MIT-America at War?... Helen Thomas is introduced by Philip S. Khoury, Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. After her talk, Thomas participated in a panel discussion...

MIT-Spectacular Reconstructions: Th... Kevin Rozario uses the two most devastating urban catastrophes in American history, the Chicago fire of 1871 and the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, to explore how extraordinary...

MIT-Double Restoration: Berlin afte... The reconstruction of Berlin, after the massive destruction it suffered in World War II, was complicated in two fundamental ways. First was the question of historical continuity....

MIT-Beirut, Beirut... Through a series of cases in the history of the reconstruction of Beirut (from 1990 to the present), Hashim Sarkis illustrates a number of points and characteristics about...

MIT-Washington, DC after Conquest a... The 24-hour occupation of the nation’s capital by British forces during the War of 1812 was arguably the lowest point in American history. The President fled to Virginia...