Unraveling the complex histories of Palestinian artwork
“My job is to be critical and deep as an art historian, and not as a politician,” says PhD student Nisa Ari.
New recording blends old Europe and contemporary Cambridge
Pianist David Deveau’s latest album interprets works by Beethoven, Mozart, and MIT’s own John Harbison.
Book explores milestones of astronomical discovery
In “Dispatches from Planet 3,” Marcia Bartusiak illuminates overlooked breakthroughs and the people who made them.
Ana Miljacki: Scholar of designers and dreamers
Historian, curator, and designer studies architects and their quest to make a better world.
Risk, failure, and living your life: The economics of being an early-career scientist
Doctoral student Ryan Hill studies factors that influence researchers’ professional paths, while lending his voice to support student families.
Q&A: Anne McCants on "Waves of Globalization," the 2018 World Economic History Congress at MIT
Congress of leading thinkers in economic, business, and social history convenes in the US for first time in 50 years.
Environmental regulation in a polarized culture
Doctoral student Parrish Bergquist investigates how politics affects environmental decision-making.
Contemplating the eyes in the sky
Media studies scholar Lisa Parks examines the way satellites and other aerial technologies have changed society.
3 Questions: Historian Caley Horan on the rise of private insurance in the U.S.
Assistant professor explores how risk sharing and mutual aid shifted to individual forms of protection.
Discovering hidden stories in the Flint water crisis
Graduate student Elena Sobrino looks beyond the headlines to study interactions between the city’s people and institutions.
The moral calculus of climate change
In a “mathy” philosophy class, students explore the risks, outcomes, and ethical implications of living in a warming world.
The task of history
At community dialogue, MIT historians discuss the power of historical knowledge to make a better world.
CS+HASS SuperUROP debuts with nine research projects
In yearlong program, MIT students apply computer science to humanities, arts, and social science research.
3Q: Alan Lightman on science, religion, and our yearning for absolute knowledge
New book, “Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine,” examines the tensions between belief and knowing.