Posted April 14, 2021
News
Emma Teng on anti-Asian American violence in the US
A leading scholar of cross-cultural identity, social assimilation, and exclusion, MIT historian Emma Teng recently spoke with MIT News about the current crisis of violence against Asian-Americans.
Posted April 5, 2021
Posted March 30, 2021
A Letter from President Reif: Supporting our Asian community in a difficult time
MIT’s president writes to the community following the tragedies in Georgia and surging anti-Asian violence.
Posted March 25, 2021
Mark Aidinoff, PhD Candidate: The history of using computers to distribute relief checks
Aidinoff writes, "Since the New Deal, policymakers have maintained faith in the federal government’s technical ability to sort out who is and is not deserving of public support."
Posted March 18, 2021
Exploring generations of influence between South Asia and MIT
Oral history project allows MIT students to dig deep into the longstanding connection between the Institute and South Asia.
Posted March 11, 2021
Developing a picture of France
Catherine Clark uses visual imagery to delve into French history, culture, and society.
Posted February 12, 2021
Lerna Ekmekçioğlu's book Recovering Armenia is out in Turkish translation
Lerna Ekmekcioglu investigates how Armenians recovered their identity within these drastically changing political conditions.
Posted February 11, 2021
History at MIT Welcomes Feruza Aripova
Feruza Aripova will be joining us for the Spring '21 term as a Russian History lecturer
Posted January 22, 2021
MIT Professor Says Removing Trump Via 25th Amendment Would Be ‘Difficult.’ Here’s Why
MIT history professor Chris Capozzola explains why he thinks removing President Trump by invoking the 25th Amendment would be “difficult.”
Posted January 7, 2021
Brand New History Subjects Offered in Spring 2021!
The following subjects are new to the History curriculum and are being offered for the first time this spring.
Posted December 22, 2020
Faculty Profile: Anne McCants
Building a historical meal from scratch is a perfect reflection of McCants’ methods as an economic historian.
Posted December 1, 2020
Posted November 19, 2020
Anne McCants wins the Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economic History
The annual Jonathan Hughes Prize recognizes excellence in teaching economic history both at the undergraduate and graduate level.
Posted October 23, 2020
Driving While Black…Race, Space and Mobility in America
Watch MIT Historian Craig Wilder and others in the new PBS Documentary that examines African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights. Streaming now on PBS.
Posted October 19, 2020
History Professor, Anne McCants, joins Plague discussion on NPR Podcast
Planet Money Podcast hosts, Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi and Keith Romer, discuss the silver lining associated with the plague.
Posted September 21, 2020
History’s Christopher Capozzola Interviewed on NPR
History section head interviewed in this morning’s NPR story on the Pemberton pardon and US-Philippine relations.
Posted September 11, 2020
Lerna Ekmekçioğlu’s Twelve Faces of Armenian Feminism
As a CAST Mellon Faculty Fellow, McMillan-Stewart Associate Professor of History Lerna Ekmekçioğlu is creating a virtual exhibition and digital archive.
Posted September 10, 2020
The Meanings of Masks
History faculty, and other MIT SHASS Professors, share the Meaning of Masks in their fields of study.
Posted September 10, 2020
Posted August 24, 2020
