Signum University — Blackberry

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General Humanities

Precepted by Dr. Robert Steed

General Humanities

Precepted by Dr. Liam Daley

Current and Upcoming Modules in the History Portal

November 2025

Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's "The Death of King Arthur"

Precepted by Dr. Liam Daley

January 2026

A History of the Vikings: The Scandinavian Homelands Hybrid Candidate

Precepted by Dr. Irina Manea

The Witch in Fact and Fiction Candidate

Precepted by Dr. Anna Milon

February 2026

A Sip of Tea and Tea Culture Candidate

Precepted by Dr. Robert Steed

All Modules in History Portal

Module	Preceptor	Sector	Portals
A Cultural History of Anime	Dr. Robert Steed Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	General Humanities Sector	Anime East Asian Studies History Japan
A History of the Vikings Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	History The Middle Ages Viking Age
A History of the Vikings: Art and Culture	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	History The Middle Ages Viking Age
A History of the Vikings: The Scandinavian Homelands	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	History The Middle Ages Viking Age
A History of the Vikings: The Viking Diaspora	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	History The Middle Ages Viking Age
Alexander the Great: Empire, Genius, and Myth	Adam Beaton	General Humanities Sector	Classical Literature History The Greco-Roman World
An Intensive Reading of the Tao Te Ching/Daode jing 道德經 Part II	Dr. Robert Steed	General Humanities Sector	China Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Ecocriticism History Japan Le Guin Magic Metaphysics Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
An Intensive Reading of the Zhuangzi/Chuang Tzu 莊子	Dr. Robert Steed	General Humanities Sector	Anime China Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Ethics Fantasy History Japan Le Guin Metaphysics Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
An Introduction to Hinduism	Dr. Robert Steed	General Humanities Sector	Classical Literature Comparative Mythology Ethics History Metaphysics Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
An Introduction to Islam	Dr. Robert Steed	General Humanities Sector	Ancient Middle East Bible Cultural Studies Ethics History Metaphysics Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
An Introduction to Sacramental Christianity	Dr. Robert Steed	General Humanities Sector	Ancient Middle East Bible Cultural Studies Ethics History JRR Tolkien Metaphysics Philosophy Religious Studies The Middle Ages
Art History – A Thousand Stories Non-Sequential Series	Pilar Barrera	General Humanities Sector	Ancient Middle East Art Bible Comparative Mythology Crafting Cultural Studies History Modernism Philosophy Renaissance Romanticism The Greco-Roman World The Middle Ages
Art History – A Thousand Stories: Dutch Golden Age	Pilar Barrera	General Humanities Sector	Art Cultural Studies History Philosophy
Art History – A Thousand Stories: Italian Renaissance	Pilar Barrera	General Humanities Sector	Art Cultural Studies History Philosophy
Art History – A Thousand Stories: Post-Impressionism	Pilar Barrera	General Humanities Sector	Art Crafting Cultural Studies History Philosophy
A Sip of Tea and Tea Culture	Dr. Robert Steed	General Humanities Sector	China Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Food History Japan Poetry Religious Studies
Beyond Mythology: Ritual and Performance in Old Norse Religion	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	History Religious Studies Viking Age
Biblical Hebrew Series Series of 6	Dr. Joel D. Ruark	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Beginning Languages Bible History
Concerning Honey Bees	Starsha Kolodziej	General Humanities Sector	Agriculture / Farming Education Food History Nature
Daughters of the North: Women in Old Norse Society	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	History The Middle Ages Viking Age
Eating Our Way Through Anime	Bronwyn Rivera Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies Sector	Anime Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Food History Japan
Egyptian Book of the Dead	Shawn Gaffney	Language Sector	Ancient Middle East Comparative Mythology History Magic Religious Studies
Exploring The Secret of Kells	Bronwyn Rivera	Fantasy Studies Sector	Celtic Mythology Children’s Literature Fantasy Film Studies History
Exploring Pu Songling's Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 聊齋誌異	Pilar Barrera Dr. Robert Steed	Fantasy Studies Sector	China Classical Literature East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy History Magic Monsters Religious Studies
Exploring Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義	Dr. Robert Steed	General Humanities Sector	China Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies History Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages Video Games
