Innovative humanities MOOC, “Visualizing Japan,” nominated for the Japan Prize
In a Q&A, course co-founder Professor Shigeru Miyagawa discusses his unique online course and its impact on digital education.
Hundreds of MIT students explore fields at the 2015 TOUR de SHASS
Academic expo connects students with MIT-SHASS faculty and courses.
Announcing MIT-SHASS new faculty for fall 2015
The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences welcomes a new group of standout scholars.
Helen Elaine Lee and Emma Teng to head SHASS academic units
Dean Deborah Fitzgerald announces leadership appointments in Women's and Gender Studies and Global Studies and Languages.
Alumni gift to SHASS establishes Cynthia L. Reed Chair in French Studies and Language
Associate Professor Bruno Perreau will be first to occupy the new chair, which will have a profound impact on French studies at MIT.
Said and Done for October 2014
Digest of the MIT humanities, arts, and social sciences features a Nobel Prize, a new professorship in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, three new SHASS websites, and more.
Dedicated professor, lifelong learner
Elizabeth Garrels, MIT professor of Spanish and Latin American studies, retires after 35 years at MIT.
The long history of ‘Eurasian’ identity
MIT historian’s new book studies cross-cultural Asian-American families since the 19th century.
Faculty describe experiments with digital learning on MacVicar Day
Participants discuss how they are 'reimagining the MIT classroom.'
Four professors named 2013 MacVicar Fellows
Griffith, Miller, Schulz and Teng awarded the Institute’s highest undergraduate teaching honor.
Why are Japanese cartoons a global hit?
MIT scholar’s new book heralds ‘creative collaboration’ with the masses as the key to anime’s worldwide popularity.