Announcement Looking for a History class for spring 2025? Click here to view the upcoming class schedule! Read More
Announcement MIT History congratulates Prof. Tristan Brown and colleagues on the launch of the Global Humanities Initiative website! Read More
Event Old voices saying new things: Re-writing classical literature at the monastery of Fulda in the mid-ninth century October 28, 2024 Read More
News Curated by History Prof. Hiromu Nagahara: MIT Libraries Digital Exhibit “From Samurai into Engineers: Eiichirō Honma and MIT’s First Japanese Students” is live! Read More
Event Climates of Conflict: The Ecologies of Middle East Wars, from the Late Ottoman Era to the On-Going Gaza Crisis September 27, 2024 Read More
News Prof. Emerita Harriet Ritvo discusses how animals have endured domestication to imperialism, and how no species is truly ‘wild’ today. Read More
Spotlight The World at MIT: Sana Aiyar recounts the experiences and circumstances that drew her here and how and why she came to adopt MIT as her professional home. Read More
News Risk, culture, and control Historian Caley Horan studies commerce and uncertainty in modern American life. Read More