Current SHASS MacVicar Faculty Fellows reflect on teaching at MIT
New fellows to be named Friday; current SHASS fellows discuss the significance — and the sheer fun — of teaching the Institute's students
3 Questions: Adam Berinsky on the unpredictable GOP campaign
Political scientist who studies public opinion assesses a campaign with wildly fluctuating polls.
Profile: David Thorburn
Professor of literature and director of the MIT Communications Forum on the past and future of communications.
Perreau receives Newton Fellowship from the British Academy
Receives research associate appointment from Cambridge University
Taylor Fravel decodes China’s foreign policy
A political scientist analyzes the decisions of a world power.
Rethinking the fall of Rome’s republic
Historian’s innovative hypothesis paints new picture of ancient Italy and aims to explain how the Roman Republic fell.
Samuels receives the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star
Japanese government honors political scientist for significant contributions to scholarship and promoting friendly relations.
Joseph Aoun PhD ’82, president of Northeastern University, receives Muh Alumni Award
Biennial award honors MIT alumni achievements in humanities, arts and social sciences.
In Profile: Suzanne Berger
A onetime student of French political history has become a leading figure in the battle to revive U.S. manufacturing.
In the World: Murmurs of Mayan
MIT undergraduate travels to Mexico in hopes of documenting and preserving ancient linguistic phenomena — and the culture behind them.