Learn from the Best: On-Demand Online Video Lectures
With 5+ educational and entertaining livestream videos every week, we’re constantly adding great online video lectures to our library. Our online video lectures are taught by the most popular professors at (150 and counting!) the country’s most prestigious universities, including; Harvard, Yale, Berkeley, Columbia, Stanford, and many others. Below are some recent additions to our online video lectures library as well as some student favorites. You can browse by category or by typing some keywords into the search bar to the left. We stream a new video lecture every weekday at 4 pm ET, and that video is added to our video library so you can view it at any time. Access to all recorded online video lectures comes standard with our membership, click here to learn more.
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Watch Hundreds of Online Video Lectures Below:
Category : Arts
8 Books That Changed the World Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
08/14/2019
A Sinatra Centennial: What Made Ol' Blue Eyes Great? Anna Celenza – Johns Hopkins University
08/14/2019
An Evening with Leonardo da Vinci Kenneth Bartlett – University of Toronto
08/14/2019
Beethoven and The Beatles: Hearing the Connection Michael Alec Rose – Vanderbilt University
08/14/2019
The Genius of Beethoven's Symphonies Thomas Kelly – Harvard University
08/14/2019
Four Films That Changed America: The Jazz Singer, I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang, The Graduate, and Easy Rider Marc Lapadula – Yale University
09/21/2019
Four Foreign Film Masterpieces Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
11/05/2019
Four Memorable Musicals that Changed Broadway Sean Hartley – Kaufman Music Center
08/14/2019
From Page to Stage: How Books and Ideas Transform into Musicals Sean Hartley – Kaufman Music Center
01/21/2020
Gershwin, Ellington and the Search for the American Sound Anna Celenza – Johns Hopkins University
08/14/2019
How to Listen to (And Appreciate) Great Music Orin Grossman – Fairfield University
08/14/2019
How to Watch Movies Like a Film Professor Marc Lapadula – Yale University
08/14/2019
Jewish Broadway: From Shtetl to Sondheim Stephen Whitfield – Brandeis University
08/14/2019
Masterpieces of Art that Changed All the Rules Denise Budd – Columbia University
10/29/2019
Music and Theater: Past, Present and Future Leon Botstein – President of Bard College and Music Director of the American Symphony Orchestra
08/14/2019
Nobody Does it Better: Jewish Musicians Who Influenced Pop Culture Orin Grossman – Fairfield University
11/12/2019
Reinventing English Seth Lerer – University of California at San Diego
08/14/2019
The Artistic Genius of Michelangelo Tina Ryan – Albright-Knox Art Gallery (formerly Columbia U)
05/12/2020
How are Films Made? The Making of 4 Fantastic Films Marc Lapadula – Yale University
07/18/2019
The Musical Genius of Mozart Craig Wright – Yale University
11/06/2019
The Presidents' Book Club: Books that Shaped Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt and others Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
08/14/2019
The Story of America in 12 Films Marc Lapadula – Yale University
08/14/2019
The Story of America in 7 Books Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
03/20/2020
Three Musical Masterpieces Every Music Lover Should Listen To Orin Grossman – Fairfield University
10/31/2019
What Makes Great Movies Great? Marc Lapadula – Yale University
08/14/2019
The Artistic Genius of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Denise Budd – Columbia University
08/14/2019
Four Musical Masterpieces That Changed America Anna Celenza – Johns Hopkins University
08/14/2019
The Musicals of Stephen Sondheim: An Insider's Look at His Hits and Misses Sean Hartley – Kaufman Music Center
09/20/2019
The Literary Genius of Shakespeare Seth Lerer – University of California at San Diego
08/14/2019
The Power of Literature in a Time of Crisis Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
03/26/2020
What Would da Vinci be doing Right Now? Denise Budd – Columbia University
03/29/2020
Stealing Art: How Thieves Do It, and How They (Sometimes) Get Caught Robert Wittman – FBI
04/16/2020
Musicals That Changed Broadway (and Where It’s Headed Next) Sean Hartley – Kaufman Music Center
04/18/2020
Five Great American Movies Marc Lapadula – Yale University
04/21/2020
Literary Genius of Shakespeare Seth Lerer – University of California at San Diego
05/06/2020
George Gershwin and His Remarkable Musical Masterpiece Orin Grossman – Fairfield University
05/13/2020
Rediscovering the Genius of Picasso Nicole Woods – Notre Dame
05/28/2020
Reel Justice: Truth and Trickery in Courtroom Movies Paul Bergman
05/18/2020
The President's Book Club: What Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and FDR read for guidance Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
05/19/2020
Modern Art 101: Édouard Manet, Father of Modern Painting Tina Ryan – Albright-Knox Art Gallery (formerly Columbia U)
05/29/2020
The Story of America in Film - The Movies that Represent American Culture Marc Lapadula – Yale University
05/26/2020
The New Hollywood: How Digital Captured the Film Industry Jonathan Kuntz
07/13/2020
The Times They Are a Changin’: How Protest Music Helped Shape America William McKeen / Boston University
06/30/2020
How to Watch Movies Like a Film Professor Marc Lapadula – Yale University
07/01/2020
The Art of Architecture: Two New York Icons Tina Ryan – Albright-Knox Art Gallery (formerly Columbia U)
06/30/2020
Why Fashion Matters Katrina Orsini
07/13/2020
Reading Dante: Exploring Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
08/05/2020
The Woodstock Music Festival: Fifty (one) Years Ago Today Neil Ratner
07/31/2020
Funny Hollywood: Essential Comedies From Some Like it Hot to Lady Bird Marc Lapadula – Yale University
