The American Novel Since 1945: A Free Yale Course on Novels by Nabokov,...
Taught by professor Amy Hungerford, The American Novel Since 1945 offers an introduction to the fertile literary period that followed World War II. The course description reads: In “The American...
View ArticleYale Presents a Free Online Course on Literary Theory, Covering...
It’s been a hallmark of the culture wars in the last few decades for politicians and opinionators to rail against academia. Professors of humanities have in particular come under scrutiny, charged...
View ArticleHow to Listen to Music: A Free Course from Yale University
Taught by Yale professor Craig Wright, this course, Listening to Music, operates on the assumption that listening to music is “not simply a passive activity one can use to relax, but rather, an active...
View ArticleDeath: A Free Online Philosophy Course from Yale Helps You Grapple with the...
It pays to think intelligently about the inevitable. And this course taught by Yale professor Shelly Kagan does just that, taking a rich, philosophical look at death. Here’s how the course description...
View ArticleThe American Revolution: A Free Course from Yale University
When you have a little time, you can drop in on a free course that revisits a seminal moment in U.S. history–the American Revolution. Taught by Yale historian Joanne Freeman, the course explores how...
View ArticleA Free Yale Course on Medieval History: 700 Years in 22 Lectures
In 22 lectures, Yale historian Paul Freedman takes you on a 700 year tour of medieval history. Moving from 284–1000 AD, this free online course covers “the conversion of Europe to Christianity, the...
View ArticleYale’s Free Course on The Moral Foundations of Political Philosophy: Do...
“When do governments deserve our allegiance, and when should they be denied it?” It’s a question that has perhaps crossed your mind lately. And it’s precisely the question that’s at the heart of The...
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Watch a 4000-Year Old Babylonian Recipe for Stew, Found on a Cuneiform...
Walk like an Egyptian, but eat like an ancient Babylonian. While cookbooks containing Mesopotamian fare do exist, to be really authentic, take your recipes from a clay tablet, densely inscribed in...
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Yale Presents an Archive of 170,000 Photographs Documenting the Great Depression
During the Great Depression, The Farm Security Administration—Office of War Information (FSA-OWI) hired photographers to travel across America to document the poverty that gripped the nation, hoping...
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Take Free Online Courses on African-American History from Yale and Stanford:...
As every American knows, February is Black History Month. And as every American also knows — if the events of 2020 haven’t warped their sense of time too badly — is isn’t February right now. But...
View ArticleA Free Online Course from Yale University Explains How the World Lapsed into...
“How did we get from the huge euphoria that followed the fall of communism in the early 1990s to our present politics of fear and resentment, and what are the prospects going forward?” These questions...
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Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600: A Free Online Course from Yale...
From Yale University comes an unfortunately timely course, Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600. Recorded before the outbreak of COVID-19, the 25 lecture course, presented by historian Frank...
View ArticleIntroduction to Ancient Greek History: A Free Online Course by Yale Historian...
Earlier this month, Yale historian Donald Kagan passed away at age 89 in Washington D.C. In their obituary, The New York Times writes: Professor Kagan was considered among the country’s leading...
View ArticleThe Making of Modern Ukraine: A Free Online Course from Yale University,...
Back in September, we mentioned that Yale historian Timothy Snyder had started teaching a course, The Making of Modern Ukraine, and putting the lectures online. With the fall semester now over, you...
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How to Be Happier in 5 Research-Proven Steps, According to Popular Yale...
Nature doesn’t care if you’re happy, but Yale psychology professor Laurie Santos does. As Dr. Santos points out during the above appearance on The Well, the goals of natural selection have been...
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