The meanings of masks
New ways to think about and practice protective masking, from faculty in the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.
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Global Studies and Languages
Winners of 2020 Teaching With Digital Technology Award recognized for their innovations
Thirty-one MIT instructors honored for digital teaching excellence in extraordinary circumstances.
3 Questions: Historian Emma Teng on face masks as 公德心
“Doing something for the community good is good for me also” is known as gongdexin (in Mandarin), kootokushin (in Japanese), and kongdokshim (in Korean).
Meet the MIT bilinguals: Claudia Chen '20 combines creative, humanistic, and technical fields
Recent MIT graduate will apply her dual comparative media studies and mechanical engineering degree to work in the technology industry.
Learning about China by learning its language
MIT senior's longstanding passion for Mandarin leads to a hands-on taste of the complexities of functioning in a Chinese business context.
Computing and artificial intelligence: Humanistic perspectives from MIT
How the humanities, arts, and social science fields can help shape the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing — and benefit from advanced computing.
Isabelle de Courtivron Writing Prize announces winners for 2019
Five undergrads writing on immigrant, diaspora, bicultural, bilingual, and/or mixed-race experiences.
Buddhist nun Sister Dang Nghiem invites MIT community to practice mindfulness
“Look up from your computer. And see the blue sky that brings you joy.”
Q&A: M. Amah Edoh on the Isabelle de Courtivron Writing Prize
The award honors writing related to immigrant, diaspora, bicultural, bilingual, and/or mixed-race experiences.
Hair and identity
MIT senior Sefa Yakpo explores the politics of beauty among Francophone African women.
Professor Emerita Catherine Chvany, Slavic scholar, dies at 91
Internationally renowned for her works in Slavic poetics and linguistics, Chvany also mentored several generations of scholars.
Civil rights in a complex world
Professor Bruno Perreau examines the relationships between personal identity and public institutions.
Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi presents moral vision in age of crisis
At inaugural event in the T.T. and W.F. Chao Distinguished Buddhist Lecture Series, Bhikku Bodhi applies Buddhist ethics to today's social problems.
Rona Wang, Selam Gano win 2018 De Courtivron Writing Prizes
Prizes recognize student writing on topics related to immigrant, diaspora, bicultural, bilingual, and/or multi-racial experiences.
Outstanding MIT students of French explore "Paris et la rue"
In the January Scholars in France program, students discover behind-the-scenes Paris and the city's storied streets.