspective of the individual through philosophical texts, literary works, and art.

Gain an understanding of history, museum studies, and curation by looking at, organizing, and interpreting art, artifacts, scientific curiosities, and the stuff of everyday life.