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Dr. Samia Errazzouki, a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow working with the Department of History and a Moroccan American historian of North Africa, has been participating in numerous interviews on the devastating earthquake in Morocco that took place in…

Josh Kallmer graduated from Stanford in 1995 with a B.A. in History and Public Policy. After receiving his J.D. from Georgetown University, he has held positions in a number of legal companies, nonprofits, and U.S. federal agencies, devising…

Ph.D. Candidate Aliyah Dunn-Salahuddin's short film, Sites of Memory and Recovery: A Black San Francisco Story in Dance, made as part of the Reimaging History course and made possible through the funding of the history department, has been…

Professor Anne Twitty joined the history department in August 2023 as Associate Professor. Her work explores American legal and public history. She is the author of 'Before Dred Scott: Slavery and Legal Culture in the American Confluence, 1787-…

The reaction to Israel's judicial overhaul has for months been loud, and at times chaotic, but that did not stop the country's right-wing government from approving the first phase of the plan Monday. The law limits the ability of Israel's Supreme…

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If you’ve been tuning in for one of 2023’s hottest shows — Federal Reserve press briefings — you may have noticed an oft-repeated phrase on the Fed chair’s lips: “long and variable lag.”

“It’s sort of standard thinking that…

Mark your calendars for these incredible forthcoming opportunities with Stanford Department of History Faculty:

 

 

Florence Sabbatical with David Kennedy: April 3 to May 1Italian Riviera and Cinque Terre Hike with…

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I was born and raised in North Carolina, which means I like barbecue, deciduous forests, and March Madness. I enjoy reading lots of speculative fiction, and some of my favorite authors include Ursula…

The Samaná peninsula for its inhabitants has symbolized many things throughout history. One of them has been its function as a crossroads of cultures for the African diaspora, given the role it played as a refuge from slavery for black…

PUCMM receives intellectuals from other countries to exhaust research stays. In three years, the academy's Center for Caribbean Studies alone has hosted 12 researchers.

Santo Domingo, RD. The young American historian …