Department of History

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

Pedro A. Regalado is Assistant Professor of History with a focus on the history of race, immigration, planning, and capitalism in urban America.

“Their Generation” goes back to the scholars who fundamentally transformed the field after the 1960s and, in doing so, changed how Americans understand themselves.

In collaboration with Stanford Continuing Studies, the Stanford Department of History is offering an online course about the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.