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Professor Joel Cabrita's book, Written Out: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala, has been selected as a co-winner of the 2025 ASA Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize.

The Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize will be given for the best original scholarly…

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As president Donald Trump celebrates the cancelation of comedians Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert and says he hopes the same fate will befall others who have been similarly critical, a look at the comedians in the ancient world who faced serious…

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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

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The Department of History and…

Read this article by Sahomi Nishimoto and Yoshimi Nakamura on the Mainichi Shibun website

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…

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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:…

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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.…

Read this article on the Smithsonian Magazine website

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…

Read more on the Stanford Alumni Travel/Study website

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/…

Listen to this interview with Mara Liasson on the NPR website

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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…