#Free Lectures

[definitely-not-my-real-name]

[redvelvetwishtree]

[glassandink]

Sharing for my own purposes because I’m watching Shelly Kagan’s lectures right now and having a great time. Not sure how many of these links still work because I haven’t gone through yet

Free College courses and lessons about all kinds of things. All the websites have other courses, some offer official certificates of completion for a small fee

Youtube Lectures:

Introduction to Film studies- Dr. Aysha Iqbal

Indian Institute of Technology Mandras

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbMVogVj5nJQsaj5p_MRYLGhUtmpaEDB0

European Civilization (1648-1945)- Dr. John Merriman

Yale University

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3A8E6CE294860A24&feature=plcp

Pirates, Smugglers and the Modern World- Dr. Thomas O’Brien

University of Houston

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL750B7BD59AA9DA6E

Quantum Entanglement Part 1- Dr. Leonard Susskind

Stanford University

https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A27CEA1B8B27EB67

World Civilization to 1500 & World Civilization since 1500- Dr. Sally Vaughn & Dr. Thomas O’Brien

University of Houston

To 1500: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL32431938AF5F757F

Since: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL997BB116C70F363A

The Vikings- Dr. Sally Vaughn

University of Houston

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3273A22A3ECBCD39

New York City: A Social History- Daniel Walkowitz

New York University

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78E65F2E6C63CD76

The Early Middle Ages, 284-1000- Paul Freedman

Yale University

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL77A337915A76F660

Death- Shelly Kagan

Yale University

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEA18FAF1AD9047B0

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming- Prof. John Guttag

Massachusetts institute of Technology

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB2BE3D6CA77BB8F7

Italic calligraphy and handwriting- Lloyd Reynolds

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW0JDyINZu5ekFNPk57HCLEVD5LAdA95S

Digital Photography- Dan Armendariz

Harvard Extension School

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQTAp69rtoj2eiirBotPSgOwVnHvQ3zQT

iTunes lectures

Aircraft Systems Engineering- Prof. Jeffrey Hoffman, Prof. Aaron Cohen

https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/aircraft-systems-engineering/id354869003?mt=10&ign-mpt=uo%3D8

Astronomy 001- Dr. Scott T. Miller, Dr. Mercedes T. Richards, & Stephen L. Redman

https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/astronomy-001/id430629972?mt=10&ign-mpt=uo%3D8

American Capitalism: A history- Louis Hyman & Edward Baptist

https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/american-capitalism-history/id826726603?mt=10&ign-mpt=uo%3D8

Early Imperial Russia- La Trobe University

https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/early-imperial-russia/id679536745?ign-mpt=uo%3D8

Creative Writing: A Master class- Academy of Achievement

https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/creative-writing-master-class/id550002605?ign-mpt=uo%3D8

Basic Concepts of Music Theory- University of Wisconsin-Madison

https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/basic-concepts-music-theory/id430414332?mt=10&ign-mpt=uo%3D8

Global Geopolitics- Martin Lewis

https://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/global-geopolitics/id384240471?mt=10#ls=1&uo=8&at=10lqkA&uo=8&at=10lqkA

Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry- Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn & Alex MacLean

https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/sensing-place-photography/id354868915?mt=10&ign-mpt=uo%3D8

Writing for Magazines- The Ohio States University

https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/magazine-writing/id786212094?ign-mpt=uo%3D8

Coursera.org:

(These are not tehnically free, there is a 7-day free trial , there is financial aid available and you could technically just download the course material before the trial runs out lmao)

Creative Writing: The Craft of Style- Salvatore Scibona

Wesleyan University

https://www.coursera.org/learn/craft-of-style?ranMID=40328&ranEAID=Cu8bOePBZBg&ranSiteID=Cu8bOePBZBg-FFF8uxs0iIUxYlDNwbNzKQ&siteID=Cu8bOePBZBg-FFF8uxs0iIUxYlDNwbNzKQ&utm_content=10&utm_medium=partners&utm_source=linkshare&utm_campaign=Cu8bOePBZBg

Creative Writing: The Craft of Character- Amy Bloom

Wesleyan University

https://www.coursera.org/learn/craft-of-character?ranMID=40328&ranEAID=Cu8bOePBZBg&ranSiteID=Cu8bOePBZBg-_FgFsDTF.3_I_LmTOuh6eQ&siteID=Cu8bOePBZBg-_FgFsDTF.3_I_LmTOuh6eQ&utm_content=10&utm_medium=partners&utm_source=linkshare&utm_campaign=Cu8bOePBZBg

