European History Courses and Certifications

CrashCourse

European History by CrashCourse

3 ratings

In 50 episodes, John Green will teach you about European History to give you an overview of Europe’s history and connection with the world from 1450 to the present.

• YouTube
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

European History for Kids

An elementary survey of British, French, Russian, and Irish history taught through video lessons and mini quizzes.

• Study.com
• 7 hours 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

European History Study Guide

A compact survey of Europe’s transformation from the Renaissance through the post-Soviet era.

• Study.com
• 7 hours 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

The Long 19th Century: European History from 1789 to 1917

149 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

Take an unflinching look at some of history's major players during a complex and fascinating period of history.

• The Great Courses Plus
• 18 hours 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center;  Tel Aviv University

The Holocaust - An Introduction (I): Nazi Germany: Ideology, The Jews and the World

7 ratings

Trace how Nazi ideology took root: analyze Nazi documents, the Weimar Republic's collapse into totalitarianism, and Jewish life under ghettos, badges and segregation during World War II.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

The Spain of Don Quixote

11 ratings

An exploration of Spain depicted in Cervante’s historic novel, Don Quixote – a Golden Age in which Spanish arts and literature reached worldwide excellence.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Modern and the Postmodern (Part 1)

21 ratings

Trace how "the modern" took shape: read Rousseau, Kant, Marx, Flaubert, Darwin, Baudelaire and Nietzsche, plus painting's turn toward the surface of the canvas.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

The French Revolution

23 ratings

Trace the French Revolution from Old Regime society through 1789, the Republic's crisis, the Terror and Thermidor to Napoleon, weighing revolutionary violence and the Revolution's global significance.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

La costruzione dell'Italia

17 ratings

Un viaggio nella storia dell'Italia, tra grandi conflitti e grandi successi, una riflessione sulla storia che ha fatto crescere l'Italia

• edX
• 8 weeks, 6-8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Ukraine: History, Culture and Identities

364 ratings at Coursera

Trace Ukraine's history from Kyivan Rus' to independence: Christianization, the Cossacks, the Ukrainian National Revival, Stalin's "Great Turn," and post-1991 revolutions and foreign policy.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

The Making of Modern Ukraine

22 ratings at Coursera

Trace Ukraine's emergence as a nation from the Kyiv state through Russian and Austrian empires, Bolshevik revolution, Soviet terror, Nazi occupation, Maidan and the present war.

• Coursera
• 23 hours 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

The Mediterranean, a Space of Exchange (from the Renaissance to Enlightenment)

228 ratings at Coursera

Explore the Mediterranean as a historical space shaped by the movement of people, objects, ideas, and practices from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.

• Coursera
• 10 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry

194 ratings at Coursera

In this course, you will explore the Holocaust from the overlapping perspectives of literature and history—through memoirs, historical documents, poetry, documentary footage, filmic representations, and novels.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

The Book: The History of the Book in the 17th and 18th Century Europe

1 rating

Learn about the role of books during the Enlightenment and how literature emerged as a modern form of culture.

• edX
• 1 week, 1-2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Chosen Issues in Holocaust History

32 ratings at Coursera

Examine the Holocaust from the rise of the Nazi regime through ghettos and the Judenrat, the "Final Solution" and death camps, to postwar trauma and memory.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course