…SHASS News • Two students from MIT Russian Classes, Piper Sigrest and Damian Barabonkov, participated in the Russian Language Olympiad, a competition for college students of Russian as a foreign…

…new Cantonese class, the Section also has plans underway to develop a class in Business Chinese. Section Head, Professor Emma Teng, said the new subjects “couldn’t come at a better…

…about democratic imaginaries, new media, and participatory forms of culture in post-Cold War Cuba, including blogs, performances, and music. Her work and her teaching draw from cultural studies, political philosophy,…

…Pacific New England is a collective of locally-based academics who teach and research on transnational Asian American Studies. The aim of the the gathering was to exchange ideas and resources…

…received an MIT MLK Jr. Leadership Award 2022. News of the award spread, and dozens of newspapers in Brazil made note of the honor. Dominique gave a number of interviews…

New subjects 21G.015 Introduction to Buddhism, Mindfulness, and Meditation (First-Year Discovery) 21G.042 Three Kingdoms: From History to Fiction, Comic, Film, and Game 21G.087 Introduction to Russian Studies 21G.353 Understanding Contemporary…

A new book featuring an array of scholars exploring the encounter of Hispanophone cultures and the law over five centuries. Wall to Wall: Law as Culture in Latin America and…

…of Chinese culture, express emotions, and connect with others.” The class was designed to go beyond the classroom and into the community, allowing students to share their newfound skills and…

The art of writing beautifully has been important to Japanese culture ever since Japan imported Chinese characters to form their own new writing system in the fifth century C.E., which…

…language was confirmed by Dean Nobles as an addition to the Global Languages curriculum. With funding from a generous donor, Global Languages launched a new program for students to study…

Bettina Stoetzer New faculty member, Bettina Stoetzer, joins GSL this fall as Assistant Profesor in German Studies. Stoetzer is an anthropologist whose research focuses on the intersections of ecology, globalization,…

…NEWS. Sara Fernandez, minor in Chinese, wins Schwarzman Scholarship to study in China MIT NEWS Valeria Robayo, Minor in German, Featured in MIT News Global Languages’ 21G.042 Three Kingdoms: From…