Creative Writing: The Craft of Plot- Brando Skyhorse

Wesleyan University

https://www.coursera.org/learn/craft-of-plot?ranMID=40328&ranEAID=Cu8bOePBZBg&ranSiteID=Cu8bOePBZBg-3coDjgl_q3AxkXYN5aBhhA&siteID=Cu8bOePBZBg-3coDjgl_q3AxkXYN5aBhhA&utm_content=10&utm_medium=partners&utm_source=linkshare&utm_campaign=Cu8bOePBZBg

Søren Kierkegaard-Subjectivity, Irony and the Crisis of modernity- Dr. Jon Stewart

University of Copenhagen

(This one is completely free)

https://www.coursera.org/learn/kierkegaard?ranMID=40328&ranEAID=Cu8bOePBZBg&ranSiteID=Cu8bOePBZBg-SMZsL.T_NWqbDVEwyKAWnw&siteID=Cu8bOePBZBg-SMZsL.T_NWqbDVEwyKAWnw&utm_content=10&utm_medium=partners&utm_source=linkshare&utm_campaign=Cu8bOePBZBg

The Holocaust- An introduction: Nazi Germany: Ideology, The Jews and the World- Prof. Havi Dreifuss & Dr. Na’ama Bela Shik

(Also completely free)

Part 1: https://www.coursera.org/learn/holocaust-introduction-1?ranMID=40328&ranEAID=Cu8bOePBZBg&ranSiteID=Cu8bOePBZBg-Ptb8wH0gkUf3I1n_rFF6Ng&siteID=Cu8bOePBZBg-Ptb8wH0gkUf3I1n_rFF6Ng&utm_content=10&utm_medium=partners&utm_source=linkshare&utm_campaign=Cu8bOePBZBg

Part 2: https://www.coursera.org/learn/holocaust-introduction-2?ranMID=40328&ranEAID=Cu8bOePBZBg&ranSiteID=Cu8bOePBZBg-RmOUhSTEWmNb1LmlUmV_mA&siteID=Cu8bOePBZBg-RmOUhSTEWmNb1LmlUmV_mA&utm_content=10&utm_medium=partners&utm_source=linkshare&utm_campaign=Cu8bOePBZBg

Future Learn:

An Introduction to Screenwriting- Michael Lengsfield

University of East Anglia

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/screenwriting?utm_source=RakutenMarketing&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=1950132:Daniel+Colman&utm_content=10:1&utm_term=USNetwork&ranMID=44015&ranEAID=Cu8bOePBZBg&ranSiteID=Cu8bOePBZBg-2ArNaWlHwAWFY.gYCg_RGQ

Start Writing Fiction- Derek Neale

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/start-writing-fiction?utm_source=RakutenMarketing&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=1950132:Daniel+Colman&utm_content=10:1&utm_term=USNetwork&ranMID=44015&ranEAID=Cu8bOePBZBg&ranSiteID=Cu8bOePBZBg-ILS2KDHW9nmZqoDlt.EYAg

Learner.org

Physics for the 21st Century

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Science Media Group

https://www.learner.org/series/physics-for-the-21st-century/

Art Through Time: A Global View

Produced by Thirteen

https://www.learner.org/series/art-through-time-a-global-view/

ocw.mit.edu

Quantum Physics I- prof. Allan Adams, Prof. Matthew Evans & Prof. Barton Zwiebach

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-04-quantum-physics-i-spring-2013/

Creative Video Games- Philip B. Tan, Richard Eberhardt, Sara Verrilli & Andrew Grant

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/cms-611j-creating-video-games-fall-2014/

Biological Chemistry I- Prof. John Essigmann, Prof. JoAnne Stubbe & Dr. Bogdan Fedeles

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/chemistry/5-07sc-biological-chemistry-i-fall-2013/

Computational Camera and Photography- Prof. Ramesh Raskar

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/media-arts-and-sciences/mas-531-computational-camera-and-photography-fall-2009/

WorldScienceu.com

History And Mysteries of the universe: Masterclass- Max Tegmark

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/media-arts-and-sciences/mas-531-computational-camera-and-photography-fall-2009/

