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Said and Done - January, 2011

January 2011 Edition Published by the Office of the Dean MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences        ...

Magazine - Said and Done - June 2021 - Media and Awards

The Media Digest is a section of the Said and Done newsletter. Subscribe   NEW APPOINTMENTS     Melissa Nobles, Professor of Political Science,...

About - Honors and Awards - Faculty 2019

ECONOMICS: ABDUL LATIF JAMEEL POVERTY ACTION LABAbijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo win the Nobel Prize for economics   Duflo...

Magazine - Said and Done - December 2019

December 2019MIT SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Subscribe QUOTABLE "My role as a journalist is to inform...

Ruth Perry, MIT Professor of Literature

News - 2019 - Computing and AI - Humanistic Perspectives from MIT - WGS - Perry, Haslanger, Wood

"The Schwarzman College of Computing presents MIT with a unique opportunity to take a leadership role in addressing some of most pressing challenges...

Spotlight - 2012 - Montfort reveals stories in BASIC code

 A special line of code  This collaboratively written book takes a single line of code—the extremely concise BASIC program for the Commodore 64...

MIT Professor Lisa Parks

News - 2019 - Ethics and AI - AI’s Impact on Society - Lisa Parks

"Given the power of AI tools to impact human behavior and shape planetary conditions, it is vital that a political, economic, and materialist...

Magazine - Said and Done - December 2020 - Media and Awards Digest

The Media + Awards Digest is a section of the Said and Done newsletter. Subscribe Office of the Dean | 15 December 2020 Dear Friends,   Each New...

James Paradis

News - 2010 - Paradis appointed interim director of Comparative Media Studies

“Jim is a first-rate scholar, a crack administrator, and a splendid identifier of emerging trends and new directions in humanities scholarship and...

Grant recipients for 2024 include Kimberly Juanita Brown, Michel DeGraff, Amanda Greene, Silas Munro, and Anna Von Mertens.

MIT News - The MIT Press announces Grant Program for Diverse Voices recipients for 2024

From a scholarly monograph on Haitian language to a feminist history of social media photography, grant recipients bring new perspectives to the...

Henry Jenkins

Video - 2010 - Henry Jenkins Reflects on MIT

In conversation with William Uricchio, Henry Jenkins returns to reflect on his time at MIT and offers insights into MIT culture, the state of...

Said and Done - May - 2017

May / June 2017 Published by the Office of the Dean MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences   QUOTABLE “At this pivotal time in...

News - 2014 - New Faculty 2014

The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences is very pleased to present the newest members of the School faculty. They come to us with diverse...

Magazine - Previous Issues

Said and Done Magazine  Published monthly by the Office of the Dean 2009—present    Summer 2022 On the Hudson River: a new...

Spotlight - 2015 - Melissa Nobles named Dean of MIT SHASS

Political scientist Melissa Nobles became the Kenan Sahin Dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, on July 1, 2015.Full Story...

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Research Portfolio - Comparative Media Studies

Learning Library Project Initiated and developed at MIT 2005 - 2009   Changes In The Way We Learn Digital technologies are changing the way...

About - Honors and Awards - Staff - Infinite Mile - 2020

  Melissa Nobles, Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS), has announced the six winners of the 2020 MIT...

Professor David Thorburn

Community Profiles - David Thorburn

Professor of LiteratureDirector, MIT Communications Forum  Television was not yet considered a subject for scholarship when Professor David Thorburn...

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News - 2021 - Challenges Ahead for the Biden Administration - MIT SHASS Faculty

A series of essays by MIT SHASS scholars, including: Melissa Nobles, Taylor Fravel, Vipin Narang, Dick Samuels, Elizabeth Wood, Barry Posen, Richard...

Undergraduate Studies - Interdisciplinary Programs - Computing and Society Concentration

The Computing and Society Concentration introduces students to critical thinking about computation and its technologies, enabling them to develop...

News - 2023 - MIT SHASS Advanced Degree Commencement -Information

Graduates of all master’s and doctoral programs through the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (MIT SHASS) will be recognized during...

News - 2013 - MITx launches MIT Philosophy MOOC

"Analytic philosophy gives you a way to think about  questions in a rigorous and organized way. In a very concrete sense, it teaches you...

Research Landing Page

  Basic research in the humanities, arts, and social science fields is the engine for the School's capacity to effect positive change around the...

Said and Done - September 2011

September 2011 Edition Published by the Office of the Dean MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences       QUOTABLE...

Global Media panel

Video - 2009 - Global Media

Just as digital technology has expanded the means of producing media, so has it increased the geographic range new media may travel. Locally...