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.

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

Explore the diverse and complex roles that religions play in both promoting and mitigating violence.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Study Baroque and Classical opera through Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Mozart’s Don Giovanni

Learn the music and cultural impact of three canonical operas from the 1800s: Les Huguenots, Das Rheingold, and Otello.