Humanities
Stanford celebrates the 'Father of English History' Venerable Bede
Bede was the "teacher of the whole Middle Ages" – and one Stanford scholar has devoted a lifetime to his achievements.
Stanford archaeology workshop recreates the world of Incan pottery
The Inca artisans of the 1570s tried to recreate the pots their predecessors had made before the Spanish Conquest. Now Stanford's Archaeology Center retraces their steps and in doing so, rediscovers a vanished world.
'Quirky, off-kilter' Stanford author gets $50K award
"Why not have a spaceship come into the story? Why not?" asks the author who has been praised for his "satiric glee and elegiac compassion."
Pulitzer finalist Bulrusher spotlights race, identity in the 1950s
A collaboration between the Drama Department and Blackstage Theater Company, Bulrusher will be performed Nov. 5-7 at the Nitery Theater.
Stanford's acclaimed artists discuss art and academia
Five celebrated artists at Stanford join a growing national debate about what happens when artists become teachers and academia collaborates with the arts.
Poet Robinson Jeffers and wife, Una, 'tell their own story' in newly published letters
The 1,000-page first volume of the Collected Letters, published by Stanford University Press, is an 'epistolary autobiography' of one of America's greatest poets, Robinson Jeffers and his wife, Una.
'Chant camp' comes to Stanford with early music ensemble Anonymous 4
At Stanford's "chant camp," singers learn a medieval musical form that relies on memory and the ear to sing shapes and gestures – not notes.
10.14.09
Stanford scholars discuss the future of the essay at Litquake festival
The centuries-old genre faces blurring boundaries, accountability and the Internet.
The New Literacy: Stanford study finds richness and complexity in students' writing
Stanford researcher Andrea Lunsford finds that today's students are writing more than ever before – but it may not look like the writing of yesterday.
10.9.09
West Coast premiere of Uri Caine's 'Othello Syndrome' opens Lively Arts season on Saturday
The Grammy-nominated work 're-imagines' Verdi's classic opera and Shakespeare's play.
10.2.09
Education minor offered to undergraduates
The program doesn't come with a teaching credential, but it is designed to help undergraduates get a better sense of what a career in education might look like.
10.1.09
Memorial service on Oct. 7 for 'pragmatic Platonist' Julius Moravcsik
Hungarian-born Julius Moravcsik, former Philosophy Department chair, made important contributions to the study of the philosophy of language and of ancient Greek philosophy.
Stanford, Ugandan students bridge cultural divide through performance
Stanford students team with their peers at Makerere University in Kampala to examine their preconceptions of each other.
Stanford researcher gets six-figure settlement from James Joyce Estate
Stanford scholar Carol Shloss’ breakthrough settlement against the James Joyce Estate gives hope to beleaguered researchers.
Three authors encourage Stanford freshmen to 'keep hoping and dreaming and fighting'
"Three Books" program brings authors Abraham Verghese, Lan Samantha Chang and Malcolm Gladwell together to discuss outsiders, outliers and what we mean by "success."
