Richard Bulliet - History of the World to 1500 CE (Session 1) - Introduction to World History

Topic: Introduction to World History

Speaker: Richard Bulliet
Date: 9/7/2010
Course number: W3902
Course title: World History to 1500 CE
School: CC

Session 1 (9/07/10)

[susanasanchez]

I'm so sad I typed "boring class" expecting role play and I found some serious work of this respectable teacher.

[MrParris]

i feel bad for this guy, i literally looked up boring lecture and this was number 1

[Ajax-]

Most of us are here because we need to sleep, right?

[Icien]

I don’t think we appreciate enough how difficult it is to accurately and concisely relay generalized information of world history that is impactful enough. I want to be a teacher, but sometimes I panic just thinking about going up in front of others and doing a topic justice. While some might consider this boring and sleep inducing, it is quite the opposite if you actually follow and understand what’s being said.

[elizabethwest]

Thank you for putting this up. I’m a young person on disability and am not legally allowed to go to school. I was born disabled. Seems not really fair, so this makes me feel a bit better about the world. Even if I can’t get a degree of any kind, I can still educate myself. They can’t take that away from me.

[Vanedis]

Fascinating lecture about how ideology and politics controls how history has been taught. I like his calm lecturing style - gives me time to digest what he says. Thanks for uploading these lectures :-)

[yoonwoopark]

Am I the only one who listened to this trying to sleep but actually found it interesting?

[bini]

Man I came here to sleep, but this dude is so fire that I actually stayed awake the whole time and listened to his fascinating intro to world history.

[arabianknight]

Great topic that is difficult to listen to because of the speed the lecturer talks. So glad you can change the speed of a video on YouTube now. Settings > speed > x1.25 Makes this watchable.

[joe-kepu]

Once again, YouTube's search algorithm has failed me. I tried to cure my insomnia but instead I was up the whole time, because this was too interesting.

[ienekevanhouten]

The material is interesting, but the delivery is..uh... torturous. 

[karmy]

I went to listen to this guy's lecture to fall asleep. Boy was that a mistake, being a teacher that wanted to do history, but never did because it was never offered, I would have loved this class.

[Vicky-zrpb]

Loved this lecture series. This is my second time listening to it. He has an incredible intellect. Played the videos at 1.25 speed.

[coastwalker]

Thought provoking, extraordinary to learn that we haven't really got a good handle on world history yet. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

[goodzillo]

Literally the first result when you search "boring lecture"

[OhadAsor]

that's a true historian: begins with the history of the course.
fascinating btw!!

[wetyewruyrtsutrdhjfg]

I thought that it was boring enough to fall asleep but I ended up wanting to hear more.


I never thought of it that way, but there's a real conflict of interest between publishers and knowledge, I guess.

[correocasa]

close your eyes and picture Ross from Friends

[sgtgonzo]

These students were part of something very unique and amazing, I kinda wish I was part of this. I hope, at least, that a few students were able to engage well enough with the subject to give their lecturer something to enjoy and be proud of before he retired.

[brandonflorida]

I've read the other comments, but I think this is a great lecture and that he is trying to communicate the real truth.