On an Irish Island, technology takes its time
Robert Kanigel explores how modernity has influenced our pace of life.
Robert Rathbone, MIT professor emeritus, dies at 95
Writer and editor helped shape Institute’s humanities program, taught skills for communicating science and technology.
A champion of Creole
Linguist Michel DeGraff is on a quest to give Haitian Creole its due as a respected language — and to help Haitian schoolchildren learn in their native tongue.
Huang awarded the 2010 Scaglione Prize from the Modern Language Association
Chinese Shakespeares cited as a 'landmark' book
Mary Fuller awarded the Levitan Prize in the Humanities
Annual award includes $25,000 to support innovative and creative scholarship in the humanities.
The energy challenge calls on humanities and social-science research
Courses on energy include economics, political science, history, literature and more.
Reporter’s Notebook: Jules Verne, desperado?
MIT historian of science Rosalind Williams on the overlooked legacy of Jules Verne, anti-globalization visionary
Travels With Melville: Wyn Kelley's excellent adventure
Melville scholarship takes Kelley to Tahiti, the Galapagos, China, and the Middle East
Three of a kind
MIT linguist Shigeru Miyagawa explains how the hidden similarities of English, Japanese, and some forms of Bantu reveal language’s universal essence.
