A study of medieval texts and imagery by Stanford history Professor Fiona Griffiths reveals how some male clergy acknowledged and celebrated the perceived religious superiority of nuns.
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.
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.
Using handwriting analysis, Stanford manuscript expert Elaine Treharne shows for the first time that one of the world's most famous documents was written not by the king's own scribes, but by a cathedral scribe outside the central court.
KQED interviews Adrian Daub, Stanford associate professor of German studies, and Charles Kronengold, assistant professor of music, on their book The James Bond Songs: Pop Anthems of Late Capitalism.
Stanford professor of art and art history Richard Meyer is quoted in The Washington Post on art experts' perceptions of the nature of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe, whose exhibit in Cincinnati twenty-five years ago resulted in an obscenity trial.