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ST103: World History in the Early Modern and Modern Eras (1600-Presen
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This course will present a comparative overview of world history from the 17th century to the present era. You will examine the origins of major economic, political, social, cultural, and technological trends of the past 400 years and explore the impact of these...
Offered through Saylor Academy
Ancient Masterpieces of World Literature
Rated 5.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . Cost $159 · . Course Length: 36 hours estimated
This short literature course, based on the first half of the Masterpieces of World Literature edX MOOC, examines how civilizations and cultures of the ancient world defined themselves through literature and how that literature has continued to contribute to our...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by David Damrosch, Martin Puchner
The Modern World, Part Two: Global History since 1910
Rated 4.7★ stars based on | 233 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 34 hours estimated
This is a survey of modern history from a global perspective. Part Two begins early in the twentieth century, as older ways of doing things and habits of thought give way. What follows is an era of cataclysmic struggles over what ideas and institutions will take...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Virginia | Taught by Philip Zelikow
The Tabernacle in Word & Image: An Italian Jewish Manuscript Revealed
Rated 5.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . Cost $29 · . Course Length: 10 hours estimated
This mini-course introduces the use of early modern manuscripts for intellectual history—that is, the history of how ideas and the communication of those ideas changes over time. Professor Alessandro Guetta presents a case study constructed on a single, remarkable...
Offered through edX | and created by PennX, University of Pennsylvania | Taught by Alessandro Guetta
Intellectual Change in Early China: Warring States and Han
Rated 4.3★ stars based on | 13 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 17 hours estimated
This sequence of four courses will propose a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of Chinese cultural history conceived of as a succession of modes of rationality (philosophical, bureaucratic, and economic). The focus will be on the moments of paradigm shift...
Offered through Coursera | and created by The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Taught by Prof. John Lagerwey
Religion and Thought in Modern China: the Song, Jin, and Yuan
Rated 4.4★ stars based on | 7 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 36 hours estimated
This sequence of four courses will propose a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of Chinese cultural history conceived of as a succession of modes of rationality (philosophical, bureaucratic, and economic). The focus will be on the moments of paradigm shift...
Offered through Coursera | and created by The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Taught by Prof. John Lagerwey
Structuring Values in Modern China
Rated 5.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 32 hours estimated
This sequence of four courses will propose a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of Chinese cultural history conceived of as a succession of modes of rationality (philosophical, bureaucratic, and economic). The focus will be on the moments of paradigm shift...
Offered through Coursera | and created by The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Taught by Prof. John Lagerwey
English Football: a Social History
Cost $44 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
This short course will explore the sociology and history of football, with a focus on Leicester City FC and their successful 2015/16 season.What topics will you cover? A history of football from early leagues and formats, through to the present day. The...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by De Montfort University | Taught by Alex Moseley, Neil Carter, John Williams
Religious Transformation in Early China: the Period of Division
Rated 4.6★ stars based on | 5 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 32 hours estimated
This sequence of four courses will propose a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of Chinese cultural history conceived of as a succession of modes of rationality (philosophical, bureaucratic, and economic). The focus will be on the moments of paradigm shift...
Offered through Coursera | and created by The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Taught by Prof. John Lagerwey
ST363: Global Perspectives on Industrializati
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This course will focus on the emergence and evolution of industrial societies around the world. We will begin by comparing the legacies of industry in ancient and early modern Europe and Asia and examining the agricultural and commercial advances that laid the...
Offered through Saylor Academy
A History of European Empires: 1400–1522
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 7 hours estimated
It’s the encounters that occurred beyond European borders that shaped Europe itself. In this course, you will explore the history of the first encounters modern Europe has had with the rest of the world. You will become familiar with the origins and nature of...
Offered through edX | and created by NewcastleX | Taught by Sacha Davis
Shakespeare: Print and Performance
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 8 hours estimated
Why do we continue to read and perform Shakespeare’s works around the world today? How were his plays performed and printed 400 years ago, and how has our conception of Shakespeare changed over the centuries? King’s College London has partnered with Shakespeare’s...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by Shakespeare's Globe, British Library, King's College London | Taught by Lindsey Fulker, Gordon McMullan, Sarah Lewis and others
Qatari History and Heritage
Cost $29 · . Course Length: 40 hours estimated
This course aims to familiarize its audience with the evolution of life, culture, society, and politics in the Qatari peninsula from ancient to contemporary times. In this regard, it will focus on history, geography, archaeology, and culture. Its audience will...
Offered through edX | and created by Qatar University | Taught by Sheikha Maryam Abdulla N J Al Thani, Shaikha Al-Kuwari, Saif Shaheen Al-Murikhi and others
Modern Masterpieces of World Literature
Cost $119 · . Course Length: 48 hours estimated
Based on the second half of the Masterpieces of World Literature edX MOOC, this short literature course examines how writers reach beyond national and linguistic boundaries as worldly readers and travelers, and how their modern fictions rise to the status of world...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by David Damrosch, Martin Puchner
History of China: The Modern Era
A MicroMasters from edXCost $445 · . Contains 5 courses · . Course Total length: 150 hours estimated
The Qing Dynasty was the wealthiest, most powerful, most civilized state on earth — but by the 20th century, a 2,000-year imperial tradition is gone. What happened? This series explores the building of contemporary China, a new country that sits on the bedrock of...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Peter K. Bol, William C. Kirby, Mark C. Elliott
The Emergence of the Modern Middle East - Part II
Rated 4.8★ stars based on | 81 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 21 hours estimated
This course will discuss the developments in the Middle East from the early 20th century to the present. It will discuss the rise and retreat of Arab nationalism, the problems of internal cohesion of the Arab states, issues of religion and state, and the evolution...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Tel Aviv University | Taught by Professor Asher Susser
Early Modern Scottish Palaeography: Reading Scotland's Records
Cost $59 · . Course Length: 9 hours estimated
Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is for anyone interested in the history of Scotland, but will be of particular interest to...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by University of Glasgow, The University of Glasgow | Taught by John Maguire, Scott Spurlock, Neil McIntyre and others
Learn the Ancient Hebrew Alphabet and Language
Cost $15 · . Course Length: 3 hours estimated
The Modern Hebrew alphabet is only about 2,000 years old, but the Hebrew alphabet has a very long and interesting history that goes back another two thousand years. Prior to this modern alphabet, the Hebrew language was written with a more pictographic script,...
Offered through Udemy | Taught by Jeff Benner
Creating Modern China: The Republican Period to the Present
History of China: The Modern EraCost $129 · . Course Length: 45 hours estimated
What does it mean to be modern? What constitutes modern politics, modern institutions, a modern military, and modern infrastructure? In this period of great excitement and experimentation, the country is asking itself
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Peter K. Bol, William C. Kirby
History of China: Bronze Age to the Last Dynasties
A MicroMasters from edXCost $445 · . Contains 5 courses · . Course Total length: 120 hours estimated
explores the development of this great civilization from the Neolithic to the last dynasty. We see the formation of political structures and social practices that have lasted into the present; we learn to appreciate artistic and literary traditions of...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Peter K. Bol, William C. Kirby