Mesoamerican copper smelting technology aided colonial weaponry
Spanish conquerors depended on indigenous expertise to keep up their munitions supplies, archaeologists have found.
Spanish conquerors depended on indigenous expertise to keep up their munitions supplies, archaeologists have found.
MIT seniors will pursue graduate studies at Cambridge University.
Evidence links Dutch-era sugar production and greater economic activity today.
MIT professor emerita talks about her new memoir and aging in a patriarchal society.
Mutongi discusses the connection between Kenyan widows and the #MeToo movement, myths of African entrepreneurship, and the wider implications of her research.
MIT History class explores the roots and complexities of revolutions across the globe.
With its centerpiece exhibit for the forthcoming Universal Hip Hop Museum, an MIT team uses artificial intelligence to explore the rich history of hip hop music.
The book publisher continues to produce intellectually daring, scholarly work.
The Nigerian journalist is the recipient of a prestigious fellowship that provides residencies at MIT, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times.
MIT historian Sana Aiyar sheds new light on the complexities of independence movements and global migration.
Timothy Loh, a HASTS program doctoral student studying deafness, sign language, and technology, is a sociocultural and medical anthropologist-in-training.
With “In Event of Moon Disaster,” the MIT Center for Advanced Virtuality aims to educate the public on deepfakes with an alternative history of the moon landing.
Historian's research focuses on understanding how visions for social and economic policy are tied to changing ideas about technology.
In overlooked spots on the map, MIT Professor Kate Brown examines the turbulence of the modern world.
SHASS faculty members Nikhil Agarwal, Sana Aiyar, Stephanie Frampton, Daniel Hidalgo, and Miriam Schoenfield were recently granted tenure.