07/06/2020
Art in Times of Crisis: Despair, Hope, and Healing Tina Ryan – Albright-Knox Art Gallery (formerly Columbia U)
07/21/2020
To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee’s Classic Of American Literature Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
08/12/2020
The Artistic Genius of Leonardo da Vinci Denise Budd – Columbia University
08/07/2020
The Sum of Our Dreams: Five Books that Changed American History Louis Masur – Rutgers University
08/12/2020
Six Essential Films With Truly Great Writing Marc Lapadula – Yale University
08/11/2020
Treasures of the Met: Remarkable Art from New York’s Most Famous Museum Tina Ryan – Albright-Knox Art Gallery (formerly Columbia U)
08/24/2020
F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Friendship and Rivalry for the Ages Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
09/23/2020
What Children Read: A 2000 Year History from Aesop to Harry Potter Seth Lerer – University of California at San Diego
06/18/2020
Unlocking the Parthenon Tina Ryan – Albright-Knox Art Gallery (formerly Columbia U)
09/18/2020
The Life, Music and Genius of Frank Sinatra Anna Celenza – Johns Hopkins University
09/16/2020
The Presidents’ Book Club: Books that Shaped Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
10/09/2020
The Films of Stanley Kubrick Marc Lapadula – Yale University
10/27/2020
What's So Great About Rome? Andrew Kranis
10/12/2020
Deck the Walls: The Art of Curating Tina Ryan – Albright-Knox Art Gallery (formerly Columbia U)
11/05/2020
Classic Author Series: Philip Roth and the Art of Fiction Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
09/03/2020
Arts and Culture in a Post Pandemic World Damian Bazadona
12/11/2020
The Cinematic Genius of Steven Spielberg Marc Lapadula – Yale University
12/17/2020
Broadway Close-Up: Oscar Hammerstein Sean Hartley – Kaufman Music Center
12/21/2020
The History of the Art Museum: From 1820 - 2020 & Beyond Tina Ryan – Albright-Knox Art Gallery (formerly Columbia U)
12/23/2020
Rembrandt: Portraits of Genius Tina Ryan – Albright-Knox Art Gallery (formerly Columbia U)
01/14/2021
Broadway Close Up: Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked Sean Hartley – Kaufman Music Center
01/21/2021
A (Very) Short History of Photography Nicole Woods – Notre Dame
01/22/2021
Classic Author Series: Charles Dickens, Master Storyteller Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
01/28/2021
Why Is Classical Music So Important? Leon Botstein – President of Bard College and Music Director of the American Symphony Orchestra
02/01/2021
Visions of America: The Real Stories Behind Famous Photographs Jennifer Keene – Chapman University
02/02/2021
Why Art Matters: Creation and Destruction, From Ancient Times Through Today Denise Budd – Columbia University
02/09/2021
The Jewish Experience in American Film Marc Lapadula – Yale University
02/19/2021
Broadway Close Up: Dorothy Fields and the American Musical Sean Hartley – Kaufman Music Center
03/04/2021
The Literary Genius of Toni Morrison Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
03/12/2021
Women in Comedy: A Subversive History Grace Overbeke / Columbia College Chicago
03/16/2021
Gothic Architecture: Cathedrals of Light Tina Ryan – Albright-Knox Art Gallery (formerly Columbia U)
03/26/2021
Tapestry of the World: Behind the Scenes at the International Quilt Museum Meg Cox / International Quilt Museum
04/12/2021
Beethoven’s Ninth: The Story Behind The Masterpiece Thomas Kelly – Harvard University
04/16/2021
Virginia Woolf and the Birth of Modern Women’s Fiction Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
04/20/2021
The World's Most Famous Painting Tina Ryan – Albright-Knox Art Gallery (formerly Columbia U)
05/14/2021
Taking Romantic Comedy Seriously Michele Schreiber / Emory University
05/18/2021
Leadership Lessons from Literature Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
06/04/2021
How Music Shapes the Brain Indre Viskontas – University of San Francisco
06/09/2021
Broadway Close Up: The Musicals of Kander & Ebb Sean Hartley – Kaufman Music Center
06/15/2021
What’s So Great About Opera? Exploring Music’s Grandest Art Clifford (Kip) Cranna / San Francisco Opera & University of San Francisco
06/21/2021
The American World of Mark Twain Shelley Fisher Fishkin – Stanford University
06/22/2021
J.S. Bach and the Quest for Musical Perfection Gil Harel – Brandeis University
07/07/2021
Treasures of The Met: Remarkable Art from New York’s Most Famous Museum Tina Ryan – Albright-Knox Art Gallery (formerly Columbia U)
07/21/2021
The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington Anna Celenza – Johns Hopkins University
07/29/2021
How Did They Ever Shoot That Scene? The Most Challenging and Dangerous Movie Sequences Ever Filmed Marc Lapadula – Yale University
07/30/2021
Why Shakespeare Matters: Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear in the 21st Century Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
08/09/2021
Four Novels Every Book Lover Should Read Seth Lerer – University of California at San Diego
08/10/2021
The Music of Frederic Chopin: The Poet of the Piano Orin Grossman – Fairfield University
08/11/2021
The Show Must Go On: The Future of Performance Thomas Kelly – Harvard University
08/17/2021
Louis Armstrong: The Man Behind the Trumpet Nate Sloan – USC Thornton School of Music
08/27/2021
The Genius of Alfred Hitchcock Marc Lapadula – Yale University
09/07/2021
The Remarkable Musical History of Motown Gil Harel – Brandeis University
09/08/2021
The Beatles, The Sixties, and Popular Culture Jeremy Yudkin – Boston University
09/10/2021
American Protest Literature: From the Revolution Through Today Timothy Patrick McCarthy – Harvard University
09/14/2021
Jane Austen: Her Extraordinary Writing and Life Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
09/21/2021