Exploring Sei Shonagon's The Pillow Book 枕草子	Dr. Robert Steed	General Humanities Sector	Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies History Japan Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages Women's Studies
Greek Tragedy: Aeschylus and The Oresteia	Adam Beaton	General Humanities Sector	History Philosophy The Greco-Roman World
History, Culture & Civilization Tutorials [ST]	Signum Tutorials Faculty Member	Signum Tutorials Sector	Cultural Studies History Skills
History of the Book Arts	Dr. Larry Swain	General Humanities Sector	History
Le Morte Darthur Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Liam Daley	General Humanities Sector	Arthurian Literature History Le Morte Darthur The Middle Ages
Le Morte Darthur: Arthur's Origins in Malory's "The Tale of King Arthur"	Dr. Liam Daley	General Humanities Sector	Arthurian Literature History Le Morte Darthur The Middle Ages
Le Morte Darthur: Lancelot, Gareth, and the War with Rome	Dr. Liam Daley	General Humanities Sector	Arthurian Literature History Le Morte Darthur The Middle Ages
Le Morte Darthur: Seeking the Holy Grail in Malory and Monty Python	Dr. Liam Daley	General Humanities Sector	Adaptation Theory Arthurian Literature British Literature Film Studies History Le Morte Darthur The Middle Ages
Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's "The Death of King Arthur"	Dr. Liam Daley	General Humanities Sector	Arthurian Literature British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy History Le Morte Darthur The Middle Ages
Introduction to Japanese Religions Series	Dr. Robert Steed	General Humanities Sector	Anime Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Ethics History Japan Magic Metaphysics Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
Introduction to the History of Western Philosophy	Dr. Joe Desloge	General Humanities Sector	History Linguistics Metaphysics Philosophy
Inventing Lancelot: From Comic to Tragic in Seven Centuries	Dr. Liam Daley	General Humanities Sector	Arthurian Literature Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy History The Middle Ages
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Sara Brown Patrick Lyon	Fantasy Studies Sector	Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Linguistics Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters 1	Dr. Sara Brown Patrick Lyon	Fantasy Studies Sector	Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Linguistics Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters 2	Dr. Sara Brown Patrick Lyon	Fantasy Studies Sector	Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Linguistics Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters 3	Dr. Sara Brown Patrick Lyon	Fantasy Studies Sector	Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Linguistics Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters 4	Dr. Sara Brown Patrick Lyon	Fantasy Studies Sector	Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Linguistics Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding
Korean Culture for K-Drama Lovers	Sam Roche	General Humanities Sector	Drama East Asian Studies Film Studies Food History
Life in the Middle Ages Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Larry Swain	General Humanities Sector	History The Middle Ages
Life in the Middle Ages: Clergy	Dr. Larry Swain	General Humanities Sector	History The Middle Ages
Life in the Middle Ages: Nobility	Dr. Larry Swain	General Humanities Sector	History The Middle Ages
Life in the Middle Ages: Peasants	Dr. Larry Swain	General Humanities Sector	History The Middle Ages
Medieval Christian Thought and Practice	Dr. Joel D. Ruark	General Humanities Sector	Bible Cultural Studies History Religious Studies The Middle Ages
Meet The Last Man	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Anthropocene British Literature Ecocriticism Gothic Literature History Romanticism Science Fiction Time Travel
Plant-based Entheogens, Shapers of History and Consciousness	Dr. Robert Steed	General Humanities Sector	History Religious Studies
Plato's Republic	Adam Beaton	General Humanities Sector	Classical Literature Ethics History Metaphysics Philosophy The Greco-Roman World
Pre-Christian Religions of the North	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Germanic Studies History Religious Studies Viking Age
Reading Middle English: An Introduction	Dr. Liam Daley	Language Sector	Beginning Languages British Literature Drama Fantasy History Literacy The Middle Ages
Representing Utopia through the Ages	Dr. Hamish Williams	General Humanities Sector	British Literature Classical Literature Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Ethics Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Philosophy The Greco-Roman World Travel Literature Utopias Worldbuilding
Shakespeare's Epic Fairy Tales: Pericles and Cymbeline	Dr. Liam Daley	General Humanities Sector	British Literature Drama Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy History Magic Renaissance Shakespeare The Middle Ages
