H&S is strength at Stanford’s core
In establishing Stanford University in 1891, Jane and Leland Stanford declared that this institution should educate “cultured and useful citizens.” In the years since its creation, the university has grown into one of the world’s premier centers of teaching and research.
Delivering a transformative education is the core mission of the School of Humanities & Sciences.
The School of Humanities and Sciences is the soul—the core—of a Stanford University education. It’s one of the primary reasons students come to Stanford.
The goal of educating cultured and useful citizens remains as relevant today as it was 120 years ago. But the definition of such an education has dramatically changed. The world has changed; Stanford students have changed; and the education provided by the School of Humanities and Sciences has risen to meet the challenge.
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Stanford scholar Adam Johnson wins Pulitzer Prize in fiction- Adam Johnson, an associate professor of English at Stanford, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for The Orphan Master’s Son, his novel set in North Korea. Read More »
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Fellowship Recognizes Young Scientist for Accelerator Physics Research- Ken Soong, a graduate student in Stanford University’s Department of Applied Physics who is conducting thesis work at SLAC, has received the second Robert H. Siemann Graduate Fellowship in Physics. Read More »
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- Play pushes Stanford scholars, actors to explore contradictions of capitalism
- Apr 24 - Stanford Summer Theater and the Center for Ethics in Society partner to produce The Exception and the Rule, a Bertolt Brecht “learning play” that explores themes of inequality and corruption. Read more »
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- Stanford Department of Music presents course on Azerbaijani music
- Apr 23 - World-music offerings expanded this spring with an introduction to Azeri music and culture taught by kamancha virtuoso Imamyar Hasanov and music specialist Krystal Barghelame. Read more »
