Fashion History Courses

Paris College of Art

Cardin to Castelbajac: Style in French Fashion

1 review

This 4-session survey course covers the main designers in Parisian Fashion from the 1950s to the 1990s, focusing closely on one iconic creative individual for each decade. Their work is discussed in light of the cultural and political context of the time…

• Kadenze
• 50 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Internet History, Technology, and Security

41 reviews

This course will open up the Internet and show you how it was created, who created it and how it works. Along the way we will meet many of the innovators who developed the Internet and Web technologies that we use today.

• Coursera
• 15 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Innovation: the Fashion Industry

44 reviews

Understand how big fashion retailers innovate and discover the story behind a favourite piece of your clothing.

• FutureLearn
• 2 weeks, 2 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Circular Fashion: Design, Science and Value in a Sustainable Clothing Industry

42 reviews

The fundamentals of circular fashion unraveled, learn about circularity in all steps of the fashion value chain. From new textile materials and circular design all the way to business modelling.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 8-12 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Tangible Things: Discovering History Through Artworks, Artifacts, Scientific Specimens, and the Stuff Around You

9 reviews

Gain an understanding of history, museum studies, and curation by looking at, organizing, and interpreting art, artifacts, scientific curiosities, and the stuff of everyday life.

• edX
• 10 weeks, 1-3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Modern World, Part One: Global History from 1760 to 1910

25 reviews

Explore the transformative global history from 1760 to 1910, examining revolutions and societal changes. Discover the reasons behind these shifts. (University of Virginia)

• Coursera
• 15 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Birth and the Nation - A Fictional History of Immigration - Stephanie DeGooyer - Radcliffe Institute

4 reviews

Explore the intersection of literature, law, and political philosophy with a focus on citizenship and immigration in this short Harvard University program.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Arab-Islamic History: From Tribes to Empires

24 reviews

Learn about the history of the Arab and Muslim world during its first millennium, including political, social and cultural aspects.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Women Making History: Ten Objects, Many Stories

5 ratings at edX

Learn how American women created, confronted, and embraced change in the 20th century while exploring ten objects from Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

A Global History of Architecture

10 reviews

Learn about humanity’s rich architectural history on this journey around the globe – from 100,000 BCE to ca. 1,600 CE.

• edX
• 13 weeks, 5-7 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Jewish Bible: Its History As A Physical Artifact

6 ratings at edX

Explore the history of the Jewish Bible as a physical artifact in this 6-week course by Harvard University. Delve into the evolution of the Torah Scroll and its cultural and religious significance.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Bathsheba Demuth - Do Whales Judge Us? Interspecies History and Ethics

Explore interspecies history and ethics with Bathsheba Demuth in this 1-2 hour program from Harvard University. Delve into topics like whale interactions, Soviet whaling, and environmental history.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 52 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Mobile, Social, and Fashion - Three Stories from Data-Driven Design

1 review

How to leverage data to build better design tools and scaffold the design process? How can one understand how to use designs to leverage preferred outcomes?

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Stanford Seminar - DeNA- Its Evolutionary History and Challenge to the Global Mobile Game Market

Explore entrepreneurship in Asia with Stanford University's seminar. Learn about business trends, start-ups, and investments in major Asian economies in 1-2 hours.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Learning From History - The How and Why of Starting a Computer History Museum

Explore the origins of computer history with Stanford University's seminar. Learn about Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and the evolution of computing in less than an hour.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course