Welcome to the Stanford University 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.
Get to know Stanford Historians: Steven Press
Steven Press is Associate Professor of History whose teaching and research focuses on sovereignty, international relations, and commodity networks in modern Europe and European colonies.
‘What Has Been Won Can Be Lost’: A Look at the Past and Future of Feminism
Emerit Professor Estelle Freedman was interview by the New York Times on the history of feminism.
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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.
Department Bookshelf
Check out the newest publications from our faculty members.
