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The Organization of American Historians is proud to announce this year’s appointment of 17 U.S. historians to the OAH Lectureship Program. They join a renowned roster of speakers who share their expertise and scholarly research with a variety of…
Coe Summer Workshop 2025 -- Summary Report
“Building Ethnic Studies Curriculum in California High Schools”
Co-sponsors: Department of History and Stanford Teacher Education Program
Overview
The Department of History and…
As a result of the development of various things such as medicines, treatment methods, and car safety tests being based on a male perspective, there are cases where women are put at risk. In an effort to change this situation, "gendered…
Stanford associate professor of history Amir Weiner joins Milbank Senior Fellow Niall Ferguson as part of a discussion of the Hoover Institution Applied History Working Group seminar series, previewing his forthcoming book, At Home with the KGB:…
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is pleased to announce the members of the newly formed Universal Acceptance (UA) Expert Working Group (EWG), tasked with proposing guidelines for ICANN's work on UA adoption.…
Englishman Thomas Stukeley offered his services to various Catholic powers. He died while fighting for the Portuguese at the Battle of Alcácer Quibir on August 4, 1578.
The Loukkos River is wide and meandering, flowing from the foothills…
New England with Caroline Winterer: September 10 to 17, 2025
https://alumni.stanford.edu/travel-study/destinations/new-england-2025/
Central Asia with Robert Crews: September 21 to October 10, 2025
https://alumni.stanford.edu/…
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A word that you hear a lot when people talk about President Trump is norms - usually about how many he's breaking or ignoring. NPR senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson has the story on what norms are and…
Simi Valley, CA & Washington, DC – The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is pleased to announce that Stanford University historian Dr. Jennifer Burns has been awarded the 2025 Age of Reagan Conference…
A historian went down an 18-year rabbit hole in search of obsolete machines. But there was one he thought he’d never find.
In 2010, Tom Mullaney found himself way out in the suburbs of London. A woman there wanted to show him a Chinese…
