Embedded in 1930s China to advance the cause of Communist revolution, a pair of Soviet agents maintained their cover stories through their arrest and trial.

When it comes to powerful and impressive dynasties of the Middle Ages, it’s hard to compete with China’s Ming Dynasty. And yet, a lot of us didn’t learn much about the Ming in school. If you’re lookin...

Supported by MITHIC, Sihan Chen PhD ’26 turns to ancient China to find out what makes legal language so difficult to read

In 1987, descendants of Boston blacksmith Thomas Wells (1746–1810) donated a Chinese tea chest label to the Old South Meeting House, a museum on Boston’s F

The otherworldly beasts and enigmatic masks of Sanxingdui still enthrall China, decades after the unearthing of ceremonial pits.

Hannibal crossed the Alps with a large army containing 37 war elephants in 218 BC. Details of his route have scholars regularly debate historical r...

Seen from above, the island of Bangka is etched with scars: open pits and flooded craters that bear witness to centuries of tin extraction. This landscape is

From the dollar store to fashion runways and museums, the red-white-blue bag can be found around the world.

Symposium: "The Environment and Ecological Crises: Buddhist Perspectives in Dialogue"Co-sponored by the The T.T. and W.F. Chao Distinguished Buddhist Lecture Series at MIT and the Fo Guang Shan Institute of Humanistic Buddhism. Friday, April 24, 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM Saturday, April 25, 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM Samberg Conference Center, MIT, Chang Building (E52), 7th FloorCambridge, MA Free and open to the public. Registration required. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-environment-and-ecological-crises-buddhist-perspectives-in-dialogue-tickets-1979734742909?aff=oddtdtcreator The deadline to register is April 17, 2026 at 11:59PM EDT.

Across the world, debates around gender and sexuality have become closely tied to questions of belonging, citizenship, and moral order. In China, these issues have taken on particular urgency as the s...

Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”

The law's initial overhaul incorporates the Communist Party's latest ethnic policy formulations, reflects the narrowing scope of bilingual education in ethnic schools, and mandates Mandarin

A carved stone discovered in Qinghai Province in 2020 drew wide attention in June 2025 when a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences proposed that it was an inscription from the reign of...

Whether it is disputes in the past with an aggressive Japan, or complaints from West African nations today, overfishing has been a complicating factor in China's engagement with the world

The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation—one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, raises our expectations, and carries our flag into new and b...

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American professor and modern Chinese history specialist Jeffrey Wasserstrom recommends favourite books about China published in 2025.

Assistant Professor in History of the Middle East