# Courses Offered ## Undergraduate Courses [### Knowing the World: An Introduction to the History of Science ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/171507)With Professor Alex Csiszar on Monday and Wednesday 10:30-11:45 am ![People protesting during the March for Science](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/HISTSCI%20100%20Knowing%20the%20World-2.png?itok=z9ywbfeR) [### The Border: Race, Politics, and Health in Modern Mexico ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/168982)With Professor Gabriela Soto Laveaga on Tuesday and Thursday at 9:00-10:15 am ![Border wall tipped with barbed wires leading to the ocean with a mural of people noting individual achievements](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/GNED1089%20-%20The%20Border%20Poster-2-Thumbnail%20for%20Website.png?itok=gkeC-XS1) [### Galileo: Discovery, Faith, Ego, and the Making of Scientific Controversy ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/169617)With Professor Hannah Marcus on Monday at 12:00-2:45 pm ![Galileo with his military compass and sigil](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/HISTSCI%201110%20-%20Galileo-2-thumbnail%20for%20website.png?itok=5UhJEEpH) [### Medical Ethics and History ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/172904)With Professor David S. Jones on Tuesday and Thursday at 10:30-11:45 am ![Angst-ridden, exhausted medical provider in full scrubs, face mask and eye-shield sitting while looking forlornly in a hospital hallway](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/GENED%201116%20Medical%20Ethics%20and%20History-2-Thumbnail%20for%20website.png?itok=c8k0PQiH) [### Nature on Display ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/171396)With Professor Hannah Marcus and Joshua Gorman, Executive Director of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments on Wednesday at 3:00-5:45 pm ![Collection of glass models of plants and flowers encased in a glass and wood display case](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/HISTSCI%201334%20-%20Nature%20on%20Display%C2%A0v2-2-Thumbnail%20for%20website%20%281%29.png?itok=g6nfQ95L) [### History of Psychedelics and Trauma ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/173374)With Professor Rebecca Lemov on Thursday at 3:00-5:00 pm ![psychedelic mushrooms surrounded by caplets](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/HISTSCI%201765%20History%20of%20Psychedelics%20and%20Trauma-2-Thumbnail%20for%20website.png?itok=JBuZYs8O) [### Science and the Quest for Consciousness ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/170057)With Professor Anne Harrington on Thursday at 12:00-2:45 pm ![surrealist depiction of human face where aspects of the face are separated and a putty-like brain with some pills around it](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/HISTSCI%201771%20-%20Science%20and%20the%20Quest%20for%20Consciousness%20v2-2-Thumbnail%20for%20website.png?itok=AyYoIA7q) [### Technoscience and US Politics ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/173406)With Professor Marc Aidinoff on Monday at 3:00-5:45 pm ![Census workers working in 80s era computer room with large computers in background](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/HISTSCI%201852%20Technoscience%20and%20US%20Politics%20v3-2-Thumbnail%20for%20website.png?itok=NpmwtBWt) [### Burning Books, Fighting Facts: How Individuals & Institutions Resist, Reject, and Destroy Knowledge ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/170023)With Professor Naomi Oreskes on Monday and Wednesday at 12:00-1:15 pm ![Nazi SA officer throws books during a book burning](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/HISTSCI%201980%20-%20Burning%20Books%2C%20Fighting%20Facts-2-Thumbnail%20for%20website.png?itok=e0Kaaq9S) ## Graduate Courses [### History of Science and the World ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/173441)With Professor Eric Moses Gurevitch on Wednesday at 3:00-5:00 pm ![Diagram illustrating one possible way of imagining a global history of science from George Sarton, A Guide to the History of Science (1952)](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/HISTSCI%202150%20History%20of%20Science%20and%20the%20World-2-Web%20banner_1.png?itok=ZBBLfFYC) [### Improving Humans: A History of Eugenics, Heredity, and Genetics in the United States ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/173254)With Professor Evelynn Hammonds on Wednesday at 9:00-11:45 am ![Family standing in front of Eugenics Building during Fitter Families