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Image of the five books of the ChinaX book club
Humanities
Online

ChinaX Book Club: Five Authors, Five Books, Five Views of China

An exploration of the dynamics of contemporary China using the tools of close reading, discussion, and analysis.

Price
Free*
Duration
5 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
Earliest surviving map showing Portuguese geographic discoveries in the east and west.
Humanities
Online

Masterpieces of World Literature

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

Price
Free*
Duration
12 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
Building rooftops overlooking a body of water
Humanities
Online

Modern Masterpieces of World Literature

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.

Price
Free*
Duration
8 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
Large ancient ship sailing across the ocean
Humanities
Online

Ancient Masterpieces 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.

Price
Free*
Duration
6 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
Three scenes from Xixiang Ji, translated as Romance of the Western Chamber, from the Ming Dynasty.
Humanities
Online

China Humanities: The Individual in Chinese Culture

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

Price
Free*
Duration
8 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
A man in a hat and cloak looks with uncertainty toward a woman in white, who looks back at him.
Art & Design
Online

Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice: Shylock

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

Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
Two men clutch each other while looking toward another, older man in armor with a shield and sword.
Humanities
Online

Shakespeare’s Hamlet: The Ghost

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

Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
A man holding a sword covers his face with his hand in sorrow. Behind him, a woman lies in bed with her eyes closed.
Humanities
Online

Shakespeare’s Othello: The Moor

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

Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
William Shakespeare
Humanities
Online

Shakespeare's Life and Work

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

Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
engl
Humanities
Online Live

Introduction to Old English Language and Literature

This course introduces the earliest English literature, starting with basic grammar and building up to selections from various prose texts and poems such as The Wanderer and The Dream of the Rood.

Price
$2,040
Registration Deadline
Register by Aug 31
engl
Humanities
Online Live

Reading James Joyce's Ulysses

James Joyce's Ulysses is the most admired novel of the twentieth century in English. In this course, we try to see why that is true by reading the book closely, chapter by chapter.

Price
$2,040
Registration Deadline
Register by Aug 31
Irish Folklore and Folklife
Humanities
Online Live

Irish Folklore and Folklife

This course introduces students to the main topics of Irish folklore study. Our main goal is to assemble a rich and detailed picture of life in rural, traditional Irish communities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Price
$2,040
Registration Deadline
Register by Aug 31
engl
Humanities
Online Live

Decadence, Degeneration, Decline: The Popular British Novel

The focus of our analysis is the novel's response to three kinds of breakdown: aesthetic decadence, imperial decline, and aristocratic degeneration.

Price
$2,040
Registration Deadline
Register by Aug 31
engl
Humanities
Online Live

George Saunders: A Survey

In this course, we take a broad view of Saunders' life and work, asking ourselves what his writing can teach us about voice, prose style, and the state of contemporary American literature more broadly.

Price
$2,040
Registration Deadline
Register by Aug 31
The golden temple, a white and gold building sitting behind water
Humanities
Online

Sikhism Through Its Scriptures

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.

Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Opens Oct 4

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