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The Nations in Our Minds: Historical Representations of Countries in Google Books

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The 2025-2026 MIT Global Seed Funds cycle has opened with applications closing on December 16th, 2025.

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Postdoctoral Associate Program

The Call for Applications for the 2026–27 Postdoctoral Associate Program at CIS is currently open. The Center is dedicated to advancing innovative, policy-relevant scholarship that addresses critical global challenges, and seek to appoint two postdoctoral associates during the next academic year.

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