Civil War and Reconstruction Era
Yale University (US)explores causes course and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877, primary goal to understand the multiple meanings of a transforming event in American history
View ArticleIntroduction to Ancient Greek History
Yale University (US)development of Greek civilization as manifested in political intellectual and creative achievements from the Bronze Age to the end of the classical period, sources in translation...
View ArticleIntroduction to the Visual Arts
MIT (US), OpenCourseWarecontemporary art practices and ideas, overview of 'visual language' by looking at a variety of artworks and discussing basic concepts revolving around artistic practice, notions...
View ArticleGoya
Open University (UK), OpenLearnWhat influenced Goya? Did Napoleon's invasion of Spain alter the course of Goya's career? works of Goya and the influences of the times in which he lived
View ArticleGödel, Escher, Bach: A Mental Space Odyssey
MIT (US), OpenCoursewaremath, fractals, logic, paradoxes, infinities, art, language, computer science, physics, music, intelligence, consciousness, unified theories, based on Douglas Hofstadter's...
View ArticleReligious Architecture and Islamic Cultures
MIT (US), OpenCourseWareintroduces history of Islamic cultures, religious architecture that spans 14 centuries & 3 continents, studies representative examples from House of the Prophet to present...
View ArticleScience, Magic and Religion
California University (US)science and religion as historical phenomena that have evolved over time, Examines the earlier mind-set before 1700 when into science fitted elements that came eventually to...
View ArticleAnthropology of Religion
Utah State University, OpenCourseWaretheoretical analysis of religion as a cultural phenomenon, functional relationships between religion, culture, society and the individual: Anthropological...
View ArticleEpidemics in Western Society Since 1600
Yale University (US)international analysis of impact of epidemic diseases on western society and culture from the bubonic plague to HIV/AIDS and experience of SARS and swine flu, infectious disease and...
View ArticleNew York City - A Social History
New York University (US)peoples who have built the city and competing efforts by different numbers to authorize their dreams for the city, its development and legacy for the shaping of the city,...
View ArticleFaith and Globalization
Yale University (US)impact of religious faith in a world where political, economic, and social spheres are increasingly interconnected, Intentional and sustained reflection on crucial issues of faith...
View ArticleDeath
Yale University (US), Open Yale Coursesexamines issues that arise once we begin to reflect on our mortality, possibility that death may not actually be the end is considered
View ArticleIntroduction to Political Philosophy
Yale University (US), Open Yale Coursespolitical philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political tradition, the polis experience (Plato,...
View ArticleIntroduction to New Testament History and Literature
Yale University (US)historical study of the origins of Christianity by analyzing the literature of the earliest Christian movements in historical context, concentrating on the New Testament, importance...
View ArticleIntroduction to the Visual Arts
MIT (US), OpenCourseWarecontemporary art practices and ideas, overview of 'visual language' by looking at a variety of artworks and discussing basic concepts revolving around artistic practice, notions...
View ArticleGoya
Open University (UK), OpenLearnWhat influenced Goya? Did Napoleon's invasion of Spain alter the course of Goya's career? works of Goya and the influences of the times in which he lived
View ArticleListening to Music
Yale University (US), Open Yale coursesways in which music is put together, how to listen to a wide variety of musical styles from Bach and Mozart to Gregorian chant to the blues
View ArticleClassical Music: a history according to YouTube
Limelight Magazine (AU)educational and eclectic tour of music from the middle ages to today illustrated with clips from YouTube: Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical era, Romantics, Birth of...
View ArticleThe Film Experience
MIT (US), OpenCoursewareconcentrates on close analysis and criticism of a wide range of films, from the early silent period, classic Hollywood genres including musicals, thrillers and westerns, and...
View ArticleRoman Architecture
Yale University, Open Yale Courses (US)great buildings and engineering marvels of Rome and its empire, urban planning and individual monuments and their decoration, including mural painting,...
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