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.
Posted December 20, 2021
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Indigeneity at MIT
A Conversation with David Shane Lowry, '03 ('07) Distinguished Fellow in Native American Studies at MIT
Posted November 18, 2021
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.
Posted November 10, 2021
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.
Posted October 25, 2021
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.
Posted October 20, 2021
Muhammad Ali documentary by Ken Burns debuts on PBS, Craig Steven Wilder Consults
Wilder, the Barton L. Weller Professor of History at MIT, joins other leading experts, historians, and writers to provide input on the script and film for the new documentary about Muhammad Ali.
Posted September 23, 2021
HASTS PhD student Rodrigo Ochigame
PhD student Rodrigo Ochigame designs alternative search engines and seeks to disrupt cultural assumptions in their teaching and research.
Posted August 23, 2021
July 4th is Independence Day for two countries. For one it is hollow.
Professor Christopher Capozzola author of “Bound by War: How the United States and the Philippines Built America’s First Pacific Century” featured in the Washington Post.
Posted August 6, 2021
The 1964 Games proclaimed a new Japan
Back in 1964, there was “a sense of Japan in motion and a sense of a country with a future,” said Nagahara, MIT professor of history. Now, it’s “a country that has lost confidence and a country whose political elites feel very intensely that loss of confidence.”
Posted August 6, 2021
Haitian president was fighting to stay in power when he was assassinated
The attack on Jovenel Moïse is just the latest episode in the country's long history of political instability.
Posted August 6, 2021
