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Unintended Lessons of Revolution: Student Teachers and Political Radicalism in Twentieth-Century Mexico by Tanalís Padilla

This new book by Professor Padilla traces the history of the rural normales, showing how they became sites of radical politics.

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Spring 2022 Special Topics Subject! 21H.S04: MIT South Asian Oral History and Digital Archive Project

Join Professor Sana Aiyar, Associate Professor of History, in a History Lab – a unique class that documents the remarkable story of South Asia and MIT.

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Six humanities and arts faculty receive MIT SHASS Research Fund awards for 2022

Congratulations Tristan Brown, assistant professor of history; Eric Goldberg, professor of history and Tanalís Padilla, professor of history.

Illuminating the history and global story of antibiotics

HASTS PhD student Rijul Kochhar tracks changing medical and microbial realities, and examines what they portend for society.

Indigeneity at MIT

A Conversation with David Shane Lowry, '03 ('07) Distinguished Fellow in Native American Studies at MIT

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IAP 2022 UROP Opportunity: MIT South Asian Oral History and Digital Archive Project

Professor Sana Aiyar, Associate Professor of History and MIT students dig deep into the longstanding connection between the Institute and South Asia.

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Craig Wilder-MIT & Slavery: Progress and Challenges-DH Workshop Series 2021-2022

Prof. Craig Wilder invites the MIT community to consider the progress and challenges of sustaining the acclaimed MIT & Slavery curricular project.

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MIT grapples with early leader’s stance on Native Americans

David Shane Lowry, distinguished fellow in Native American studies at History at MIT, provides a new campus space for Native American student groups.

HASTS PhD student Rodrigo Ochigame

PhD student Rodrigo Ochigame designs alternative search engines and seeks to disrupt cultural assumptions in their teaching and research.

3 Questions with historian Caley Horan on innovation, risk-sharing, and cultural transformation

Horan recently about her book manuscript, Insurance Era, (now published, University of Chicago Press, 2021) which explores the cultural life of insurance and the role of risk-based thinking in shaping American institutions and daily life during the second half of the 20th century.

Honoring Veterans

Military training has existed at MIT since 1865, with more than 12,000 officers commissioned from the Institute. Today, MIT offers U.S. Air Force, Army, and Naval ROTC programs. In honor of Veterans Day, cadets from all three branches present the flag.

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Unintended Lessons of Revolution: Student Teachers and Political Radicalism in Twentieth-Century Mexico by Tanalís Padilla

Spring 2022 Special Topics Subject! 21H.S04: MIT South Asian Oral History and Digital Archive Project

Six humanities and arts faculty receive MIT SHASS Research Fund awards for 2022

Illuminating the history and global story of antibiotics

Indigeneity at MIT

IAP 2022 UROP Opportunity: MIT South Asian Oral History and Digital Archive Project

Craig Wilder-MIT & Slavery: Progress and Challenges-DH Workshop Series 2021-2022

MIT grapples with early leader’s stance on Native Americans

HASTS PhD student Rodrigo Ochigame

3 Questions with historian Caley Horan on innovation, risk-sharing, and cultural transformation

Honoring Veterans

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