Designing Open-Access Shakespeare Courses

Before it was acquired by 2U in 2021, edX offered free, open online courses to the public, expanding access to the resources of Harvard and MIT. The “Shakespeare’s Outsiders” xSeries includes lectures by Professor Stephen Greenblatt on Shakespeare’s life, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, and Othello; conversations with scholars, artists, and teachers (including me, discussing feminist adaptations of Othello, as pictured here); and curriculum designed by Maria Devlin, Misha Teramura, and myself. The project was directed by Zachary Davis and Erica Lange.

You can see the current iteration of the courses here.