Global HTC: A 50th Anniversary Celebration

Hashim Sarkis (Dean, SA+P)

Nicholas de Montchaux (Head, MIT Architecture), Sarah Whiting (Dean, Harvard GSD) and Ijlal Muzaffar (RISD)

Professor Caroline Jones

Professor Timothy Hyde

Executive Vice Provost Paula Hammond

Published

November 5, 2025

On October 3–4, MIT faculty leadership joined the Architecture community to celebrate the 50th anniversary of MIT’s renowned History, Theory, and Criticism of Art and Architecture (HTC) program—a landmark event that brought together scholars, alumni/ae, and thinkers from around the world.

President Sally Kornbluth, Executive Vice Provost Paula Hammond, and SA+P Dean Hashim Sarkis highlighted the enduring significance of the program after five decades. Established in 1975, HTC was the first doctoral program in the history of art and architecture to be embedded within a department of architecture rather than a school of humanities.

Schedule of Panels and Participants
https://sites.mit.edu/htc50/schedule/