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

This free webinar from HKS professor Todd Rogers is his take on the five principles for effective communication and how to...

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

This introduction to moral and political philosophy is one of the most popular courses taught at Harvard College.

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In recent decades, most societies around the world have experienced an explosion in the production, circulation, and consumption...

The US Supreme Court's recent refusal to block a near-total abortion ban in Texas has inflamed old debates about life and choice

The decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict has attracted significant international attention and is perceived as an...

What is society? How can we understand it? What is the role of the individual in society, and how does society affect individual...

The United States is notable for its wide health disparities, particularly across socioeconomic, racial, and geographic divides

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When global crises strike, humanitarian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) spring into action, offering emergency medical...

This course explores organized crime as interrelated social phenomena

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This course surveys research methods in the social sciences in preparation for the