Uncovering the role of technology and medicine in deaf and signing worlds
Timothy Loh, a HASTS program doctoral student studying deafness, sign language, and technology, is a sociocultural and medical anthropologist-in-training.
Timothy Loh, a HASTS program doctoral student studying deafness, sign language, and technology, is a sociocultural and medical anthropologist-in-training.
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Historian's research focuses on understanding how visions for social and economic policy are tied to changing ideas about technology.
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SHASS faculty members Nikhil Agarwal, Sana Aiyar, Stephanie Frampton, Daniel Hidalgo, and Miriam Schoenfield were recently granted tenure.
How do we understand Russia’s multi-layered interference in the 2016 elections? A Russia expert and professor of history analyzes Russia’s motives.
MIT writer’s new work, “Three Flames,” explores the fractures and bonds among kin in a rebuilding society.
Proposed bridge would have been the world’s longest at the time; new analysis shows it would have worked.
Six scholars and professors are spending this academic year in engagement with the MIT community.
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Daron Acemoglu’s new book examines the battle between state and society, which occasionally produces liberal-democratic freedom.
How the humanities, arts, and social science fields can help shape the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing — and benefit from advanced computing.
Summer program in civil and environmental engineering examines the intersection of modern engineering and cultural heritage.
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At MIT forum, scholars wrestle with the dynamics of a global political trend.