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“Cuba has always loomed large in the U.S. imagination,” says Mikael Wolfe, director of Stanford University’s Cuba Observatory. For decades, U.S. policy toward Cuba has been shaped by sanctions, pressure and political narratives that rarely face…
Jessica Riskin is Frances and Charles Field Professor of History. Her research and courses focus on European intellectual and cultural history from the seventeenth through nineteenth century, history of science and technology, and Old Regime and…
Thomas Mullaney, a professor in the Department of History, has been named the UNESCO Chair in Digital Futures at Stanford University. This designation is part of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Program, an inter-university cooperation network with more…
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The Stanford Alumni Association awarded history professor Caroline Winterer the Richard W. Lyman Award on Feb. 24.
According to the Alumni Association website, the award honors faculty who extend Stanford’s intellectual community,…
Estelle Freedman, emerita professor at Stanford University specializing in women’s history and feminist studies.
“There’s a long history both of struggle within and resistance to feminism,” said Dr. Freedman in a phone interview. “But…
Department of History and Green Library’s Special Collections hosted an enthusiastic group of Stanford students for a hands-on field trip to explore the University Archives in February 2026. Dr. Anne Ladyem McDivitt, the Academic Technology…
Ph.D. student Mariana Calvo talks to Argentina's Radio Amanecer about her research about the expansion of European corporations into Latin America through investment, infrastructure construction, and socio-economic control.
An all-star conversation among Stanford professors, recorded live before Stanford students, about originalism and how it interacts with recent cases from the federal courts of appeals. Anya Bidwell hosts Jud Campbell, Jonathan Gienapp, and Orin…
Stanford historian Jenna Phillips discusses the influence of medieval customs on Valentine’s Day traditions, highlighting how 12th- and 13th-century poets and musicians shaped our modern understanding of love.
Steven Press is Associate Professor of History whose teaching and research focuses on sovereignty, international relations, and commodity networks in modern Europe and European colonies. He is the author of two award-winning books, Rogue…
