Learn about the rich and diverse beliefs and practices of Buddhists across time and place. Experience Buddhism through its...

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

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

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

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

Learn how the Manchus conquered the Qing and established the last of the imperial dynasties.

Explore the birth of modern China with a focus on the time between the fall of the Qing and the end of World War II.

An overview of modern Chinese history, including the fall of the Qing and the end of imperial China.

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...

Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present.

Explore the Maoist period of China, from the Communist Party to the death of Mao and the reopening of China.

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

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

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