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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 …

Professor Rachel Jean-Baptiste has joined us in July 2023 as The Michelle Mercer and Bruce Golden Family Professorship in Feminist and Gender Studies. A social and legal historian, she works on gender and sexuality in colonial West and Equatorial…

The Walter J. Gores Award is the university’s highest award for excellence in teaching. It recognizes faculty and teaching staff who have made special contributions to teaching in its broadest sense, including lecturing, tutoring, advising,…

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Professor Jessica Riskin recently wrote a piece for the New York Review of Books on Professor Richard White's book, Who Killed Jane Stanford?

We can’t be sure who the…

"Sometimes Latino urban history is thought of as the history of a cultural community and that’s a little dismissive. I examine people contesting and reshaping the use of space."

Mike Amezcua and Pedro Regalado have a lot in common: they…

An interview with Hannah Johnston, Ph.D. candidate in History and 2023-24 Fulbright Fellowship Recipient

Ph.D. candidate Hannah Johnston received one of the 2023-24 Fulbright Commission Research Awards, one of the most competitive…