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“This is not for women only,” Estelle Freedman, professor emeritus of history, said of feminist studies. “This is the study of sexual inequality and distinctions about gender, so we called it feminist studies.”
Freedman co-founded…
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Narusa Yamato for receiving the Association for Asian Studies Northeast Asia Council's Best Graduate Student Paper Prize for her paper titled "The Global Making of a Japanese ‘Holstein Island’: Silk, Milk, and…
During a recent event on campus, professors Jonathan Gienapp and Michael McConnell came together for a wide-ranging discussion about the intersection of history, law, and politics in constitutionalism.
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This week, the ladies react to the ransacking of the federal government by Elon Musk and his fleet of DOGE dorks. Then, Kate and Leah speak with Jonathan Gienapp, professor of law and history at Stanford University and author of Against…
Gender, race and religion shape and reflect contemporary American politics, scholars emphasized at a Wednesday event. Five experts in history, gender studies and government offered their perspective on recent U.S. elections, underscoring the idea…
History professor Jonathan Gienapp criticized constitutional originalism for its insufficient understanding of the period in which the Constitution was written at his Tuesday talk, titled “History and Originalism: A Troubled Relationship” and…
“If Stanford had a mayor, it would be Al [Camarillo],” Tomás Jiménez, a professor of sociology and comparative studies in race and ethnicity (CSRE), said. “I cannot think of anyone who was more universally respected and revered as a scholar,…
Jonathan Gienapp, an associate professor of history and law, hasn’t missed a Patriots game in 31 years. Growing up in Massachusetts with the American Revolution in his “backyard,” his father, William Gienapp, helped inspire his journey in…
The idea that living beings have no free will might sound scientific today, but it remains as dogmatic as it has always been.
After spending most of the twentieth century watching birds, the Harvard ornithologist and evolutionary biologist…
Less than a year before Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, he published an essay using history to argue that Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians are one people and should be united under one nation. His…
