History

Anne McCants is a professor of history and Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow; housemaster for Burton-Conner; director of the Concourse Program, a freshman learning community dedicated to exploring fundamental questions that lie at the intersection of science, social science, and humanistic inquiry; and vice-president (soon to be president) of the International Economic History Association.

How history can help us solve global economic issues

MIT economic historian Anne McCants discusses the connection between innovation and opportunity.

April 22, 2016

“Small Infinities,” written by professor Alan Brody (pictured) will be performed at the Kresge Little Theater, April 7-9 and 14-16, at 7:30 pm.

3 Questions: Alan Brody on “Small Infinities”

As part of MIT 2016 celebration, play about Isaac Newton debuts in U.S.

April 7, 2016

The Temple of Bel at Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage site, was reduced to rubble by the terrorist group ISIS in 2015. MIT professor Nasser Rabbat helps tell the story of this lost heritage as part of "The Museum of Lost Objects," a new BBC Radio series on sites and objects that have been destroyed or looted in Iraq and Syria.

Nasser Rabbat and the Museum of Lost Objects

MIT architect and historian helps the BBC trace the destruction of Syrian antiquities.

March 16, 2016

Administration addresses student recommendations

Earliest actions on inclusiveness will focus on orientation, mental health counseling, student surveys.

March 16, 2016

International team exploring 17th-century postal archive to speak at MIT

Interdisciplinary group of experts will discuss their collaboration on the "Signed, Sealed and Undelivered" project.

March 8, 2016

“The question I was beginning to ask was: How is it that Africa is not accounted for in technology studies?” says Clapperton Mavhunga. “How is it we are only accounted for in our social history and our suffering as victims? That’s when this inquiry that took me to MIT began.”

Stealth technology

Clapperton Mavhunga’s work uncovers an Africa where technology is abundant and sophisticated.

March 2, 2016

Humans settled, set fire to Madagascar’s forests 1,000 years ago

Stalagmites reveal huge shift in ancient Madagascar’s plant life, unrelated to climate change.

February 17, 2016

Democracy and design

Architect and dean Hashim Sarkis believes good design builds a better society.

February 8, 2016

Thomas Levenson, professor of science writing and director of the MIT-SHASS Graduate Program in Science Writing

Thomas Levenson receives the 2016 Levitan Prize in the Humanities

Award will support research on the South Sea Bubble crisis as an example of connections between scientific developments and their larger social consequences.

February 2, 2016

The SHASS Research Fund supports MIT research in the humanities, arts, or social sciences that shows promise of making an important contribution to the proposed area of activity.

Ten MIT-SHASS Research Fund recipients announced for 2016

January 25, 2016

MIT Professor Wesley Harris delivered the keynote speech at a Princeton University event celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Wesley Harris delivers keynote at event honoring Martin Luther King

MIT professor’s speech at Princeton University described Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on the nation and on Harris personally.

January 19, 2016

Professor Stanford Anderson dies at 81

Noted scholar and founder of the History, Theory and Criticism Program led the Department of Architecture from 1991 to 2004.

January 12, 2016

Life in the aftermath

MIT historian’s book explores life for Armenians in modern Turkey.

January 8, 2016

“I was always very interested in current events and fascinated by what was happening in the world around me,” MIT historian Tanalís Padilla says. “My parents were very political. I considered myself quite a political being. … I think [living in] Mexico and the United States and seeing the contrast to be so great, especially in rural Mexico, made me aware [of politics] early on.”

Past and present

MIT’s Tanalís Padilla brings alive the history of political struggles in Mexico.

January 4, 2016

(Left to right) Ade Samuel, Ellen Rice Staten, Rasheed Auguste, Tiera Guinn, Alberto Hernandez, and Isaiah Borne.

Black student leaders present recommendations for a more inclusive MIT

Students are working closely with senior administration; President Reif praises collaboration.

December 9, 2015

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