History Courses and Certifications

Khan Academy

Haitian Revolution - Part 1 - World History - Khan Academy

An introduction to the Haitian Revolution, tracing the slave rebellion in Saint-Domingue and the rise of Toussaint L’Ouverture.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Khan Academy

Axis Momentum Accelerates in WW2 - The 20th Century - World History - Khan Academy

A 12-minute lesson on how Axis control expanded across Europe in 1941 before Germany invaded the Soviet Union and the United States entered World War II.

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

Insights into Mathematics

Projective Geometry - Math History - NJ Wildberger

An introduction to projective geometry through Pascal’s theorem, Renaissance perspective, points at infinity, and the projective line.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Royal Institution

The Explosive History of Hydrogen - Recreating Historical Experiments

A historical tour of hydrogen’s explosive reactivity, brought to life through recreations of long-lost experiments.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Ongoing U.S. Settler Colonialism & Native Peoples Teach-Out

Examine the U.S. as an ongoing settler colonial nation through four cornerstones — elimination, property, anti-relationality, limited options — alongside Indigenous worldviews and anti-colonial futures.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

University of Arizona

Roman Art and Archaeology

685 ratings at Coursera

Trace ancient Rome from Villanovan and Etruscan Italy to the fall of the empire through its art and archaeology, from Tarquinia's painted tombs to Trajan's Forum.

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

Otis College of Art and Design

The Modern Genius: Art and Culture in the 19th Century

12 ratings

Trace the French avant-garde from Realism to Post-Impressionism: academic art challenged, photography and expositions, the tortured-genius artist, Arts and Crafts, and Art Nouveau.

• Kadenze
• 50 hours
• 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

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Santiago Ramon y Cajal - Career Turning Point and Palm Sunday Years

A brief account of Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s career turning point and his “Palm Sunday years.”

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

College of DuPage

The Jazz Age: Historical Context for "Gods of Jade and Shadow"

A history professor situates Gods of Jade and Shadow in the Jazz Age and the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NDC Conferences

Dream Machines and Walled Gardens - Ted Nelson's Vision for Computing Freedom

A look at Ted Nelson’s Computer Lib and the open, user-controlled digital future that walled gardens displaced.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Confreaks

Dystopia - How We Got Here and What We Can Do About It

A history of today’s technosocial dystopia, with ideas for beginning to build what comes after.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Cosmopolitan Medieval Arabic World

443 ratings at Coursera

The medieval Islamic world was diverse, advanced and connected: explore Baghdad, pilgrim routes, trade and slavery, harems, Orientalism, and the science that shaped Renaissance Europe.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

America at 250 - A History - A New Deal for the World - Class 21

World War II as a turning point in the story of America’s place in the world.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

America at 250 - A History - The Mexican War and its Aftermath - Compromise or Armistice - Class 10

An in-depth review of how the Mexican-American War reshaped U.S. territory and intensified conflict over slavery.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video