Congratulations to Stanford History Class of 2026!
Stanford's Department of History will host its 2026 commencement ceremony at Lane History Corner in Citrus Courtyard on Sunday, June 14, 2026 from 12:30pm - 2:30pm (PDT).
Citrus Courtyard is behind History Corner (Bldg. 200) at 450 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305. Please see the map below, showing walking instructions from the University Commencement Ceremony (Stanford Stadium) to Citrus Courtyard.
We in Stanford Department of History look forward to celebrating our graduates’ accomplishments. While we firmly support freedom of speech, disturbances to the ceremony will not be tolerated. If you would like to express your opinion on an issue, please do so in White Plaza, Stanford's free speech zone (directions & info). Thank you for respecting this celebratory moment for our graduates and their guests.
Awards will be announced at the ceremony. For a complete list, visit Undergraduate and Graduate Awards pages.
2026 Commencement Speeches:
Faculty: Professor Caroline Winterer
Undergraduate: Emily Bradley Greenfield
Graduate: Evan Ludington
2026 B.A. Graduates
MAJORS
Zaid Akhtar ~ Theo Baker (Honors) ~ Nina Burik (Honors) ~ Scout Butler ~ Luke Campbell
Christina Cheng (Honors) ~ Yifei Cheng (Honors) ~ Eliana Contreras ~ Nghia Duc Do ~ Gabrielle Edelin
Rollo James Ferguson ~ Theodore Gillibrand ~ Caspar Griffin (Honors) ~ William Heafey (Honors)
Jaylon R. Jones (Honors) ~ Andrew Ross Kelmanson (Honors) ~ Jack Tyler Komaroff ~ Kennedy Lalonde
Dylan Kayin Little (Honors) ~ Judy Liu (Honors) ~ Bethany Joy Lorden ~ Evan Ludington (Honors)
Kastella Ngoc Ha Nguyen (Honors) ~ Emelia Evangeline Richling (Honors) ~ Henry Asher Segal
Sachin Singh (Honors) ~ Claudia Sung ~ Eli Ward Toney (Honors) ~ Elisabeth Westermann (Honors)
Roisin Willis ~ Grace Yun Wong (Honors) ~ Leila Yokoyama
MINORS
Alexandre Acra ~ Maya Agarwal ~ Deborah Lim Bong ~ Trey Crawford ~ Michael Fung ~ Ruosong Gao ~ Manasi Garg
Melannie German ~ Cate Greenman ~ Ramya Iyer ~ Felipe Jafet ~ Hannah Justicz ~ Megan Grace Liu ~ Tiara Martinez
Marley Melbourne ~ Ava Mendoza ~ Samuel Minev Benzecry ~ Bess Olshen ~ John Puri ~ Carl Purisima
Alexandre Ravel ~ Victoria Ren ~ Juan Sandoval Igareda ~ Alisha Service ~ Elijah Williams ~ Emily Ruby Winn
2026 M.A. Graduates
Lindsey Allebest ~ Muhammad Haram Gulzar ~ Teddy Hickenlooper ~ Borys Jastrzebski
Ellie Gianna Luchini ~ Bella Shahani ~ Tess Stapleton ~ Micaela Wibberly ~ Ruiji Zhang
2026 Ph.D. Graduates
Luther Cox Cenci
A Sea of Law: State Power, Judicial Entrepreneurs, and Vernacular Legal Culture in the Chinese Diaspora, 1780-1890
Advisor: Professor Matthew Sommer
Austin Clements
Defending the Kingdom of God: Religious Origins of the American Right, 1917-1941
Advisor: Professor Jennifer Burns
Amanda Coate
Experiences and Meanings of Hunger in Early Modern Europe, c. 1550-1700
Advisor: Professor Laura Stokes
Emily Bradley Greenfield
Among the Curiosities of the Neighborhood: Slavery and Memory at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
Advisor: Professor James Campbell
Hannah Johnston
Go-Betweens: Sex, Gender, and Labor in Early Modern Italy
Advisor: Professor Paula Findlen
Ana Núñez
Hereditary Queenship in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1131–1228
Advisor: Professor Fiona Griffiths
Preetam Prakash
A Sufficient Representation of Justice: Judicial Violence, Knowledge, and Contingency in the Qing Autumn Assizes
Advisor: Professor Matthew Sommer
Aaron Meir Schimmel
Russian Jews and Georgian Jews: Intercommunal Encounters in the Russian Empire, 1801-1917
Advisor: Professor Steven Zipperstein
Narusa Yamato
Archipelago of Cows: A History of the Japanese Dairy Industry, 1854-1945
Advisors: Professor Jun Uchida and Professor Kären Wigen
Magdalene Zier
Women at the Bar: Law, Liquor, and the Making of Modern Feminism
Advisor: Professor James Campbell
Directions to Citrus Courtyard & Parking
Citrus Courtyard is located behind the History Corner (Bldg. 200) at 450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 200, Stanford, CA 94305. The map below shows walking instructions from the University Commencement Ceremony at Stanford Stadium to the Citrus Courtyard. You are also welcome to take the Marguerite Shuttle, which runs along Jane Stanford Way that day. Please take the "C Line" shuttles and get off at either the "Jane Stanford Way/Stanford Oval" stop or the "Jane Stanford Way/Lasuen Mall" stop and look for the Department of History banners.
Parking: The campus is extremely busy on Commencement Day. Please give yourself plenty of time to arrive and find parking. The closest parking spaces are located at Stanford Oval | Galvez Lot (L-96) | Track House Lot | Graduate School of Business (Parking Structure 7)
