Topic
Literature, languages and writing
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Playwrights Lab gives young writers a professional experience
MIT Music and Theater Arts lab provides students with a chance to workshop scripts with seasoned actors and directors in a professional setting.
April 23, 2018 -
Rona Wang, Selam Gano win 2018 De Courtivron Writing Prizes
Prizes recognize student writing on topics related to immigrant, diaspora, bicultural, bilingual, and/or multi-racial experiences.
April 6, 2018 -
Contest seeks writing about bicultural experiences
The Isabelle de Courtivron Writing Prize is seeking student writing submissions about immigrant, diaspora, bicultural, bilingual, and/or mixed-race experiences.
January 22, 2018 -
Author Édouard Louis examines contexts for violence
The acclaimed writer, whose work has become a cause célèbre in France and beyond, speaks as part of the MIT Global France Seminar series.
November 2, 2017 -
Celebrating the "Pleasures of Poetry" at MIT
Now in its 20th season, a popular poetry series provides the MIT community with new voices and verbal harmonies — and a window into MIT's varied poetry offerings.
January 19, 2016 -
Podcast by Shante Stowell '15 wins American Society for Engineering Education diversity contest
Recent graduate honored for her unique audio piece, crafted at MIT, encouraging self-reflection on race.
November 20, 2015 -
Good thinking
MIT philosopher Kieran Setiya analyzes the sources of moral action.
November 13, 2015 -
Hundreds of MIT students explore fields at the 2015 TOUR de SHASS
Academic expo connects students with MIT-SHASS faculty and courses.
September 16, 2015 -
Office of Digital Learning announces MITx Grant Program recipients
August 20, 2015 -
MIT SHASS launches the Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship
Three outstanding PhD students have been invited to study at MIT for the fellowship's inaugural year.
February 17, 2015 -
Telling stories using computer science
Senior Shannon Kao’s knack for storytelling informs her research in computer graphics.
January 22, 2015 -
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.
October 21, 2014 -
Boxes, books, and bananas: A peek at the MIT Science Fiction Society
Founded in 1949, group now maintains what may be the world’s largest open-shelf collection of science fiction.
October 10, 2014 -
SHASS welcomes 10 new faculty members
October 8, 2014 -
Said and Done for September 2014
Digest of the MIT humanities, arts, and social sciences
September 30, 2014 -
Inspired readings
Meet MIT professor Arthur Bahr, a former figure skater who makes medieval literature come alive.
August 14, 2014 -
Said and Done for Summer 2014
Digest of the MIT humanities, arts, and social sciences
August 11, 2014 -
Wyn Kelley sails on the Charles W. Morgan
MIT Melville scholar travels on the last surviving U.S. whaleship from Melville's era.
August 1, 2014 -
Film, form, and feeling
MIT professor’s new book studies formal properties of movies and the structure of our emotions.
May 7, 2014 -
Le Morte d'Arthur and the engineer
Laura Meeker '14 designed a game combining engineering and literature to convey the essence of Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur."
March 25, 2014