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William Dalrymple discussed his latest book. "The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857" on the last Mughal imperial court, that of Bahadur Shah Zafar II, shown above.

'Last Mughal' author discusses Great Mutiny's toll

April 5, 2007

Meg Jacobs of the MIT History section makes a point during a recent colloquium about the 1970s oil crisis.

Seventies oil crisis was a 'perfect storm' for U.S.

March 23, 2007

'In Cod We Trust' explores how weather, fish, people and faith interplayed

March 6, 2007

Miranda Knutson, who graduated from the history program at MIT last spring, pins a hood being fitted for Tim Abbott, a senior in mathematics and electrical engineering and computer science. The two were participants in an MIT IAP class on the technology of medieval clothes creation. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('medieval-hood-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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IAP 'Distaff Arts' students learn production, politics of medieval wool clothing

January 30, 2007

Deborah K. Fitzgerald

Deborah Fitzgerald is named Kenan Sahin Dean of SHASS

January 24, 2007

Rosalind Williams

Humans grieve for the 'given' world

December 6, 2006

SHASS announces new department heads

September 12, 2006

Deborah Fitzgerald

Deborah Fitzgerald named interim dean of SHASS

June 21, 2006

Experts tackle issues raised by race-based drugs

April 5, 2006

Emma Teng

Chinese scholar earns fellowship to explore race

March 17, 2006

This image shows a sample of the data collected by the SeaBed autonomous underwater vehicle as it swam over the Chios shipwreck in July 2005. The 3-D color mesh represents a topographic map of the sea floor, created using data collected by multibeam sonar. The brown strip shows the area captured in digital images, which were used to create the photomosaic of the wreck. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow(...

Deep-sea robot photographs ancient Greek shipwreck

February 2, 2006

Associate Professor Anne McCants of history bastes the roast pork for her IAP session 'Old Food: Ancient and Medieval Cooking,' held Wednesday, Jan. 11, in the kitchen of Next House.

History professor offers taste of Middle Ages

January 13, 2006

David Dibner

David Dibner, philanthropist, dies at 78

October 11, 2005

'Genius grants' go to 2 with MIT ties

September 28, 2005

Peter Perdue, an MIT historian and expert in East Asian civilizations, has published a new book, "China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia," which challenges the Eurocentric view of 18th century Asia.

Historian contrasts early Chinese empire with current challenges

September 6, 2005