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The cover page of the 1685 Algonquin Bible in MIT's rare books collection.

MIT Bible dates from early Thanksgiving era

November 22, 2000

Perdue selected to hold new chair in Asian civilizations

November 15, 2000

Left to right: MIT professors John Dower and Pauline Maier, and Dame Gillian Beer, a professor at the University of Cambridge, discussed "How do history and memory shape each other?" at one of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences colloquia last week.

Historians question the ways that history and memory interact

October 18, 2000

MIT students help uncover evidence of ancient human habitation in Black Sea

September 20, 2000

Museum, Archives staff head oral history group

April 26, 2000

Professor John Dower of history wins Pulitzer Prize

April 12, 2000

New Yorkers watch their new obelisk as it is swung into place in Central Park (from Henry Gorringe's Egyptian Obelisks, 1882).

Burndy Library exhibit examines obelisks over the centuries

March 15, 2000

The Office of Government and Community Relations and the Algebra Project founded by Bob Moses (who directed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's Mississippi voter registration campaign, including in the 1964 Freedom Summer) presented Sweet Honey in the Rock singing songs of peace and justice in a children's concert at Kresge Auditorium on January 14. See story, page 9.

'Literacy for liberation' concert recounts civil rights events

January 26, 2000

MIT history professor wins National Book Award for portrait of postwar Japan

November 24, 1999

Prof. Harriet Ritvo to head history section

April 28, 1999

Dibner Institute names fellows for 1999-2000

April 28, 1999

Maier delves into Constitution's origins, intentions in Killian lecture

April 14, 1999

Maier to deliver Killian Lecture next Tuesday

March 31, 1999

MIT historian Pauline Maier, author of American Scripture, wins coveted faculty award

May 28, 1998

Women historians celebrate publication of five new books

March 18, 1998