History at MIT
Curated by history prof. hiromu nagahara: mit libraries digital exhibit “from samurai into engineers: eiichirō honma and mit’s first japanese students” is live.
Climates of Conflict: The Ecologies of Middle East Wars, from the Late Ottoman Era to the On-Going Gaza Crisis
September 27, 2024
Prof. Emerita Harriet Ritvo discusses how animals have endured domestication to imperialism, and how no species is truly ‘wild’ today.
The World at MIT: Sana Aiyar recounts the experiences and circumstances that drew her here and how and why she came to adopt MIT as her professional home.
MIT History Welcomes its Newest Faculty Member, Prof. Elena Kempf!
Risk, culture, and control Historian Caley Horan studies commerce and uncertainty in modern American life.
Prof. Sana Aiyar Appointed Interim Head of Program in Women’s and Gender Studies
New urop: digital humanities and theater research opportunity in norway.
MIT History Professors Awarded Chairs by Provost Cynthia Barnhart
Q&a: “as long as you have a future, you can still change it” mit historian tristan brown describes how china’s feng shui legacy can help with confronting today’s climate challenges..
2024 History Undergraduate Writing Prize Winners!
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HISTORY • ANTHROPOLOGY • SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY. Combining rigorous critical methods with a vibrant interdisciplinary approach, we study how science and …
Graduate Studies. The History Faculty collaborates with the Program in Science, Technology and Society and the Anthropology Program in the Doctoral Program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS).
HASTS at MIT admits a small number of highly qualified doctoral candidates each year. Applicants come from diverse academic backgrounds—engineering, history, physics, …
Applicants to History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS) are required to submit a writing sample by uploading a PDF in the online application. There are no specific parameters in terms of content, but the …
Histories of MIT. War/Conflict Resolution/Political Violence/Insurrection. Ancient and Medieval.
The doctoral program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society (HASTS) at MIT, founded in 1988, is a unique interdisciplinary academic community devoted to studying …
Combining the disciplines of History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society, the HASTS program at MIT prepares students to do intensive research on topics of global …
With the History and Science, Technology and Society faculties, MIT Anthropology offers a Ph.D. in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS). Our faculty serve as …