Previous capture
Humanities & Sciences News
The pace never slows at Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences. Every day, students and faculty unveil meaningful discoveries and produce original scholarship. They create and investigate, collaborate and communicate, at all hours and in every corner of campus.
That intellectual energy extends far beyond department walls. Through lectures, conferences, performances and exhibitions, H&S scholars reflect and engage with the Stanford community and experts from around the world.
Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest H&S news and events. Submit an event to the Stanford Event website. Contact the H&S communications team.
Latest News
-
- The importance of basic research
- Oct 2 - Basic science aims to advance knowledge, not develop new drugs or cure disease. Yet today’s biomedical innovations are only possible because of fundamental research conducted decades ago. As national funding priorities shift toward applied research, young basic scientists face the most challenging funding landscape in 50 years. Investing in their… Read more »
-
- Priests found spiritual satisfaction by serving nuns, Stanford medieval historian says
- Sep 29 - A study of medieval texts and imagery by Stanford history Professor Fiona Griffiths counters commonly held beliefs about misogynistic practices in medieval Europe. \ Read more »
-
- Stanford’s Another Look book club reborn with J.L. Carr’s A Month in the Country
- Sep 22 - Another Look book club takes on J.L. Carr’s 1980 masterpiece, ‘A Month in the Country,’ under the new leadership of author Robert Pogue Harrison. Read more »
-
- Stanford rolls out the Cardinal carpet for 1,737 freshman and transfers
- Sep 15 - Today is move in day for the Class of 2019. For the next six days, students will be introduced to life on the Farm during New Student Orientation. Read more »
-
- Religious historian casts new light on Hindu-Muslim relations
- Sep 14 - Audrey Trushke, a Mellon fellow, has uncovered a surprising cultural alliance in Muslim and Hindu elites in early Sanskrit texts. Her findings could help ease tensions between the two groups. Read more »
-
- Stanford scholar casts new light on Hindu-Muslim relations
- Sep 9 - Stanford religious historian Audrey Truschke uncovers a surprising cultural alliance between Muslim and Hindu elites in early Sanskrit texts. Her findings could help ease current tensions between the two groups. Read more »
View all »
-
- Nathan Rosenberg, Stanford professor and expert on the economic history of technology, dead at 87
- Sep 1 - Nathan Rosenberg, the Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor of Public Policy, Emeritus, in Stanford’s Department of Economics, died Aug. 24 at the Vi at Palo Alto, at the age of 87. Read more »
-
- Stanford scholar discovers unknown Magna Carta scribe
- Sep 1 - Manuscript expert Elaine Treharne shows that one of the world’s most famous documents was written not by the king’s scribes, but by a cathedral scribe outside the central court. Read more »
-
- Stanford philosopher strengthens Kant’s connection to natural science and Newton
- Aug 25 - Research by philosophy Professor Michael Friedman reveals how a lesser-known Kantian text serves as an important bridge between Kant’s concepts of metaphysics and natural science, as well as between defining periods in Kant’s development. Read more »
-
- Stanford historian says falsified medieval history helped create feminism
- Aug 24 - Through research into the first historians of medieval Europe, Professor Paula Findlen discovers that an interest in women’s history began much earlier than is assumed. Read more »
-
- Resilience is the theme of Stanford’s summer reading program for incoming students
- Aug 20 - Members of the Class of 2019 are reading books selected by President John Hennessy. The Three Books program serves as an intellectual springboard for freshmen and transfer students. Read more »
-
- Stanford sociologist urges rethinking of sex and gender in surveys
- Aug 19 - New research reveals that most social surveys are not measuring what surveyors think is being measured when it comes to sex and gender. Read more »
Browse the archive »
H&S Stories About Passion:
-
-
- Tommy Tobin
- Tobin is committed to giving back to his community. Watch »
-
- Chase Mendenhall
- Mendenhall is a PhD student studying ecology and evolutionary biology. Watch »
-
- Jhanvi Shriram
- Shriram explores the intersection of democracy and media with her camera. Watch »
Archive By Month:
Browse the full archive »
