Магистерия: лекции, аудиокниги

Audio lectures and courses on art, literature, history, and philosophy. Lecturers include faculty from Moscow State University, the Higher School of Economics, and the Russian State University for the Humanities, staff from Russian Academy of Sciences institutes and museums, and PhD and doctoral candidates.

Master's Degree is a lecture hall on your phone. Listen to lectures on the go, while driving, on a walk, or at the gym, download courses offline, and read transcripts whenever it's more convenient for you.

Not a five-minute vlog, but a full-fledged university course, broken down into lectures.

DISCIPLINES

Over 350 courses in the humanities and natural sciences:
— Art: painting, architecture, film, contemporary art, great museum collections
— Literature: classical antiquity, ancient Greek tragedy, Russian and world prose
— History: antiquity, the Middle Ages, Europe and Russia, the 20th century
— Psychology and cognitive science
— Philosophy and ethics
— Religion and spiritual practices
— Music and musicology
— Natural science: evolutionary theory, dinosaurs, geology, the origin of life
— Taste of life: fashion, perfumery, wine, coffee, tea, landscape design

You can take the entire course as scheduled or take one lecture for the evening—on a topic that has long been of interest.

FORMATS

— Audio lectures with illustrations — dozens of images in each lecture: the very paintings, buildings, and maps the lecturer talks about are visible right in the player.
— Audiobooks: Russian and world classics with commentary — Bunin's "Dark Alleys," "Woe from Wit," Chekhov's stories, "Bhagavad Gita."
— Text transcripts of lectures — easy to read and find.
— Bibliography, if you want to dig deeper.
— Flashcards for self-testing.

APP FEATURES

— Offline mode: download lectures and listen without internet access and without using data.
— Background playback and control from the lock screen.
— Adjustable playback speed.
— Sync progress with magisteria.ru: start listening on your computer and continue in the app from the same place.
— Personal library: courses, lectures, and books you've set aside.
— Search the catalog and Dark theme

WHO LECTURES

Over 130 lecturers, over 40% of whom are currently teaching or working in research: Moscow State University, Higher School of Economics, Russian State University for the Humanities, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russian Academy of Sciences institutes, and museums. They include candidates and doctors of science, associate professors, and professors. Each course is a structured immersion into the subject, not a retelling of an encyclopedia in your own words.

Magisteria is an educational project whose lectures are listened to and read on magisteria.ru. The app is like a library, but in your pocket and offline.

HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM ONLINE VIDEOS?

— The course is organized like a course: topics are presented in order, not as suggested by recommendations.
— The audio is designed for listening with headphones: no commercials in the middle of a thought.
— Lecture transcripts and references are included, so you can revisit the material with your own eyes.

FOR WHOM?

— Those who want to systematically broaden their horizons, rather than gleaning facts from scraps.
— Those who love art, literature, and history and want to delve deeper.
— Students and anyone who needs a clear, university-level perspective on a topic.
— Those who have an hour to commute each day and don't want to waste it.

IF YOU WERE LOOKING FOR

— Where to listen to lectures on philosophy, psychology, or art history.
— Audio lectures instead of music on the way to work.
— Audiobooks on Russian classics with analysis and commentary.
— Educational podcasts and popular science, only deeper and more systematic.
— Online courses. For self-study, without deadlines or homework.

Then this is the place for you.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

Over 600 lectures are available for free, and 49 courses are free in their entirety—listen and decide. Each course series includes free lectures: in full, without a subscription and with no time limit. Your purchase is yours forever. A subscription is also available: terms and conditions are available at magisteria.ru.

Download Magisteria and start a course you've been putting off for a while: art history, literature, philosophy. One lecture a day, and within a month, you'll see familiar things in a completely different light.

New course announcements are available on the Telegram channel https://t.me/magisteria_ru. Questions and suggestions are available in the "Support" section of the app.