History courses

Free history courses online

If you want to discover all about history, you are at the right place; we offer free history courses from the world’s top most universities. These audio and video courses can be downloaded directly to your mp3 player or computer.

 

  • ·        All about African American History: From Emancipation to the Present- The main purpose of this free course is to understand the African American experience in the United States from 1863 to the present date. The Professor of history Jonathan Holloway from Yale University has thrown light on African American History. Download it here- YouTube – iTunes – Web Site

 

  • ·        Get into the African-American History: Modern Freedom Struggle- This free course offered by Clay Carson from Stanford introduces you to the African- American history, with an emphasis on the political thought and protest movements after 1930, focusing on certain individuals who have shaped and been shaped by modern African- American struggles for freedom and justice- YouTube – iTunes 

 

  • ·        Free course on American Economic History- The United States economic history has its roots in European colonization from 16th to 18th century. This free course presented by J. Bradford Delong from UC Berkeley helps you understand about the facts of the American Economic History- iTunes 

 

 

  • ·        Free course on Ancient Greek History- This free course by Donald Kagan from Yale throw light on the development of Greek civilization as manifested in intellectual, political and creative achievements from the Bronze Age to the end of the classical period-  YouTube – iTunes Audio – iTunes Video – Download Course
  • ·        Learn for free about the Ancient Israel- This free course by Daniel Fleming from NYU will uncover various facts about Ancient Israel. This is available for free via YouTube-  YouTube 

 

  • ·        Ben Franklin and the World of Enlightenment- Bruce Thompson from Stanford has discussed about Ben Franklin and his qualities who is considered as one of the great American minds and a proud pillar of national heritage-  iTunes

 

  • ·        China: Traditions and Transformations- In this free course Peter K. Bol & William Kirby from Harvard have discussed about China in the modern world and as a great civilization that developed along lines different from that of the Mediterranean-  Multiple Formats 

 

  • ·        Colonial and Revolutionary America- This free course by the Professor of History Jack Rakove, is one class of the Colonial and Revolutionary American History – iTunesU

 

 

  • ·        Early Modern England: Politics, Religion, and Society under the Tudors and Stuarts-  Professor Keith E. Wrightson of Yale has given an introduction about the main features of the political and social landscape of early modern England and has also summarized the broad social and structural changes that occurred during that period – YouTube – iTunes Video – iTunes Audio – Web Site

 

  • ·         Early Modern Germany- This is a free online course offered by David Wetzel from UC Berkeley and covers facts about the German history from Martin Luther to Napolean-  iTunes Audio 

 

  • ·        Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600- This is another free course by a Professor of History known as Frank Snowden. A Yale University course, consisting mainly of an international analysis about the impact of epidemic diseases on the western society as a whole and culture from the bubonic plague to HIV/AIDS and also refering to the current experience of SARS and swine flu – iTunes Video –  iTunes Audio – YouTube – Web Site

 

  • ·        Europe and the World: Wars, Empires, Nations 1648-1914-  This free course presented by David Wetzel from UC Berkeley covers the political, geographic and social changes that took place in Europe during the period from 1648 through 1914  – iTunes Audio

 

  • ·        European Civilization, 1648-1945- In this free course by the History Professor John Merriman at Yale University offers a broad survey of modern European history– YouTube – iTunes Audio – iTunes Video – Download Course

 

  • ·         European Civilization from Renaissance to Present- This free course by Carla Hesse from UC Berkeley introduces the European history from around 1500 to the present  – iTunes

 

  • ·        European Civilization from the Renaissance to the Present- This course is presented by Thomas Lacquer from UC Berkeley and throws light on the European history from around 1500 to the present date– YouTube – iTunes Video

 

  • ·        European Cultural History, 1500-1815- This free course includes lectures given by George L. Mosse in the Fall of 1969 and the topic of these lectures is European Cultural History, 1500-1900 – MP3s

 

  • ·        European Cultural History, 1660-1870- This free course is also presented by George L. Mosse in the Fall of 1982 with lectures on the topic of European Cultural History, 1660-1870 – MP3s 

 

  • ·        European Cultural History, 1880-1920- This free course offered by George L. Mosse includes topics about the European Cultural History 1880-1920 – MP3s 

 

  • ·        Free course on France Since 1871- This free course by Professor John Merriman at Yale University covers the emergence of modern France including topics of economic, social and political transformation of France – YouTube – iTunes – Download Course

 

  • ·        Free courses on Hannibal- This free course presented by Patrick Hunt at Stanford throws light on Hannibal’s childhood and his young soldierly exploits in Spain – iTunes

 

  • ·        Harvey Goldberg Lectures (1975-1983) free course- This free course by Harvey Goldberg at the University of Wisconsin is an extraordinary course with some interesting lectures.  – Web Site

 

  • ·        Free course on Historical Jesus- This free course is presented by Thomas Sheehan at Stanford University. This course is about history, not about faith or theology  – iTunes

 

  • ·        Free course on the History of Anthropological Thought- In this free course Rosemary Joyce from UC Berkeley has examined the history of anthropological thought from its early European origins to the present date – iTunes 

 

  • ·        History and Practice of Human Rights- This free course presented by Thomas Laquaeur offers a broad survey about the philosophical, historical and legal origins of human rights in the eighteenth century – YouTube – iTunes Video – iTunes Audio

 

  • ·        History of Information- This free course is introduced by Professors Geofferey D. Numberg and Paul Duguid from UC Berkeley about the History of Information and associated technologies, uncovering why we think of ours age as ‘the information age.’ – YouTube – iTunes Video

 

  • ·        Free course on the History of Iran to the Safavid Period- This free course is presented by Richard Bulliet at the Columbia university and is downloadable at iTunes  – iTunes

 

  • ·        Free course on the History of the International System- James Sheehan at Stanford University explains about the world’s politics and international relations from the dominance of empires and nation states at the turn of the century to the present  – iTunes 

 

  • ·        Free course on the History of the Modern Middle East- This free course is presented by Richard Bulliet at Columbia University and covers the History of the Middle East from the 18th century to the present date – iTunes

 

  • ·        History of New York City: A Social History- This free course by Daniel Walkowitz from NYU throws light on commercial settlement of New Amsterdam early in the seventeenth century into a bustling multi-cultural city of about 8 million and metropolis of more than 18 million by the twentieth century with various stories – iTunes Video – YouTube – Web Site

 

  • ·        Free course on the American Revolution- This free course is presented by Joanne B. Freeman from Yale and entails some remarkable transformations converting British colonists into American revolutionaries– YouTube – iTunes Video – iTunes Audio – Web Site