Yale University Courses

The Postmodern Psyche - Exploring Deleuze, Guattari, and Žižek

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Explores postmodernism through Deleuze and Guattari’s rhizomatic thinking and Žižek’s Lacanian account of desire.

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

The Peloponnesian War - Causes and Thucydides' Perspective - Part 2

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An interpretation of the Peloponnesian War’s avoidable causes and Thucydides’ revisionist account of Athens, Sparta, and the conflict’s outbreak.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Arguments for the Existence of the Soul - Part I

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Examines inference-to-the-best-explanation arguments for the soul, comparing physicalist and dualist accounts of mind and testing whether only the soul can explain human features.

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

Social Psychology, Sleep, and Laughter - Forming Impressions and Exploring Mysteries

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Explores how rapid impressions and implicit stereotypes shape perceptions of others, including their useful and harmful effects.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Language, Perception, Attention, and Memory in Psychology - Lecture 7

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An introduction to how language, perception, attention, and memory shape what we think we see.

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

Plato's Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul - Part II

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Examines Plato’s arguments for the soul’s immortality in the Phaedo, including arguments from the Forms, recycling, and recollection.

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

Measuring Emotion - Experts in Emotion Series with Iris Mauss - Lecture 2.3

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An interview with Iris Mauss on how researchers measure emotion, the field’s central discoveries, and promising directions for future study.

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

Psychophysiology and Emotion - Experts in Emotion Series with Robert Levenson - Lecture 7.3

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Robert Levenson discusses the central discoveries and future directions of psychophysiology research on human emotion.

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

Visions of the End: Daniel and Apocalyptic Literature in the Old Testament - Lecture 23

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Examines Ruth, post-exilic prophecy, and apocalyptic literature, focusing on the Book of Daniel’s visions, themes, and historical setting.

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

Islamic Conquests and Civil War - Early Middle Ages, 284-1000

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An overview of the Arab conquests, their rapid expansion across Byzantium and Persia, and the internal divisions that produced Sunni–Shiite Islam.

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

Clovis and the Franks - Gregory of Tours' Account of Early Medieval History

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A lecture examines Gregory of Tours’s account of Clovis, Frankish hegemony, Catholic conversion, and the violent succession of his sons.

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

Banks - History, Theory, and Regulation

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An overview of banking’s history, economic functions, deposit insurance, regulation, and vulnerability to bank runs and financial crises.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Higher-Order Effects, Dynamics, and the NMR Time Scale - Lecture 24

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Explains higher-order NMR effects, spectral averaging on molecular time scales, and how to predict spectra for compounds with diastereotopic groups.

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

Malaria - The Global Challenge and Eradication Efforts - Lecture 17

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Examines malaria’s complexity and the historical eradication strategies that made Italy a model for post–World War II campaigns worldwide.

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

Reformation and Division in England, 1530-1558 - Lecture 8

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How Henry VIII’s royal supremacy reshaped England’s church, doctrinal change accelerated under Edward VI, and Protestantism endured Mary I’s reversal.

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