Free history courses

All 86 history courses

• 20th Century United States HistoryTyrone Tillery, University of Houston
• 21 Hours of Lectures by Howard ZinnBoston University
• African American History: Emancipation to the PresentJonathan Holloway, Yale
• African-American History: Modern Freedom StruggleClay Carson, Stanford
• Age of CathedralsHoward Bloch, Yale University
• Age of JeffersonUniversity of Virginia
• America Through Foreign EyesRice University
• Ancient Greece: Myth, Art & WarDr Gillian Shepherd, La Trobe University, Australia
• Ancient Greek HistoryDonald Kagan, Yale
• Ancient Israel+ Course Info — Daniel Fleming, NYU
• Asia in the Modern World: Images & RepresentationsJohn Dower, MIT
• Australian Aboriginal HistoryRichard Broome, La Trobe University
• Ben Franklin and the World of the EnlightenmentBruce Thompson, Stanford/UC Santa Cruz
• Big HistoryDavid Christian, Macquarie University
• CIA in the Third WorldThomas O’Brien, University of Houston
• Chinese PoliticsRory Truex, Princeton
• Church HistoryWestminster Theological Seminary
• Coexistence in Medieval Spain: Jews, Christians, and MuslimsUC Boulder
• Colonial and Revolutionary AmericaJack Rakove, Stanford
• Deciphering Secrets: The Illuminated Manuscripts of Medieval EuropeUniversity of Colorado
• Early Imperial RussiaAdrian Jones, La Trobe University, Australia
• Early Modern England: Politics, Religion & Society under the Tudors and StuartsCourse Materials — Keith E. Wrightson, Yale
• Emperors of RomeRhiannon Evans, La Trobe University, Australia
• Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600Frank Snowden, Yale
• European Civilization from the Renaissance to the PresentThomas Laqueur, UC Berkeley
• European Civilization, 1648–1945Course Materials — John Merriman, Yale
• European Cultural History, 1500–1815George Mosse, University of Wisconsin- Madison
• European Cultural History, 1660–1870George Mosse, University of Wisconsin- Madison
• European Cultural History, 1880–1920George Mosse, University of Wisconsin- Madison
• France Since 1871Course Materials — John Merriman, Yale
• Harvey Goldberg Lectures (1975–1983)Harvey Goldberg, University of Wisconsin
• Harvey Goldberg Lectures. Marxism and History: The 1970s Bootleg Student TapesHarvey Goldberg, University of Wisconsin
• Historical JesusThomas Sheehan, Stanford University
• History of InformationGeoffrey D. Nunberg, Paul Duguid, UC Berkeley
• History of Iran to the Safavid PeriodRichard Bulliet, Columbia University
• History of MITDavid Mindell and Merritt Roe Smith, MIT
• History of New York City: A Social HistoryDaniel Walkowitz, NYU
• History of the Culture of Tea in China and JapanJohn Wallace, UC Berkeley
• History of the International SystemJames Sheehan, Stanford University
• History of the United States Since 1877Dominic Capeci, Missouri State
• History of the World Since 1500 CERichard Bulliet, Columbia University
• History of the World to 1500 CERichard Bulliet, Columbia University
• Intellectual History of the United States since 1865Richard Candida Smith, UC Berkeley
• Introduction to American StudiesMichael Cohen, UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Ancient Egypt and Its CivilizationUniversity of Pennsylvania
• Introduction to Ancient Greek HistoryDonald Kagan, Yale
• Ireland in Rebellion (1782–1916)More Info — Trinity College Dublin
• Latin American History through the NovelLois Zamora, University of Houston
• Magic in the Middle Ages(MOOC) — University of Barcelona
• Medieval British HistoryDavid Thornton, Bilkent University (Turkey)
• Medieval Europe (500‑1500)David E. Thornton, Bilkent University
• Modern Civilization: 1750 to PresentLynn Hunt, UCLA
• Modern Jewish HistoryGeorge Mosse, University of Wisconsin — Madison
• Pirates, Smugglers, and the Modern WorldThomas O’Brien, University of Houston
• Russian History: From Lenin to PutinUC Santa Cruz
• Science, Magic and ReligionCourtenay Raia, UCLA
• The American Founders and Their WorldJack Rakove, Gordon Wood, etc. Stanford
• The American RevolutionJoanne B. Freeman, Yale
• The Americas: Identity, Culture, and PowerCesar Seveso, University of Houston
• The Ancient GreeksWesleyan University
• The Ancient Mediterranean WorldIsabelle Pafford, UC Berkeley
• The Book of Kells: Exploring an Irish Medieval MasterpieceTrinity College Dublin
• The Changing Landscape of Ancient Rome. Archaeology and History of the Palatine HillSapienza University of Rome
• The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845–1877David Blight, Yale
• The Cosmopolitan Medieval Arabic WorldThe Universiteit Leiden
• The CrusadesSally Vaughn, University of Houston
• The Early Middle Ages, 284‑1000Paul H. Freedman, Yale
• The Flowering of the Middle AgesSally Vaughn, University of Houston
• The French RevolutionUniversity of Melbourne
• The Great War and Modern PhilosophyNicolas de Warren, KU Leuven University
• The Holocaust — An Introduction (I): Nazi Germany: Ideology, The Jews and the WorldTel Aviv University
• The Holocaust — An Introduction (II): The Final SolutionTel Aviv University
• The Kennedy Half CenturyLarry Sabato, University of Virginia
• The Making of Modern UkraineTimothy Snyder, Yale
• The Modern World, Part One: Global History from 1760 to 1910University of Virginia
• The Modern World, Part Two: Global History since 1910University of Virginia
• The NormansSally Vaughn, University of Houston
• The Peculiar Modernity of Britain, 1848–2000James Vernon, UC Berkeley
• The Vietnam WarRobert Buzzanco, University of Houston
• The VikingsSally Vaughn, University of Houston
• The Western Tradition (Video)Eugen Weber, UCLA
• US History: from Civil War to PresentJennifer Burns, UC Berkeley
• War, Globalization, and TerrorRobert Buzzanco, University of Houston
• World Civilization Since 1500Thomas O’Brien, University of Houston
• World Civilization to 1500Sally Vaughn, University of Houston
• World RevolutionsThomas O’Brien, University of Houston

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