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These policies have historical precedents, but we have also seen an alternative path. The United States has repeatedly reformed its immigration laws- overturning Chinese exclusion, dismantling its racist quota system, offering legal status for…
Any arrangement that doesn't really kind of center the potential benefits and consent of the affected people is really flawed, not just practically speaking but also morally. It's really hard to justify this in terms of public opinion and public…
LiPo Ching / Stanford University
Why was there once a fashion for styling your hair like Brutus, the most famous of Julius Caesar's assassins? Why are there so many neoclassical buildings in the United States? And how was the Ancient Roman Empire once used as a justification for…
Professor Londa Schiebinger was awarded a Doctora Honoris Causa by the University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Congratulations Professor Schiebinger!
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Nesrine Mbarek graduated from Stanford in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in history. She is interested in a career transforming education by reforming curricula, pedagogy, finance, and assessment, while empowering teachers and building…
LiPo Ching / Stanford University
The Trump campaign slogan “Make America Great Again” seems to promise a return to an imagined past, when the nation was better and more authentically “American.” Even if the vision espoused by some MAGA followers never represented the reality of…
Professor Hecht's book, Residual Governance: How South Africa Foretells Planetary Futures, received the 2024 Best Book Award from the African Studies Association.
The African Studies Association (ASA) invites publishers to nominate…
Denmark wanted to sell it a century ago. The U.S. didn’t bite but did acquire the Virgin Islands.
Critics are sharpening their pens to excoriate President Trump for again proposing to purchase Greenland. The real-estate baron wants to buy…
Professor Sommer's book, The Fox Spirit, the Stone Maiden, and Other Transgender Histories from Late Imperial China, received the 2025 John Boswell Prize from the LGBTQ+ History Association.
The John Boswell Prize recognizes an…
Professor Jonathan Gienapp discusses his new book, Against Constitutional Originalism: A Historical Critique.
