Connecting history with the present moment
Hundreds worldwide join MIT students in experiencing 21H.000 (History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics) as a public series of webinars.
Hundreds worldwide join MIT students in experiencing 21H.000 (History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics) as a public series of webinars.
A unique workshop lets students examine their personal histories as a way to even the playing field between mentors and mentees.
A brief history of one member of MIT’s famed Radiation Laboratory.
Within minutes, the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown on March 11, 2011, brought an unprecedented wave of death, displacement, and destruction to Japan.
Oral history project allows MIT students to dig deep into the longstanding connection between the Institute and South Asia.
History unfolds as an interdisciplinary research team uses computational tools to examine the contents of “locked” letters.
International Astronomical Union grants request to name minor planet discovered by the LINEAR program in honor of the Italian senator for life for her efforts to combat intolerance.
Political scientist Devin Caughey studies how public opinion influences American politics.
Catherine Clark uses visual imagery to delve into French history, culture, and society.
MIT scholars discuss what is needed for the country to support its longstanding form of government.
Recent virtual lecture explores how paleoclimatology provides important context for examining the activities of past human societies.
Doctoral student ElDante Winston explores the difference between history and memory in Renaissance architecture.
The MIT Asian American Initiative designed and produced a digital zine highlighting MIT community members’ histories and heritage.
One of few female students in the 1940s, Wagley was also the Alumni Association’s first female president.
Davis, in conversation with Senior Associate Dean Blanche Staton, fields questions from the MIT community about the current moment of racial reckoning.