Posted November 9, 2023
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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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Four faculty receive MIT SHASS Research Fund awards for 2023
Funding will support development of multimedia play, innovative research projects.
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Posted December 13, 2022
MIT News Q&A: Pouya Alimagham on the protest movement in Iran
Women and girls are at the forefront of the uprising, which is rooted in Iranians’ long struggle for freedom, notes the MIT historian.
Posted December 8, 2022
Ballet des Porcelaines
A contemporary reinterpretation of an 18th century ballet at MIT reveals the fragility of orientalist fantasies
Posted November 10, 2022
Honoring the scholarship of historian Harriet Ritvo
by Taylor Michael Bailey
Posted September 26, 2022
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.
Posted September 14, 2022
Ballet des Porcelaines at MIT. September 27 & 28
This FREE MIT EVENT is co-sponsored by the Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST), MIT History Section, MIT Global Languages, and the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS)
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ADVANCED DEGREE CEREMONY | MIT SHASS Address | Marc Aidinoff PhD’22 (HASTS)
Aidinoff's address included a call to action: "Please stand up for the ability to pursue a research question for its own sake. Protect the privilege to wonder!"
Posted June 16, 2022
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Historian Catherine E. Clark to head MIT Digital Humanities Program
Clark, Associate Professor of History and French Studies, will serve as Director of MIT Digital Humanities starting 1 June, 2022. She is a cultural historian of modern Europe, whose research is concerned with how the visual produces knowledge. As Director of MIT Digital Humanities, she follows Stephanie Frampton, Associate Professor of Classical Literature, who we thank for superb leadership of the program over the past two years.
Posted May 24, 2022
