Recent News
The Association of American Publishers’ annual PROSE Awards recognize ‘significant contributions’ in scholarly publishing and the 2024 PROSE Award for Excellence in Social Sciences was awarded to Professor Gabrielle Hecht's newest book, …
Mejgan Massoumi ('21) was recently awarded the 2023 Dissertation Prize by the World History Association for her dissertation entitled "The Sounds of Kabul: Radio and the Politics of Popular Culture in Modern Afghanistan, 1960-79."
Professor Joel Cabrita's most recent book, Written Out: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala, was awarded the prize for best biography by the National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences.
Congratulations Professor Cabrita!
Professor Rachel Jean-Baptiste's most recent book, Multiracial Identities in Colonial French Africa: Race, Childhood, and Citizenship, was awarded the David H. Pinkney Prize by the Society for French Historical Studies; this award is given to the…
Dr. Londa Schiebinger is an international leader on the intersection of sex, gender, and science. In this interview with Cell, she discusses the Gendered Innovations project, the persistent STEM gender gap, the importance of considering sex- and…
The Association of American Publishers’ annual PROSE Awards recognize ‘significant contributions’ in scholarly publishing and the 2024 PROSE Award in Government and Politics was awarded to Professor Gabrielle Hecht's newest book, Residual…
Theresa Iker specializes in modern American politics, gender, and culture. She received her Ph.D. in History, with a minor in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (FGSS), from Stanford University in 2023, where she now serves as a School of…
In this conversation, Professor Londa Schiebinger, a professor of History of Science at Stanford University and the Director of Gendered Innovation in Science, Health, and Medicine, Engineering, and Environmental Projects, shares her insights…
I grew up in North Carolina and pursued a BA in history at Stanford University. Most of my historical work focused on the intersection of early modern science and colonial ventures, but some time away from college working in the labor movement…
Silvia Sebastiani joins Stanford History Department in Winter 2024 as Kratter Visiting Professor in European History. An expert in Scottish Enlightenment, Professor Sebastiani studies the entangled networks of animals, slaves and material…
