"Entitled Opinions" Returns
Robert Harrison's weekly radio talk show, "Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature)," is back on Stanford's college radio station, KZSU FM 90.1. It airs Tuesday afternoons from 5:00pm to 6:00pm.

Review of Robert Harrison's Gardens
Read a review of Robert's book, Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition in the Spectator.

René Girard in the Stanford Report
Read the article about René Girard, one of the "immortels" of the Académie française, in the Stanford Report.

"The Montreal Interview"
Read Professor Jean-Marie Apostolides' interview with Alexandre Trudel here.

Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition
Read an excerpt from Professor Robert Harrison's new book, Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition, at the University of Chicago Press.

Michel Serres' Blog
Professor Michel Serres has a blog to discuss literature, philosophy, and the humanities. You can visit his blog by clicking here. Professor Serres will be teaching his "Philosophy and Literature" courses (FRENLIT 293A/293B) in November and next Spring quarter. Check this page for details during the summer.

Jeffrey Schnapp's Crowds Captures a Book Award
Crowds, published last year by the Stanford University Press, has won the Modernist Studies Association's prize as the best book in the field of studies of modernism and modernity published in 2006. The book was edited by Professor Jeffrey Schnapp of the French & Italian Department and Matthew Tiews, associate director of the Stanford Humanities Center.

Robert Harrison Elected to
the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences
Professor Robert Harrison has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This is an extraordinary honor, recognizing Robert's many contributions to humanistic scholarship, including most recently his widely translated book The Dominion of the Dead. For the official announcement of Robert's election to the Academy, please see their Web site.

The Stanford-École normale supérieure Visiting Research Fellowship - Information