Humanities and Arts
Stanford historian and Martin Luther King Jr. scholar Clayborne Carson offers a personal perspective on King's legacy
In his new memoir, Martin's Dream, Clayborne Carson recounts his journey from a civil rights activist to preeminent Martin Luther King Jr. scholar.
Stanford's Bing Concert Hall opens to rave reviews
More than 700 performers participated in opening weekend and 5,000 patrons enjoyed the new hall. Stanford Music Director Stephen Sano described the events as the beginning of a transformative time for music performance on campus.
Stanford scholar Roland Greene holds up poetry as cultural mirror
Through a survey of the world's poetry, Roland Greene finds that globalization and technology are changing the way poetry is viewed and used.
Stanford's Bing Concert Hall opens this Friday with soundscape fanfare
A three-minute fanfare packed with sounds shaped and inspired by the Bing Concert Hall - including harbor horns, music student assignments and the hall’s steel beams - will be the first music heard on opening night Friday.
Made in translation: Stanford scholar explores Italian-Chinese collaborations in fashion
A Stanford anthropologist studies how the transnational business relations between Chinese and Italian clothing manufacturers are reshaping the people and culture of each country.
Students from across campus bring Beethoven to Bing
With Beethoven as their muse, students in the Stanford Symphony Orchestra and Stanford Philharmonia Orchestra will usher in a new era of performance at the Bing Concert Hall.
Checking in with the Chocolate Heads, Stanford's student “movement band”
The Chocolate Heads movement band is getting ready for their Bing Concert Hall debut with master jazz musician William Parker.
Teaching in the streets of Istanbul, Stanford historian urges students to look beyond the monuments
Through an exploration of Istanbul's back alleys and shantytowns, Stanford students get up close and personal with a city caught between a glorious past and a global future.
Stanford scholar finds that Russia's most infamous tsars weren't so terrible after all
Russia's tsars may have gotten a bad rap when it comes to their criminal justice system.
How a Stanford professor liberates large lectures
In a recent talk, Timothy Bresnahan, the Landau Professor in Technology and the Economy, described his approach to teaching students in large lecture classes: know them, challenge them, liberate them.
Stanford launches new center to advance 'information age of genomics'
A new genomics research center sits at the nexus of medicine, science, engineering and the humanities. The goal is nothing short of improving human well-being.
International mural artist creates a space for Stanford students to celebrate their Latin American identities
The Spiral Word: El Codex Estánfor, a four-part mural at El Centro Chicano, marks Juana Alicia's return to campus. Her dazzling piece depicts the legacy of Latin American and indigenous literature.
Chinese typewriter anticipated predictive text, finds Stanford historian
For most Americans, predictive text is something smartphones do. But in China, predictive text has been around since Mao was in power more than 50 years ago, when typists reorganized the typewriter's characters into ready-made clusters of commonly used words.
Podcast of Stanford course offers religious perspectives on war and peace
Through a survey of the world's major religions, Stanford lecture series gives students the tools to recognize and resist arguments that foster intolerance, hatred and violence.
Stanford Libraries acquire the archives of leading environmentalist William McDonough
Leading environmental architect William McDonough has been called "a hero for the planet" - now Stanford will have his archives.
