Giving the people what they want?
Political scientist Devin Caughey studies how public opinion influences American politics.
Developing a picture of France
Catherine Clark uses visual imagery to delve into French history, culture, and society.
What must the US do to sustain its democracy?
MIT scholars discuss what is needed for the country to support its longstanding form of government.
Case studies show climate variation linked to rise and fall of medieval nomadic empires
Recent virtual lecture explores how paleoclimatology provides important context for examining the activities of past human societies.
If these walls could talk
Doctoral student ElDante Winston explores the difference between history and memory in Renaissance architecture.
Expressing our immigration stories
The MIT Asian American Initiative designed and produced a digital zine highlighting MIT community members’ histories and heritage.
Mary Frances Wagley, dedicated educator and the first woman to join the MIT Corporation, dies at 93
One of few female students in the 1940s, Wagley was also the Alumni Association’s first female president.
Activist and scholar Angela Davis addresses racism in MIT webcast
Davis, in conversation with Senior Associate Dean Blanche Staton, fields questions from the MIT community about the current moment of racial reckoning.
Democracy in distress?
Experts analyze a global trend: democratic governments that collapse from within while maintaining a veneer of legitimacy.
Examining the French stage during the Enlightenment and French Revolution
Bilingual, interactive online publication asks how politics, economics, and social conflict shaped the Comédie-Française theater troupe’s repertory and impacted its finances.
Translating lost languages using machine learning
System developed at MIT CSAIL aims to help linguists decipher languages that have been lost to history.
Exploring the lives of MIT pioneers through drama
In researching and writing a new play, undergraduates delved into the rise of several of MIT’s history-making students.
The meanings of masks
New ways to think about and practice protective masking, from faculty in the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.
How hunting helped shape elite society
MIT historian’s new book examines the political value early medieval European kings and nobles found in a royal ritual.
Winners of 2020 Teaching With Digital Technology Award recognized for their innovations
Thirty-one MIT instructors honored for digital teaching excellence in extraordinary circumstances.