Explore the history of navigation, from stars to satellites.

An in-depth look at the 1854 London cholera epidemic in Soho and its importance for the field of epidemiology.

An overview of divination systems, ranging from ancient Chinese bone burning to modern astrology.

Gain an understanding of history, museum studies, and curation by looking at, organizing, and interpreting art, artifacts,...

Explore what makes cities energizing, amazing, challenging, and perhaps humanity’s greatest invention.

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

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

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

Examine how cultures of the ancient world defined themselves through literature and how their vision of literature contributes to...

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

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

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

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

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

Study Japanese scroll art as text and as "little movies" that immerse the viewer through visual narration.