Entanglements of Language, Religion, and Disability: The Politics of Assistive Technologies for Deaf People in Jordan

Timothy Y. Loh
Monday, June 10, 2024

10:00 am – 12:00 pm (Eastern Time)
On campus: E51-095

Dissertation Committee
Stefan Helmreich
Elting E. Morison Professor of Anthropology

Amy Moran-Thomas
Associate Professor of Anthropology

Graham Jones
Professor of Anthropology
Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow

Amahl Bishara
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Tufts University

Michele Friedner
Professor and Chair of the Department of Comparative Human Development
University of Chicago

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American Sign Language interpretation and auto-captioning will be available during the presentation. If you have other specific access needs, please write to hasts@mit.edu immediately.

From Research to Search: Technologies and Techniques of  Legal Research, 1880-1980

Alex Reiss-Sorokin

Monday, June 10, 2024

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern Time)
On campus: E51-095

Dissertation Committee
Susan Silbey
Leon and Anne Goldberg Professor of Humanities, Sociology and Anthropology
Professor of Behavioral and Policy Sciences, Sloan School of Management

William Deringer
Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society

Eden Medina
Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society

Christopher Capozzola
Professor of History
Senior Associate Dean for Open Learning

He Lāhui Hawaiʻi Ma O Ka Hoʻomomona Hou I Ka ʻĀina:
Nā Moʻolelo Lōkahi Ma Ka Mokupuni ʻO Oʻahu

(A Hawaiian Nation Through The Restoration Of ʻĀina Momona:
Stories Of Unity– Among Ourselves, That Which Feeds, Community, And Spirit–On The Island Of Oʻahu)

Aja Oona Grande
Monday, April 22, 2024

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Eastern Time)
On campus: E51-095

Dissertation Committee
Christine Walley
SHASS Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Anthropology
Committee Chair

Kate Brown
Thomas M. Siebel Distinguished Professor in History of Science (STS)

Stefan Helmreich
Elting E. Morison Professor of Anthropology

Mary Tuti Baker
Assistant Professor
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Western Washington University

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