Shakespeare's Epic Fairy Tales: The Winter's Tale and The Two Noble Kinsmen	Dr. Liam Daley	General Humanities Sector	Adaptation Theory British Literature Drama Fairy Tales Fantasy History Renaissance Shakespeare The Middle Ages Travel Literature
Stoicism and the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius	Dr. John Soden	General Humanities Sector	Classical Literature History Philosophy The Greco-Roman World
Such an Odyssey! Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Faith Acker	General Humanities Sector	Classical Literature History Poetry The Greco-Roman World Travel Literature
Such an Odyssey 1	Dr. Faith Acker	General Humanities Sector	Classical Literature History Poetry The Greco-Roman World Travel Literature
Such an Odyssey 2	Dr. Faith Acker	General Humanities Sector	Classical Literature History Poetry The Greco-Roman World Travel Literature
Such an Odyssey 3	Dr. Faith Acker	General Humanities Sector	Classical Literature History Poetry The Greco-Roman World Travel Literature
Such an Odyssey 4	Dr. Faith Acker	General Humanities Sector	Classical Literature History Poetry The Greco-Roman World Travel Literature
Tales of Korea: Core Traditional Tales	Sam Roche	Fantasy Studies Sector	Classical Literature East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy History
The Art of Seeing: Your Toolkit for Understanding Art	Pilar Barrera	Living Arts Sector	Adaptation Theory Art Composition Cultural Studies History Modernism Renaissance Romanticism The Greco-Roman World
The History of the Symphony: After Beethoven	James Tauber	General Humanities Sector	History Music
The History of the Symphony: Beginnings to Beethoven	James Tauber	General Humanities Sector	History Music
The Life and Legend of St Nicholas	Dr. Julian Barr	General Humanities Sector	Bible Classical Literature Cultural Studies History Religious Studies The Middle Ages
The Making of a King: Shakespeare’s “Henriad"	Dr. Liam Daley	General Humanities Sector	Drama History Renaissance Shakespeare The Middle Ages
The Minoans and Modernity: Minotaurs, Labyrinths, and Other Myths	Dr. Hamish Williams	General Humanities Sector	Ancient Middle East Archaeology British Literature Children’s Literature Classical Literature Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Film Studies History Modernism Monsters Science Fiction The Greco-Roman World Travel Literature Utopias
The Nature of Things: Shards of the Fall in Tolkien's Work	Jay Moses	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature History JRR Tolkien
The (Other) Canterbury Tales	Dr. Liam Daley	General Humanities Sector	British Literature Fairy Tales History Poetry The Middle Ages Travel Literature
The Witch-cult Hypothesis and Its Afterlives	Dr. Anna Milon	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology History Religious Studies
The Witch in Fact and Fiction	Dr. Anna Milon	Fantasy Studies Sector	Children’s Literature Fantasy History Magic
Tolkien and the Classical World	Dr. Hamish Williams	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Classical Literature Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Ethics Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Philosophy Poetry The Greco-Roman World
Tolkien and the Romantics: Forging Myth and History	Will Sherwood	General Humanities Sector	Anthropocene Arthurian Literature British Literature Classical Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Gothic Literature History JRR Tolkien Literacy Magic Metaphysics Monsters Philosophy Poetry Romanticism The Middle Ages Time Travel Travel Literature Worldbuilding
Ubuntu: An Introduction to African Philosophy	Ishmael Bhila	General Humanities Sector	Anthropocene Cultural Studies Ethics History Philosophy
Video Game Studies	Wesley Schantz	General Humanities Sector	Adaptation Theory Anime Children’s Literature Digital Humanities Film Studies History Japan Monsters Music Philosophy Poetry Science Fiction Video Games
Viking Hogwarts: A Guide to Old Norse Magic	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Viking Hogwarts: Battle Magic and Mythology	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Monsters Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Viking Hogwarts: Shamanistic World Views in Norse Magic	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Viking Hogwarts: The World Of Old Norse Sorcery Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Warring States Era Chinese Philosophy: Attaining Flow	Dr. Robert Steed	General Humanities Sector	China East Asian Studies History Philosophy
Wild Beasts at the Tea Table: The Unnerving Tales of Saki	Dr. Liam Daley	General Humanities Sector	British Literature History Novellas
Women in the Old Testament	Dr. Joel D. Ruark	General Humanities Sector	Ancient Middle East Bible History Religious Studies Women's Studies
Zen History and Thought: An Overview	Dr. Robert Steed	General Humanities Sector	China Cultural Studies East Asian Studies History Japan Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages

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