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The Nikkei and Asahi Shinbun feature Wiebke Denecke’s call for Social Renewal through the Humanities and Arts and Reflections on AI at the First Kyoto Conference
Japan’s Nikkei, the world’s largest financial newspaper, prominently quoted Professor Wiebke Denecke, faculty lead of the MIT Global Humanities Initiative (GHI), for her stirring call for “social renewal through the humanities and arts” during the First Kyoto Conference. From October 23 to 24, 2025, Kyoto hosted this landmark event under the co-chairmanship of Yasuo Deguchi…
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Wiebke Denecke and Tristan G. Brown’s research on humanities education in STEM environments is featured in the 2025 article “The Pursuit of Humanities at Bronx Science.”
Wiebke Denecke and Tristan G. Brown’s research on humanities education in STEM environments is helping students and educators rethink interdisciplinary learning. Their work, based at MIT and supported by the Integrated Learning Initiative, is featured in the 2025 article “The Pursuit of Humanities at Bronx Science,” which explores how STEM-focused students are actively engaging with…
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The Global Humanities Initiative (GHI) launches its YouTube Channel!
The Global Humanities Initiative (GHI) is proud to announce the launch of its YouTube channel! Search “Global Humanities Initiative” on YouTube to watch recordings of our latest events, including the launch of the Korea University Global Humanities Institute, Asia’s hub of the MIT Global Humanities Initiative. Discover inspiring talks, global collaborations, cutting-edge ideas and more…
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The Global Humanities Initiative (GHI) co-hosts 2025 KU-MIT GHI Forum
The MIT Global Humanities Initiative (GHI) hosted the 2025 KU-MIT Global Humanities Initiative (GHI) Forum to commemorate the 120th anniversary of Korea University on April 24–25 at Cinema Trap, Korea University’s Media Hall. The forum was organized under the theme “Catalyzing Human Flourishing in Uncertain Times” at the proposal of MIT GHI and served as…
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The Global Humanities Initiative (GHI) hosts its Panel Series: Humanisms & Renaissances Across World History—A Timely & Casual Conversation
What does it mean to speak of renaissance in the plural? That question animated a roundtable hosted by MIT’s Global Humanities Initiative on 21 March 2025, which brought together five scholars to explore the humanities beyond the familiar contours of the European canon. Under the title Humanisms & Renaissances Across World History, the event challenged…