Four faculty receive MIT SHASS Research Fund awards for 2023

Funding will support development of multimedia play, innovative research projects.

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The School of Economics at Lund University has appointed two new honorary doctorates in 2023: Anne McCants and Helga Nowotny

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Chinese Elites and U.S. Gatekeeping: Racial Discrimination and Class Privilege in Boston’s 1905 King Incident by Emma J. Teng

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The United States Mint announces the appointment of Dr. Christopher Capozzola

to the Citizen Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) as the member Specially Qualified in American history

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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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MIT History Professor shares expertise as advisor to new PBS Documentary Series with Ken Burns.

Professor Craig S. Wilder has been sharing his expertise as an advisor to the new PBS documentary series, that will air on PBS stations Sunday evening, September 18th.

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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.

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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.

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Q&A: Elizabeth Wood on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

MIT historian analyzes the uncertain dynamics of a global crisis.

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