Competition in Kansas 1925](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/HISTSCI%202440%20-%20Improving%20Humans-2-For%20Website%20banner_0.png?itok=NLlo7aWF) [### China in the History of Science and Technology ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/173021)With Professor Victor Seow on Monday at 9:00-11:45 am ![steel furnace in midcentury China with many people working](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/HISTSCI%202812%20-%20China%20in%20the%20History%20of%20Science%20and%20Tech-2-For%20web%20banner.png?itok=gIX_cL6G) [### The Past and Futures of the University ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/174212)With Professor Peter Galison on Thursday at 9:00-11:45 am ![Crimson flag with an H for Harvard in front of a brick building](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/HS2911%20Cover.jpeg?h=9e872870&itok=9n_SvKo5) [### Agnotology: The History of Knowledge and Ignorance ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/169396)With Professor Naomi Oreskes on Monday at 3:00-5:00 pm ![Person in suit with their head buried in the sand](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/HISTSCI%202993-3-Web%20banner.png?itok=k0jKGPcS) [### Science and Technology of the Self ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/172810)With Professor Rebecca Lemov on Friday at 9:45-11:45 am [### Science, Power, and Politics ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/171601)With Professor Sheila Jasanoff on Wednesday at 2:00-4:00 pm ## Undergraduate Courses ### Fall, 2026 [### HISTSCI 100: Knowing the World: An Introduction to the History of Science ](/class/histsci-100-knowing-world-introduction-history-science) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/171507) [### GENED 1089: The Border: Race, Politics, and Health in Modern Mexico ](/class/gened-1089-border-race-politics-and-health-modern-mexico) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/168982) [### HISTSCI 1110: Galileo: Discovery, Faith, Ego, and the Making of Scientific Controversy ](/class/histsci-1110-galileo-discovery-faith-ego-and-making-scientific-controversy) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/169617) [### GENED 1116: Medical Ethics and History ](/class/gened-1116-medical-ethics-and-history) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/172904) [### HISTSCI 1334: Nature on Display ](/class/histsci-1334-nature-display) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/171396) [### HISTSCI 1765: History of Psychedelics and Trauma ](/class/histsci-1765-history-psychedelics-and-trauma) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/173374) [### HISTSCI 1771: Science and the Quest for Consciousness ](/class/histsci-1771-science-and-quest-consciousness) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/170057) [### HISTSCI 1852: Technoscience and US Politics ](/class/histsci-1852-technoscience-and-us-politics) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/173406) [### HISTSCI 1980: Burning Books, Fighting Facts: How Individuals & Institutions Resist, Reject, and Destroy Knowledge ](/class/histsci-1980-burning-books-fighting-facts-how-individuals-institutions-resist-reject-and) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/170023) ## Graduate Courses ### Fall, 2026 [### HISTSCI 2150: History of Science and the World ](/class/histsci-2150-history-science-and-world) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/173441) [### HISTSCI 2440: Improving Humans: A History of Eugenics, Heredity, and Genetics in the United States ](/class/histsci-2440-improving-humans-history-eugenics-heredity-and-genetics-united-states) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/173254) [### HISTSCI 2760: Science and Technology of the Self ](/class/histsci-2760-science-and-technology-self) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/172810) [### HISTSCI 2812: China in the History of Science and Technology ](/class/histsci-2812-china-history-science-and-technology) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/173021) [### HISTSCI 2911: The Past and Futures of the University ](/class/histsci-2911-past-and-futures-university) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/174212) [### HISTSCI 2993: Agnotology: The History of Knowledge and Ignorance ](/class/histsci-2993-agnotology-history-knowledge-and-ignorance) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/169396) [### HISTSCI 2985: Science, Power and Politics ](/class/histsci-2985-science-power-and-politics) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/171601)