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History Professor Mikael Wolfe gave a talk for students at the Fossil Free Stanford Faculty Teach-In Series on Wednesday, November 18, 2015. The talk was titled "Climate of Denial: Past, Present, and Future of Climate Denialism"
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History Professor Aishwary Kumar taught his class "Liberalism and Violence" at Fossil Free Stanford on November 18, 2003. The three hour class, held at the Quad that morning, was centered on questions of freedom and force as they appear in…
Oddly enough, medieval English laws matter in legal debates about gun control in the United States today. The Supreme Court’…
By Sarah Madgic
Sunday's "Thinking Big About Learning…
A study of medieval texts and imagery by Stanford history Professor Fiona Griffiths counters commonly held beliefs about misogynistic practices in medieval Europe. Griffiths' research reveals how some male clergy acknowledged and celebrated…
The Indian community of Silicon Valley is preparing to welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with open arms next week, in a route stop that has outshined the PM's ultimate U.S. destination--his meeting with President Obama. Mr. Modi comes…
It was an unseasonably warm night in Chicago. On Tuesday, November 4, 2008, nearly a quarter of a million people—young and old, men and women of almost every racial and ethnic background—streamed into Grant Park. The crowd was peaceful and…
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By Kathleen J. Sullivan
Provost John Etchemendy announced…
On August 11th, Hillary Clinton met privately with five Black Lives Matter activists in Keene, New Hampshire. The activists had arrived at Clinton’s campaign stop shortly before it was to begin, but they were not allowed to enter because the room…
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