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Faculty Awards

Awards and honors earned by H&S faculty

Read more about Gordon H. Chang awarded 2023-24 research fellowship from The Huntington

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Gordon H. Chang awarded 2023-24 research fellowship from The Huntington

Read more about Lauren O’Connell receives 2023 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

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Lauren O’Connell receives 2023 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

Read more about Aron Rodrigue made honorary citizen of Greek city of Didymoteicho

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Aron Rodrigue made honorary citizen of Greek city of Didymoteicho

Read more about Gretchen Daily receives 2023 Eminent Ecologist Award

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Gretchen Daily receives 2023 Eminent Ecologist Award

Read more about Kathryn Gin Lum wins 2023 Merle Curti Intellectual History Award

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Kathryn Gin Lum wins 2023 Merle Curti Intellectual History Award

Read more about Kathryn Olivarius receives 2023 Frederick Jackson Turner Award

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Kathryn Olivarius receives 2023 Frederick Jackson Turner Award

Read more about Carolyn Bertozzi receives 2023 American Association for Cancer Research award

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Carolyn Bertozzi receives 2023 American Association for Cancer Research award

Read more about R. Lanier Anderson elected board chair of American Philosophical Association

Lanier Anderson

R. Lanier Anderson elected board chair of American Philosophical Association

Read more about Monika Schleier-Smith honored with 2023 Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award

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Monika Schleier-Smith honored with 2023 Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award

Read more about Richard Zare awarded a 2023 Benjamin Franklin Medal

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Richard Zare awarded a 2023 Benjamin Franklin Medal

Read more about Matthew Sommer awarded $60,000 grant from NEH

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Matthew Sommer awarded $60,000 grant from NEH

Read more about Richard Roberts elected honorary fellow of American Society for Legal History

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Richard Roberts elected honorary fellow of American Society for Legal History

Read more about Rowan Dorin awarded 2022 Mary L. Dudziak Digital Legal History Prize

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Rowan Dorin awarded 2022 Mary L. Dudziak Digital Legal History Prize

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Books in Brief

Books by H&S faculty

Read more about When I Waked, I Cried To Dream Again by A. Van Jordan, English

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When I Waked, I Cried To Dream Again by A. Van Jordan, English

Read more about What Even Is Gender? co-authored by R.A. Briggs, Philosophy

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What Even Is Gender? co-authored by R.A. Briggs, Philosophy

Read more about Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State by Anna Grzymała-Busse, Political Science

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Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State by Anna Grzymała-Busse, Political Science

Read more about The Cartel System of States: An Economic Theory of International Politics co-authored by Avidit Acharya, Political Science

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The Cartel System of States: An Economic Theory of International Politics co-authored by Avidit Acharya, Political Science

Read more about The Greeks and the Rational: The Discovery of Practical Reason by Josiah Ober, Political Science and Classics

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The Greeks and the Rational: The Discovery of Practical Reason by Josiah Ober, Political Science and Classics

Read more about Election Day: How We Vote and What It Means for Democracy by Emilee Booth Chapman, Political Science

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Election Day: How We Vote and What It Means for Democracy by Emilee Booth Chapman, Political Science

Read more about Shared and Institutional Agency: Toward a Planning Theory of Human Practical Organization by Michael E. Bratman, Philosophy

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Shared and Institutional Agency: Toward a Planning Theory of Human Practical Organization by Michael E. Bratman, Philosophy

Read more about Bedouin Bureaucrats: Mobility and Property in the Ottoman Empire by Nora Elizabeth Barakat, History

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Bedouin Bureaucrats: Mobility and Property in the Ottoman Empire by Nora Elizabeth Barakat, History

Read more about The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism by Lerone A. Martin, Religious Studies

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The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism by Lerone A. Martin, Religious Studies

Read more about The Forest: A Fable of America in the 1830s by Alexander Nemerov, Art and Art History

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The Forest: A Fable of America in the 1830s by Alexander Nemerov, Art and Art History

Read more about Knots, or the Violence of Desire in Renaissance Florence by Emanuele Lugli, Art and Art History

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Knots, or the Violence of Desire in Renaissance Florence by Emanuele Lugli, Art and Art History

Read more about Words in My World series by Nandi Sims, Linguistics

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Words in My World series by Nandi Sims, Linguistics

Read more about The Socialist Patriot: George Orwell and War by Peter Stansky, History

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The Socialist Patriot: George Orwell and War by Peter Stansky, History

Read more about Written Out: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala by Joel Cabrita, History

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Written Out: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala by Joel Cabrita, History

Read more about Life: A Journey Through Science and Politics by Paul R. Ehrlich, Biology

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Life: A Journey Through Science and Politics by Paul R. Ehrlich, Biology

Read more about Exponential Families in Theory and Practice by Bradley Efron, Statistics and Biomedical Data Science

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Exponential Families in Theory and Practice by Bradley Efron, Statistics and Biomedical Data Science

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Stanford Statisticians Tackle COVID-19

This stories series presents three studies in the Department of Statistics addressing the coronavirus outbreak using different approaches: tracking genetic mutations in the coronavirus, developing a more practical approach to predictive modelling, and designing clinical trials of promising new treatments.

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Is our universe one of many?

This five-part series tells the story of how theoretical physicists at Stanford helped develop the String Theory Landscape – and in the process sparked a fierce and still ongoing debate about what science is and what it should be.

Read more about What Even Is Gender? co-authored by R.A. Briggs, Philosophy

Ray Briggs wearing glasses and a blue-and-white checked shirt next to an image of the cover of their book What Even Is Gender?

What Even Is Gender? co-authored by R.A. Briggs, Philosophy

Read more about Gordon H. Chang awarded 2023-24 research fellowship from The Huntington

Gordon H. Chang wearing glasses, a bright-blue collared shirt, and a gray blazer

Gordon H. Chang awarded 2023-24 research fellowship from The Huntington

Read more about Lauren O’Connell receives 2023 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

Lauren O'Connell wearing a black blouse and standing under an archway in one of the arcades on Stanford's Main Quad

Lauren O’Connell receives 2023 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

Read more about Aron Rodrigue made honorary citizen of Greek city of Didymoteicho

Aron Rodrigue wearing glasses, a blue collared shirt, and a navy-blue blazer standing in one of the arcades on Stanford's Main Quad

Aron Rodrigue made honorary citizen of Greek city of Didymoteicho

Read more about Jean-Marie Apostolidès, literary scholar and dramatist, dies at 79

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Jean-Marie Apostolidès, literary scholar and dramatist, dies at 79

Read more about Molly Schumer named to inaugural cohort of HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholars

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Molly Schumer named to inaugural cohort of HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholars

Read more about Seven Stanford faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

Seven Stanford faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

Read more about A. Van Jordan, professor of English, on poetry, movies, and Einstein

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A. Van Jordan, professor of English, on poetry, movies, and Einstein