Humanities
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August 17, 2011
Humanities, arts and social sciences digest for July/August 2011.
Polishing its reputation for experimental lit, MIT to host the Electronic Literature Organization
August 10, 2011
Award-winning game explores puzzling dreams
August 4, 2011
MIT game wins Kongregate award, to receive 1 million free ad impressions
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Faculty, Game Lab, Research, Singapore-MIT, Students, Video games, Arts, Digital
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July 4, 2011
Humanities, arts and social sciences digest for June 2011
For all to see: MIT anthropologist debuts exhibit at Panama’s premier museum
May 26, 2011
Photos of celebration rituals among Panama’s Kuna people fascinate audiences — including the Kuna themselves.
On an Irish Island, technology takes its time
May 23, 2011
Robert Kanigel explores how modernity has influenced our pace of life.
Robert Rathbone, MIT professor emeritus, dies at 95
May 19, 2011
Writer and editor helped shape Institute’s humanities program, taught skills for communicating science and technology.
Rambeloarison and Wang win inaugural Isabelle de Courtivron Prizes
May 19, 2011
New MIT prize honors cross-cultural fluency — an ability key to leadership and success in today's global world.
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Diversity, Education, teaching, academics, Global, Leadership, Students
Of minds and machines
May 9, 2011
Final installment of MIT’s 150th anniversary symposia explores intelligence — both human and artificial.
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April 21, 2011
Humanities, arts and social sciences digest for April 2011
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March 7, 2011
Humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for March 2011
Announcing the Palitz Fellowship
February 22, 2011
A new undergraduate travel fellowship for the study of Dutch art and culture in The Hague, Netherlands.
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February 2, 2011
Humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for February 2011
Huang awarded the 2010 Scaglione Prize from the Modern Language Association
January 20, 2011
Chinese Shakespeares cited as a 'landmark' book
Bartusiak awarded Davis Prize by the History of Science Society
January 13, 2011
The Day We Found the Universe cited as a 'crystal-clear narrative' of science and astrophysics between 1920-1940
Also labeled: Arts, Awards, honors and fellowships, Books and authors, Faculty, History, Science writing
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January 4, 2011
Humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for January 2011
Also labeled: Arts, Awards, honors and fellowships, Books and authors, Economics, History, MIT150, Social sciences, Students
MISTI 2.0 selects new grantees
December 1, 2010
Seven student projects awarded funding.
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Graduate, postdoctoral, Global, MISTI, Students, Undergraduate, Social sciences
3 Questions: Evelyn Fox Keller on the nature-nurture debates
November 30, 2010
In a new book, prominent historian of science dismisses the ‘unanswerable’ question of whether heredity or the environment matter more in human development.
Also labeled: 3 Questions, DNA, Genetics, History of science, Technology and society, Books and authors
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November 29, 2010
Humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for November 2010
Also labeled: Arts, Awards, honors and fellowships, Books and authors, Economics, Faculty, Music, Nobel Prizes, Social sciences
MIT students expand their horizons as Burchard Scholars
November 23, 2010
Program brings together MIT sophomores and juniors with humanities, arts and social sciences faculty for eight elegant dinner-seminars.
Dower's Cultures of War named finalist for 2010 National Book Award
October 26, 2010
Historian's book examines roots, causes of war through four historic events.
The energy challenge calls on humanities and social-science research
September 23, 2010
Courses on energy include economics, political science, history, literature and more.
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September 19, 2010
Humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for September 2010
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July 7, 2010
Humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for July 2010
Also labeled: Arts, Awards, honors and fellowships, Faculty, Haiti, History, Linguistics, Music, Philosophy, Social sciences
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June 4, 2010
Humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for June 2010
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Economics, History, Philosophy, Political science, Water
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May 4, 2010
Humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for May 2010
Also labeled: Anthropology, Arts, Awards, honors and fellowships, Books and authors, Economics, Philosophy
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April 5, 2010
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences digest for April 2010
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