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As an undergraduate in the Iranian Studies Program, Anna Polishchuk translated top-secret documents from the Soviet Union as she researched the relationship between Iran’s pro-communist groups and the Soviets during the 1979 Iranian Revolution.…
President Trump on Tuesday night vowed to start his proposed wall along the U.S.- Mexico border "ahead of schedule," saying that it would be an "effective weapon against drugs and crime."
Here & Now's Eric Westervelt (@Ericnpr)…
Since the Great Recession, more Mexicans have left the United States than migrated there. Constructing a barrier along the southern border may discourage more from going.
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Sixty-eight years after the United Nations General Assembly made genocide a crime under international law, it continues to occur. Historian Norman Naimark discusses genocide's history and main cases.
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David Tyack was a preeminent scholar in the history of American education and school reform.
By Brooke Donald
David Tyack, professor emeritus of education and of history at Stanford, died Oct. 27 of complications from Parkinson’s…
Caroline Winterer joins NPR’s “The Takeaway” with John Hockenberry to discuss her new book "American Enlightenments: Pursuing Happiness in the Age of Reason".
For the podcast, vitit the WNYC website: http://www.wnyc.org/story/…
by Chris Kark
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which supports scholarly initiatives in the humanities and arts, has awarded $175,000 to several Stanford faculty members to bridge the technological gap between Asian studies and the digital…
According to Caroline Winterer, to be “enlightened” meant something different to Americans living in the 18th century than it does today.
By Anita Law
Caroline Winterer, professor of history and director of the Stanford Humanities…
Stanford's Assistant Professor of History, Ana Minian, took part in a three-part series, KJZZ will explore the strike, the history of an Arizona activist who learned from Cesar Chavez and how the ideology of the 1970s is alive in local…
Emeritus History Professor Al Camarillo is this year's recipient of the AHA Equity Award, which recognizes individuals and institutions that have achieved excellence in recruiting and retaining underrepresented racial and ethnic groups into the…
