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Department of History
School of Humanities and Sciences

Welcome to the History Department at Stanford University.

We offer innovative courses, cutting-edge research, and critical outreach to better understand the past in order to prepare for future.

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Images of Current events for History 2021 Class.

Stanford historians put 2021 into its historical context

Every week in the 2021 Fall Quarter, nearly 140 Stanford students gathered to hear History Department faculty discuss a current affairs issue in relation to their area of historical expertise.

Videos & Interviews about the course
Africa Research Workshop

Africa Research Workshop

The Department of History Winter 2022's Africa Research Workshop begins on February 2nd with "Multiracial Identities in Twentieth-Century French Colonial Africa".

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Lecturer

Welcoming Monica Green to Stanford

Professor Monica Green, a distinguished historian of science and medicine, will be in residence in Winter 2022.

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James Millward

James Millward joins History Department as Visiting Scholar

Professor James Millward (Georgetown University) joins History Department as Visiting Scholar for 2022 Winter Quarter

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Understanding the past, present, and future

Historians explore change over time by sifting through different forms of evidence, perspectives, and factors.

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Department Bookshelf

Check out the newest publications from our faculty members.