Learn how to better understand the rich and complex ways that religions function in historic and contemporary contexts.

Learn about the Quran, the central sacred text of Islam, through an exploration of the rich diversity of roles and...

Learn about the key beliefs and practices of Judaism through an examination of its sacred texts and their interpretation.

Learn about the rich diversity of Hindu sacred texts – hymns, narratives, philosophical thought – and their interpretations.

Learn about Christianity through a study of its sacred scriptures. We will explore how diverse Christians have interpreted these...

Explore the history of navigation, from stars to satellites.

This course examines the Sikh scripture from a doctrinal and historical perspective by providing an overview of Sikh teachings as...

A MITx/HarvardX collaboration, this course explores Japan’s transition into the modern world through the historical visual record.

Explore the archaeology, history, art, and hieroglyphs surrounding the famous Egyptian Pyramids at Giza. Learn about Old Kingdom...

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

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

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

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

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

An in-depth look at the 1854 London cholera epidemic in Soho and its importance for the field of epidemiology.