Russian History: from Lenin to Putin (Coursera)

Coursera

Yeshiva University

Arch of Titus: Rome and the Menorah (Coursera)

Humanities

The Arch of Titus: Rome and the Menorah explores one of the most significant Roman monuments to survive from antiquity, from the perspectives of Roman, Jewish and later Christian history and art. The Arch of Titus commemorates the destruction of Jerusalem by the emperor Titus in 70 CE, an event of pivotal importance for the history of the Roman Empire, of Judaism, of Christianity and of modern nationalism. Together with your guide, Professor Steven Fine, you will examine ancient texts and artifacts, gaining skills as a historian as you explore the continuing significance of the Arch of Titus from antiquity to the very present.

Sep 28th 2026

5-12 Weeks

History Roman Empire Rome

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Leiden University

The Cosmopolitan Medieval Arabic World (Coursera)

Humanities History

Did you know that Arabic was for centuries the lingua franca in an area stretching from the south of Spain to the Chinese border? Did you know that the Middle East under Muslim rule in those days was the world’s beating heart of trade, but also of science and scholarship?

Sep 28th 2026

5-12 Weeks

History Trade Middle East

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Wesleyan University

The Ancient Greeks (Coursera)

Humanities History

This is a survey of ancient Greek history from the Bronze Age to the death of Socrates in 399 BCE. Along with studying the most important events and personalities, we will consider broader issues such as political and cultural values and methods of historical interpretation.

Sep 21st 2026

5-12 Weeks

History Greeks Greece

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The Museum of Modern Art

Seeing Through Photographs (Coursera)

Film & Audio

Although taking, sharing, and viewing photographs has become second nature for many of us, our regular engagement with images does not necessarily make us visually literate. This course aims to address the gap between seeing and truly understanding photographs by introducing a diversity of ideas, approaches, and technologies that inform their making. In this course you will look closely at 100 photographs from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, going behind the scenes of the Museum and into artist studios through original films and audio interviews.

Sep 21st 2026

5-12 Weeks

Image History Photography

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University of London,Royal Holloway, University of London

Film, Images & Historical Interpretation in the 20th Century: The Camera Never Lies (Coursera)

Humanities

This course is a short taster on the topic of the use of Images, Film, and their use in historical interpretation in the 20th century. It is primarily provided for those who have a general interest in history that draws on photojournalism as primary evidence, and films based on historical events.

Oct 5th 2026

5-12 Weeks

Image History Film

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Tel Aviv University,Yad Vashem

The Holocaust - An Introduction (II): The Final Solution (Coursera)

Humanities

The Holocaust was an inconceivable historical event, which forever robbed Western culture of its innocence. As civilized human beings, we fail to understand how events of such horror could have taken place, and how an idea so inhumanly warped could have spread like wildfire through an entire continent, instigating the systematic annihilation of millions of Jews.

Oct 5th 2026

3 Weeks

History Holocaust Second World War

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Leiden University

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Comparing Theory and Practice (Coursera)

Health & Society History

Terrorism has arguably been one of the defining factors of our age. It frequently makes headlines, threatening or attacking governments, private business and ordinary citizens. And in many parts of the world, it has been one of the most important threats to peace, security and stability. But what does this exactly mean? What is the nature of this threat? Who or what is threatened, how, by whom and why? What can be done about it or how can we at least limit the impact of terrorism and make sure that terrorists do not make headlines and manage to scare us? These are just a handful of questions that will be addressed in this course that consists of three parts.

Oct 5th 2026

5-12 Weeks

History Security Terrorism

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

El Valle de los Reyes (Coursera)

Architecture & Design

Este curso va dirigido a todos los amantes de la historia y arqueología, en general, y de manera particular a todos los interesados en egiptología, independientemente de su nivel de conocimiento inicial. El Valle de los Reyes constituye uno de los yacimientos arqueológicos más importantes de Egipto y su estudio, desde diferentes enfoques, resulta muy atractivo para cualquier aficionado o profesional de la egiptología. Con este curso nos proponemos conocer su historia y evolución a lo largo de las dinastías XVIII-XX del Reino Nuevo egipcio, desde su origen hasta su abandono y desmantelamiento.

Sep 28th 2026

5-12 Weeks

History Archaeological Study Ancient Egypt

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Rutgers University

Soul Beliefs: Causes and Consequences - Unit 2: Belief Systems (Coursera)

Humanities Social Sciences

Throughout history, the vast majority of people around the globe have believed they have, however defined, a “soul.” While the question of whether the soul exists cannot be answered by science, what we can study are the causes and consequences of various beliefs about the soul and its prospects of surviving the death of the body. Why are soul and afterlife beliefs so common in human history? Are there adaptive advantages to assuming souls exist?

Sep 28th 2026

5-12 Weeks

Biology Evolution History

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The University of Tokyo

Words Spun Out of Images: Visual and Literary Culture in Nineteenth Century Japan (Coursera)

Film & Audio

In their ambition to capture “real life,” Japanese painters, poets, novelists and photographers of the nineteenth century collaborated in ways seldom explored by their European contemporaries. This course offers learners the chance to encounter and appreciate behavior, moral standards and some of the material conditions surrounding Japanese artists in the nineteenth century, in order to renew our assumptions about what artistic “realism” is and what it meant.

Oct 5th 2026

4 Weeks

History Art Art History

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The Museum of Modern Art

Reimagining Blackness and Architecture (Coursera)

Art and Culture

Architecture structures our daily lives. It shapes our homes, streets, neighborhoods, cities and more. But who gets to create and occupy these spaces? In the United States, a long history of anti-Black racism has created spatial inequalities that are built into the physical environment and erased the stories of Black architects and communities. Reimagining Blackness and Architecture explores the relationship between architecture and Blackness as an identity and a lived experience.

Oct 5th 2026

5-12 Weeks

History Architecture Art

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Emory University

The Bible's Prehistory, Purpose, and Political Future (Coursera)

Humanities Social Sciences

With its walls razed to ground by Babylon’s armies, Jerusalem joined a long line of ancient vanquished cities—from Ur and Nineveh and Persepolis to Babylon itself. While some recovered from the destruction, others did not. But none responded to political catastrophe by fashioning the kind of elaborate and enduring monument to their own downfall that we find in the Bible. Most conquered populations viewed their subjugation as a source of shame. They consigned it to oblivion, opting instead to extol the golden ages of the past. The biblical authors in contrast reacted to loss by composing extensive writings that acknowledge collective failure, reflect deeply upon its causes, and discover thereby a ground for collective hope.

Sep 21st 2026

5-12 Weeks

History Political Jerusalem

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