Theoreticalminimum.com

General Relativity

http://theoreticalminimum.com/courses/general-relativity/2012/fall

Orc.yale.edu

Introduction to Political Philosophy- Prof. Steven B. Smith

https://oyc.yale.edu/political-science/plsc-114

European Civilization 1648-1945- Prof. John Merriman

https://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-202#sessions

Open Culture

Introduction to Political Philosophy-Prof. Steven B. Smith

http://www.openculture.com/introduction-to-political-philosophy-a-free-yale-course

The unanswered question (poetry, music)- Leonard Bernstein

http://www.openculture.com/2012/03/leonard_bernsteins_masterful_lectures_on_music.html

The ethics of jazz- Herbie Hancock

http://www.openculture.com/2014/03/herbie-hancock-present-the-prestigious-norton-lectures-at-harvard-university.html

[yeahsoapy]

Gwen probably studies pharmacy at uni, not too sure but she’s there doing something. Kev’s got an apprenticeship somewhere.

[notbecauseofvictories]

it's very strange to read something and feel the deep, almost primal need to roll your eyes and say "okay, dad" to someone who you've never met and is definitely not your father in any literal or metaphorical way.

[llovelymoonn]

noor hindi fuck your lecture on craft, my people are dying

kofi

[dizzypplbecomeblurry]

i loveeeee running into friends it’s literally like some kind of divine intervention that immediately makes my day 1000% better

[the960writers]

Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lecture (2025)

Just a reminder, Brandon Sanderson uploads the new lectures from his creative writing college course to youtube.

Free college level education, especially for fantasy and science fiction writers. Do not miss out on this!

[cherryphobe]

My friends cat fucking survived being bit in the face by a rattlesnake with NO ANTIVENOM & since he is okay & healing I am legally allowed to make fun of how fucking stupid & swollen she looked immediately after it happened

Lmao & Lol even...

[worstjourney]

Anne Strathie, biographer of Bowers and Ponting, and chronicler of Terra Nova men in WWI, has a new book out, following a thread through two centuries of polar exploration (both poles!) via 50 carefully chosen objects. She's giving a talk about it at the RGS on Monday, 27 Jan 2025, 14:30 GMT, which you can attend on Zoom if you're not convenient to London. Register to reserve a seat or be sent a Zoom link! It's completely free either way!

You can get a copy of the book here, or at your local bookshop ...

UPDATE: They have sold out the live event, so you can't book a ticket online, but if you email the email link provided on the page, they will get you on the Zoom list.

[dragonpyre]

Anyone else grow up thinking something’s just normal to know/do only to find out later that your parents just have highly specific jobs/hobbies?

[invinciblerodent]

do you ever put your hands down and your big slutty calf-eyes away, you sweet sweet silly man

i continue to desire him carnally, btw

[sunderwight]

Thinking about Lan Qiren being online and I'm pretty sure that he would fall for the Smooth Sharks Fallacy like every single time.

People would try and explain it to him and it wouldn't matter. He would still keep trying to bring academic articles into pie fights.

[dangauteur]

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When Thomas, a steadfast yet reserved family man, is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, his once-stable world begins to unravel. His wife, Michelle, must navigate the role of caregiver, balancing the weight of her husband’s fading identity with her own emotional isolation. Their daughters, Leah and Émilie, return home, bringing unresolved wounds and distant memories to the surface.

Told through a mosaic of journal entries and shifting perspectives, Forget Me Not is a poignant exploration of: 🌿 The fragility of memory 🌿 The scars left by the past 🌿 The resilience of love amidst relentless adversity

As Thomas’s condition worsens, the family is forced to confront long-buried secrets, aching regrets, and the delicate beauty of fleeting connections. Can they rebuild their fractured bonds, or will they be left with only the echoes of what once was?

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[uncanny-tranny]

"haha, are you an art gay, a science gay, or a math gay"

Actually, I find the division between art, science, and math to be a very nebulous idea and useless when you actually interact with the universe. The more you learn about the world, the more you surround yourself with art and science and math, and you'll never be able to see it any other way and it will be beautiful. When I take your hand, it won't be the science of our atoms closing the distance between us that we will experience, but the math of our fingers interlocking and the art of our bodies that we will experience. You are math and you are science and you are art, and nothing will make you any lesser💛

[corporrealism]

highly recommend this video for people interested in the overlap between medical illustration, art history, and the representation of gender/sexual diversity