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.
Professor Cabrita wins 2024 HSS prize for best biography
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.
Professor Jean-Baptiste wins 2024 David H. Pinkney Prize
Professor Jean-Baptiste's recent book, Multiracial Identities in Colonial French Africa: Race, Childhood, and Citizenship, won the David H. Pinkney Prize by the Society for French Historical Studies.
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.