Upcoming Events

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

November 7  | Department of Architecture Fall 2024 Lectures
Film: "We start with the things we find" by Thomas Piper
Bartos Theater (E15) Information and required registration
6:00-8:00 pm (ET)

November 13  | MIT Energy Initiative presents: Advancing the Energy Transition 
MITEI welcomes Joseph F. DeCarolis, administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, to speak about modeling and long-term projections for the energy transition.
Information and registration
5:15-6:15 pm (ET)

November 15  | MIT Mobility Forum Fall 2024
Weekly seminar series showcasing the groundbreaking transportation research taking place across the Institute. Lectures are online and open to all.
Topic: Sustainable batteries for mobile application. Speaker: Mircea Dinca
Registration
12:00-1:00 pm (ET)

November 16  | Morningside Academy for Design Fall 2024 events
Designing with Life: Catalyzing Innovation
More information
MIT Museum
4:00 pm (ET)

November 18  | AKPIA Fall 2024 Lecture 
“The Mosul Gate at Amediye: towards an archaeology of preservation and counternarratives of the past” 
3-133
6:00 pm (ET)

November 20-21 |  Senseable City Lab's Forum on Future Cities
A forum with experts from a variety of domains sharing research, ideas, and experiences on "how proximity can foster a resilient society."
Information and registration
MIT Samberg Conference Center

November 25  | ACT Fall 2024 Lecture Series
Emilija Škarnulytė More information
ACT Cube (E15-001)
6:00 pm (ET)

December 4 |  AKPIA Fall 2024 Lecture
Book launch: Beyond Ruins: Reimagining Modernism with Raafat Majzoub 
ACT Cube (E15-001)
6:00 pm (ET)

December 6  | ACT Fall 2024 Lecture Series
Andrew Neumann
7-429
6:00 pm (ET)


EXHIBITIONS

Through December 8 | Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe
The exhibition is the  ACT alumna's the first exhibition to present the evolution of her work over the past nine years in which she fuses deep historical research with artistic strategies of color and layering to illuminate under-recognized patterns of activism, resistance, oppression, and societal advances. Boston Globe review.
Aidekman Arts Center at Tufts University
40 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA

Through December 19 | The “Dead Cities” in Syria and their Islamic Architectural Legacy
An exhibit featuring detailed drawings by Francesca Liuni for a book by Nasser Rabbat, as well as maps, models, academic books, and photographs, showcasing the widespread influence of the Dead Cities’ architecture on later Islamic structures.

More information.
MIT Maihaugen Gallery (14N-130)

Through January 25, 2025 |  Wordplay at ICA Boston
ACT's Renée Green's Space Poem #1 is on view as part of the Wordplay exhibition.
Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
25 Harbor Shore Drive, Boston

Through Spring 2025 | Cosmograph: Speculative Fictions for the New Space Age
An exhibition by DESIGN EARTH — a design studio founded by Architecture’s Rania Ghosn and El Hadi Jazairy — bringing art and science together to examine possible futures where outer space is both a frontier for human exploration and new territory for exploitation and development by private enterprise.
More information.
MIT Museum

Ongoing  | 20 Years Mapping the [In]visible
An exhibit marking the twentieth anniversary of the MIT Senseable City Lab’s work to better understand the evolving relationship between the physical and digital worlds to reflect on ​​the social, ethical, and scientific aspects of our cities.
More information.
MIT Museum

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SA+P Wellness Program for Fall 2024
Yoga and Mindfulness
Tuesday 5:30-6:45 pm in-person (9-255) and online | Connect via Zoom here

Virtual exhibitions and activities
ACT lecture archive | Connect here
Department of Architecture lecture channel | Connect here