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Looking for a History class for spring 2025? Click here to view the upcoming class schedule!

Posted December 2, 2024

MIT History congratulates Prof. Tristan Brown and colleagues on the launch of the Global Humanities Initiative website!

Posted November 12, 2024

Curated by History Prof. Hiromu Nagahara: MIT Libraries Digital Exhibit “From Samurai into Engineers: Eiichirō Honma and MIT’s First Japanese Students” is live!

Posted September 29, 2024

Prof. Emerita Harriet Ritvo discusses how animals have endured domestication to imperialism, and how no species is truly ‘wild’ today.

Posted September 23, 2024

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.

Posted September 11, 2024

MIT History Welcomes its Newest Faculty Member, Prof. Elena Kempf!

Posted August 24, 2024

Risk, culture, and control Historian Caley Horan studies commerce and uncertainty in modern American life.

Posted August 19, 2024

Q&A: “As long as you have a future, you can still change it” MIT historian Tristan Brown describes how China’s feng shui legacy can help with confronting today’s climate challenges.

Posted August 19, 2024

Prof. Sana Aiyar Appointed Interim Head of Program in Women’s and Gender Studies

Posted August 12, 2024

New UROP: Digital Humanities and Theater Research Opportunity in Norway

Posted July 15, 2024

MIT History Professors Awarded Chairs by Provost Cynthia Barnhart

Posted July 8, 2024

2024 History Undergraduate Writing Prize Winners!

Posted June 17, 2024

Prof. Hiromu Nagahara contributes essay to “Songs for Modern Japan” for MFA exhibit, “Songs for Modern Japan: Popular Music and Graphic Design, 1900–1950”!

Posted May 6, 2024

Now Accepting Entries for the 2024 History Undergraduate Writing Prize!

Posted April 28, 2024

Measuring the impact of humanities on STEM-focused education – History Prof. Tristan Brown and MIT Literature’s Prof. Wiebke Denecke received a grant from MIT Integrated Learning Initiative to research the impact of humanities of STEM-focused education.

Posted January 29, 2024

BBC’s The History Hour: “Lady Tarzan and the Ibadan Zoo,” Harriet Ritvo, professor of history at MIT, looks back across the centuries to reveal the fascination that humans have always had for animals.

Posted January 23, 2024

History Major Spotlight! Meet Hadyn!

Posted January 12, 2024

Centering feminism – Professor Lerna Ekmekcioglu investigates marginalized women and potential empowerment

Posted November 9, 2023

History from the ground up – Associate Professor Megan Black’s research digs into mining, power, and environmental politics in the US

Posted November 7, 2023

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

Posted July 7, 2023

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