Film, form, and feeling
MIT professor’s new book studies formal properties of movies and the structure of our emotions.
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."
Intellectual property
Sandy Alexandre explores the complex relationship between black literature and history.
Adrift in a sea of change
In a new book, MIT historian Rosalind Williams examines the deep tension authors Jules Verne, Robert Louis Stevenson, and William Morris felt about technology.
Shankar Raman wins Levitan Prize in the Humanities
The $25,000 award supports innovative scholarship
The strangely familiar browsing habits of 14th-century readers
MIT professor’s book digs into the eclectic, textually linked reading choices of people in medieval London.
Using literature to understand violence against blacks
MIT professor Sandy Alexandre studies the literary record to shed light on the history of lynching in the United States.
Stephanie Frampton awarded the Rome Prize
Will research history and cultural significance of the alphabetic writing of ancient Rome.
MIT and Haiti sign agreement to promote Kreyòl-language STEM education
Initiative designed to help Haitians gain technical education.
SHASS announces expanded Kelly Essay Prize for undergraduates
All forms of nonfiction prose now eligible for the $800 prize
The hidden history of Bengali Harlem
MIT professor’s new book details the overlooked waves of South Asian immigrants to the United States.
