December 2014
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- Stanford freshmen create medieval-inspired artifacts for the 21st century
- Students put handmade ink to handmade paper to recreate the ancient manuscript process. Read more »
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- Stanford scholar spotlights Catalan journalist
- A ban on the Catalan language left the voluminous works of Spanish writer and journalist Josep Pla unrecognized for decades, but Stanford Professor Joan Ramon Resina is resurrecting Pla’s reputation. Read more »
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- Spirituality shaped through culture, according to Stanford anthropologist
- Stanford anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann compared the religious experiences of Buddhists in Thailand and evangelical Christians in the United States. Read more »
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- Architect David Adjaye tells Stanford audience how he designs civic spaces
- Designer of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, David Adjaye described how he sees civic buildings as fulcrums of emotion and memory that engage with people. Read more »
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- Stanford scholar reveals the surprising cultural history of four-hand piano playing
- German studies professor Adrian Daub examines the social mores of 19th-century Europe through a study of “four-handed monsters.” Read more »
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- Stanford scholar questions appropriateness of Mandela statues
- In a study of recently erected Nelson Mandela memorials, Stanford Professor Grant Parker argues that traditional larger-than-life statues are ineffective acts of remembrance. Read more »
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- Stanford scholar explores how Indian folk music fuses devotional with political
- In the first-ever ethnography of Hindu nationalism and music, Stanford music Professor Anna Schultz examines an Indian performance medium embedded with nationalist political messages. Read more »
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- Stanford linguist: prejudice toward African American dialect can result in unfair rulings
- Linguistics professor John R. Rickford contends justice was not served in the Trayvon Martin shooting, in part because testimony in the African American vernacular was discredited. Read more »
