Digital Humanities Laboratory

Combines research in HASS fields with computational methods of analysis, data collection, and presentation. Rotates to a different research project within SHASS each offering and meets with a research seminar taught by the PI of that project. Students work in teams to produce original computational research within the existing project, in collaboration with the research staff of the Programs in Digital Humanities. Leverage techniques from a wide range of practices including natural language processing, computer vision, machine learning, and web development. Repeatable for credit with permission of instructor. Limited to 25.

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Offered Fall 2024

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.009	World History and Its Fault Lines Since 1800 TR 9:30-11, 56-180	Sana Aiyar Hiromu Nagahara	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.107 21G.043	Asian American History: 1865 to 1965 TR 1-2:30, 14E-310	Emma Teng	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.135	J.R.R. Tolkien: Scholar, Author, and Thinker W 7-10, E51-372	Eric J. Goldberg	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.143 21G.056	The “Making” of Modern Europe: 1789 – Present MW 11-12:30, 56-191	Elena Kempf	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.245 21G.086 17.57	Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society: 1917 to the Present Lecture: TR 1-2; 4-253 Recitation 1: F 1-2; Room 1-132 Recitation 2: F 1-2; Room 5-232	Elizabeth A. Wood	Intermediate	HASS-S	CI-H
21H.262	Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict TR 1-2:30, 4-237	Pouya Alimagham	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.281	MIT and Slavery: Research MW 11-12:30, 4-146	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.315	American Consumer Culture W 11-1, E51-390	Caley Horan	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.990 STS.432	Narrating the Anthropocene: Understanding a Multi-Species Universe W 10-1, E51-275	Megan A. Black Kate Brown	Graduate

Not Offered This Term

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.001	How to Stage a Revolution	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.101	American History to 1865	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.102	American History since 1865	Caley Horan	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.106 24.912 21L.008 21W.741 CMS.150 WGS.190	Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies M 2-4; 26-204	Danielle Wood	Introductory	HASS-H HASS-A	CI-H
21H.141	Renaissance to Revolution: Europe, 1300-1800 offered infrequently; consult department	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.144 21G.087	Introduction to Russian Studies	Elizabeth A. Wood Maria Khotimsky	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.145 21G.049 4.674	French Photography	Catherine Clark	Introductory	HASS-A	CI-H
21H.156 21G.045	Global Chinese Food: A Historical Overview Not offered regularly; consult department	Emma Teng	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.157	Modern South Asia	Sana Aiyar	Introductory	HASS-S
21H.165	A Survey of Modern African History	Kenda Mutongi	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.170 17.55 21A.130 21G.084	Introduction to Latin American Studies	Tanalís Padilla	Introductory	HASS-S	CI-H
21H.172 21G.078	Latin America Through Film Not offered regularly; consult department	Tanalís Padilla	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.173	Socialism in Latin America, from Che Guevara to Hugo Chavez	Tanalís Padilla	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.181 17.035	Libertarianism	Malick W. Ghachem	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.201	The American Revolution W 2-5; E51-275	Marjoleine Kars	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.205 STS.427	The Civil War and the Emergence of Modern America: 1861-1890	Merritt Roe Smith	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.211	The United States in the Nuclear Age Not offered regularly; consult department	Caley Horan	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.213 17.28	The War at Home: American Politics and Society in Wartime	Christopher Capozzola Adam Berinsky	Intermediate	HASS-S
21H.214	War and American Society Not offered regularly; consult department	Christopher Capozzola	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.217 11.013	American Urban History TR 10-11; 9-450A	Glenn	Seminar	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.220 11.150	Metropolis: A Comparative History of New York City Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.226 11.015	Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History	Staff	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.228	American Classics Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.229	The Black Radical Tradition in America Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.241 21G.054	France and Haiti: Enlightenment, Slavery, and Revolution	Malick W. Ghachem	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.242 21G.322	Frenchness in and Era of Globalization Not offered regularly; consult department	Catherine Clark	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.247	Looking East/Looking West	Catherine Clark Hiromu Nagahara	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.253 21G.075	Global Chinese Migration, 1567- Present Not offered regularly; consult department	Emma Teng	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.260	Cities in the Middle East: History, Politics and Society	Staff	Intermediate	HASS-S
21H.263 WGS.220	Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa	Lerna Ekmekcioglu	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.266	South Africa and Apartheid	Kenda Mutongi	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.267	Atlantic Slave Revolts	Marjoleine Kars	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.268	Urban History in Africa (NEW)	Kenda Mutongi	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.282	MIT and Slavery: Publication Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.283	The Indigenous History of MIT	Staff	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.284	South Asia, the United States, and MIT: Transformative Connections	Sana Aiyar	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.285 STS.025	Making the Modern World: The Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective	Merritt Roe Smith	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.289	History Near and Dear: Writing Yourself into History	Marjoleine Kars	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.319	Race, Crime, and Citizenship in American Law	Malick W. Ghachem	Seminar	HASS-S
21H.320	Gender and the Law in US History Not offered regularly; consult department	Christopher Capozzola	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.322	Christianity in America Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.352 21G.042	Three Kingdoms: From History to Fiction, Comic, Film, and Game	Emma Teng	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.358 U 21H.958 G WGS.315 G	Colonialism in South Asia and Africa: Race, Gender, Resistance W 10-12; E51-390	Sana Aiyar	Graduate Seminar	HASS-H
21H.381 WGS.222	Women and War	Lerna Ekmekcioglu	Seminar	HASS-S
21H.385 11.152	The Ghetto: From Venice to Harlem Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Seminar	HASS-S
21H.388 U 21H.988 G	Global Commodities, American Dreams	Megan A. Black	Graduate Seminar	HASS-H
21H.984 STS.414	Risk, Fortune, and Futurity	Caley Horan Will Deringer	Graduate