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China’s Political and Intellectual Foundations: From Sage Kings to Confucius
by Peter K. Bol , William C. Kirby- 0.0
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15 Weeks
Learn about China’s origins, its integral early thinkers, and competing states and schools of thought. This course, the first in a comprehensive series on China, introduces you to the history, geography, and culture of the country. Time, space, and identity — enduring issues in Chinese history — are explored. China’s history from political, geographic, and cultural perspectives....
$99
Contemporary China: The People's Republic, Taiwan, and Hong Kong
by Peter K. Bol , William C. Kirby- 0.0
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15 Weeks
Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present. Using case studies from the Harvard Business School, this course will cover the contemporary Chinese scene by focusing on five main themes in China’s development: agriculture, entrepreneurship, education, environment, and literature. ” The political and economic world of Post-Mao China....
$99
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
by Daniel Byman , Christine Fair , Bruce Hoffman , Paul Pillar- 0.0
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7 Weeks
What is the danger of terrorism, and how can the world respond effectively? Terrorism has gone from a persistent yet marginal security concern to one of the most important security problems of our day. There are few countries that do not suffer from some form of terrorism. Recall the working definitions of terrorism and recognize their analytic limits...
$49
The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism
by William Perry- 0.0
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5 Weeks
Former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry and a team of international experts explore what can be done about the threat of nuclear terrorism in this free course, for which you can earn a signed Statement of Accomplishment. This is a self-paced version of the original course which ran in Fall 2017....
$50
Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Shylock
by Stephen Greenblatt- 0.0
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4 Weeks
An exploration of the magnetic and ambivalent character of Shylock in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Shylock calls this contract a “merry bond,” and Shakespeare’s First Folio calls the play a comedy. But what does Shylock want from the bond, and how merry does the play ultimately prove?...
$99
The Civil War and Reconstruction - 1850-1861: A House Divided
by Eric Foner , Tim Shenk , Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning- 0.0
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15 Weeks
Discover how the issue of slavery came to dominate American politics, and how political leaders struggled and failed to resolve the growing crisis in the nation. A House Divided: The Road to Civil War, 1850-1861 begins by examining how generations of historians have explained the crisis of the Union. Image courtesy of Library of Congress...
$50
Fighting for Equality: 1950–2018
by Alice Kessler-Harris , Nick Juravich , Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning , New-York Historical Society- 0.0
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10 Weeks
This course begins with an examination of how the Cold War reinforced the ideals of the suburban, nuclear family and how these ideals impacted women's trajectory towards independence and equality, and ends with the rise of the Me Too movement and a look at how the 2018 midterm election ushered in a new era of women in politics....
$50
Indian & Tibetan River of Buddhism
by Robert A.F. Thurman , Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning- 0.0
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12 Weeks
Explore an overview of the history and philosophy of Buddhism throughout India, South and Southeast Asia, Tibet, and Central Asia, featuring the basics of the Buddhist view of reality and its educational principles of sciences, mind and social ethics. 850 CE, and (2) from ca. 950 CE to the present. Module 1...
$49.99
The Medieval Icelandic Sagas
by Hjalti Snær Ægisson , Beth Rogers- 0.0
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6 Weeks
Learn about the Icelandic Sagas, the characteristic literary genre of Medieval Iceland comprising roughly 40 texts. The Medieval Icelandic Sagas is an introductory course on the single most characteristic literary genre of Medieval Iceland. Mainly written in the 13th century, the Icelandic Sagas are comprised of roughly 40 texts of varying length....
$50
China’s First Empires and the Rise of Buddhism
by Peter K. Bol , William C. Kirby- 0.0
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15 Weeks
Learn about the Qin and Han dynasties, and how Buddhism and ideas of self-realization influenced the medieval period. This course, the second in a collection on Chinese history and culture, addresses how the Qin dynasty conquered China and established a new system of government and how the Han dynasty built a stable, centralized empire that lasted for hundreds of years....
$99
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