Humanities
2.10.12Not for profit: Why democracy needs the humanities
Author and philosopher Martha Nussbaum says a declining emphasis on the study of the humanities could lead to a world of "useful profit makers with no imaginations."
Stanford's Revs Program sponsors film series celebrating cars and car culture
The automobile is center stage in a film series sponsored by the Revs Program at Stanford, which was developed to bridge humanities and fine arts, social sciences, design, science and engineering.
Aphasia: A Stanford music professor's work, with hand gestures and odd sounds, about obsessive attention to ridiculous things
Mangled vocal samples, random icons and precise hand gestures come together in a mesmerizing performance by Stanford music scholar Mark Applebaum.
New generation explores cultural changes through Asian music at Stanford festival
Students pay homage to cultural history in the eighth annual Pan-Asian Music Festival.
Walker Evans' iconic photos of the Great Depression at Cantor Arts Center
In public programs, Stanford scholars share their views on the groundbreaking artistic endeavors of photographer Walker Evans.
Tanner Lectures explore ancient philosophies as ways of life
You don't have to be a philosopher to contemplate the nature of the universe, the nature of the self, and the meaning of life.
The feminist struggle continues, Gloria Steinem says, encouraging a Stanford audience toward 'one new subversive thing'
The co-founder of Ms. magazine celebrates the 40th anniversary of the pioneering publication.
Four decades - and counting - of feminist journalism
At a Stanford panel discussion, editors, activists and bloggers come together to salute Ms. magazine and consider the future.
Gloria Steinem: Still angry, still funny, still tireless
"I'm on campuses a lot, very different kinds of schools," Gloria Steinem said. "I still get asked, 'How can I [the student] combine motherhood and career?' and I tell them, 'Until men are asking that same question, you can't.'"
Stanford's 2012 Tanner Lectures explore ancient philosophies as ways of life
Princeton philosophy Professor John Cooper will give this year's Tanner Lectures on Human Values. To Cooper, many of the ancient philosophers intended not just to educate, but to offer their students a way of life.
It's all about the space at Stanford's design school
Stanford's d.school space is the stage for creative collaboration. A new book by two of its leaders provides direction for design spaces elsewhere.
1.17.12
Writer hopes Arab Spring can be an antidote to terror
Railroad hyperbole echoes all the way down to the dot-com frenzy
Stanford historian Richard White said he began his book, Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America, 12 years ago knowing only that he wanted to write something about the American West and railroads. He was unprepared for what he found in the archives.
Stanford's King scholar talks about the meaning of the national memorial honoring the civil rights leader
Clayborne Carson, director of Stanford's Martin Luther King Institute, drew on his vast knowledge of King as he advised urban planners, architects and designers on the memorial that now stands on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Stanford symposium, exhibits, talk by Gloria Steinem commemorate Ms. magazine's 40 years
Stanford University will mark the 40th anniversary of Ms. magazine with a winter quarter series of events titled "Ms. at 40 and the Future of Feminism." The keynote address, on Jan. 26, will be delivered by founding editor Gloria Steinem.
