55 Humanities Courses
This course examines major works by Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner, exploring their interconnections on three analytic scales: the macro history of the United...
This course presents and at the same time critiques a narrative world history after 1500 CE. The purpose of the course is to convey an understanding of how this...
This is an introductory course in Greek history tracing the development of Greek civilization as manifested in political, intellectual, and creative achievements...
This course is intended as an introduction to political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political...
Intensive examination of ethical and policy issues arising from interaction of media institutions (print, film, broadcasting, and new technologies) and societal...
Justice is one of the most popular courses in Harvard's history, having taught more than 14,000 students over the course of two decades. In this course, Sandel challenges...
We "see" history through the eyes of those who study and write about it. In this free, online OpenCourseWare offering by the Harvard University Liberal...
This is a survey of the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory. Lectures will provide background for the readings and explicate them where appropriate,...
Professor Lynn Hunt lectures in this course which covers a broad, historical study of major elements in Western heritage from the world of the Greeks to that of...