Literature at MIT, within MIT SHASS: School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences @MIT. Great Ideas Change the World

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“MITHIC is about inspiring our community to think differently and work together in new ways. It is about embedding human-centered thinking throughout our research, innovation, and education,” said @MIT Provost Chandrakasan at the annual MITHIC event. news.mit.edu/2026/new-lens-o…
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“One of my conclusions about the computer’s cultural history is that in some ways the technology invites phenomenological obsolescence," says @LITatMIT professor Ben Mangrum in an interview with @PublicSeminar publicseminar.org/2025/12/th…
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A Show About French Theory Boils Big Ideas Down to Wall Decor: “Echo Delay Reverb: American Art, Francophile Thought,” an ambitious show at @PalaisdeTokyo conceived by Naomi Beckwith. By Eugenie Brinkema view.email.artnews.com/?qs=f…
Poststructuralism and Self-Censorship at Palais de Tokyo. What does this bookwormish exhibition curated by Naomi Beckwith have to say about the histories and afterlives of critical discourses?- By @louisedarblay via ⁦@ArtReview_artreview.com/echo-delay-rev…
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25 Sep 2025
My latest cartoon for @GuardianBooks p.s. My new book of science cartoons is here: tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
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You know what the biggest problem with pushing all-things-AI is? Wrong direction. I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.
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Not all art hangs in museums. Across 1 trillion web pages it lives in sketches, fan sites, & forgotten web design. The Wayback Machine keeps this digital gallery open for all to enjoy. 🎨🧑‍🎨 📝 Tell us what irreplaceable works the Wayback Machine has saved for you! ⤵️ forms.gle/c3XqotHUToKe2pZw5 #Wayback1T
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The Robert A. Muh Award Lecture is Wednesday 10/8 at 5 pm in the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building's Thomas Tull Concert Hall. 2025 award winner Ray Kurzweil is this year's featured speaker. bit.ly/4lZJ4XB @MITEECS @LITatMIT
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Newest @ArtinAmerica article by Prof Eugenie #Brinkema, "Deleuze's Newly Translated Seminars on Painting Are Chaotic and Magnificent." Quote: "Philosophy doesn’t work as TL;DR." Read more about Giles Deleuze eight seminars on what philosophy can reveal about paintings below:
Deleuze's Newly Translated Seminars on Painting Are Chaotic and Magnificent. By Eugenie Brinkema view.email.artnews.com/?qs=0…
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What're you reading this summer? @LITatMIT professors and lecturers have a bunch of cool recommendations for students, bibliophiles, and anyone else interested in good storytelling. lit.mit.edu/litmit-summer-20…
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I find myself most alone  When I believe I am striving for glory. —Tracy K. Smith, Academy Chancellor, born #OTD in 1972 poets.org/poem/everybodys-au…
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Haunting century-old art for fairy-poems by Dorothy Lathrop, born on this day in 1891 – the first person to win the Caldecott Medal (the Nobel Prize of children's book illustration) themarginalian.org/2021/03/0…
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Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, —Emily Dickinson poets.org/poem/hope-thing-fe… Happy Poem in Your Pocket Day! Share a poem using #PocketPoem
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Today we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the publication of “The Great Gatsby.” Since April 10, 1925 this American classic has been read and reread by generations across the globe. The @librarycongress Rare Books Division has a first edition. blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/20…
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MIT students: Create an important impact with your Kelly-Douglas-funded travel. These fellowships offer opportunities to pursue independent projects or collaborate in humanitarian projects. Apply before the 4/13 deadline. bit.ly/3Yo3aAI #MITSHASS #travel
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In "Opening the doors of perception: Perspectives on SHASS," MIT alum Peter Godart, @LITatMIT professor Mary Fuller, and second-year @MITPoliSci major Siddhu Pachipala discuss SHASS's value. @MIT_alumni youtu.be/tpmzBrhgIFI
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.@LITatMIT professor Eugenie Brinkema reviews the latest Anselm Kiefer installation for @ArtinAmerica. "How brave, then, of the Van Gogh and the Stedelijk to organize their show around none of these old stories," she says. artnews.com/art-in-america/a…

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