Humanities

Dagfinn Føllesdal, philosopher known as a ‘builder of bridges,’ dies at 93

A passionate and wide-ranging scholar, the Norway-born professor reconciled two disparate philosophical traditions.

Portrait of Dagfinn Føllesdal

Portrait of Lerone Martin next to the cover of his book Young King featuring a portrait of MLK as a child

Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr. by Lerone Martin, Religious Studies and African and African American Studies

Portrait of Jessica Riskin in the Stanford arcade

Jessica Riskin elected to American Philosophical Society

Portrait of Rachel Jean-Baptiste

Bringing global histories of gender, race, and citizenship to the AI age

A black-and-white photo of three young black children sitting on a bench

New book illuminates Martin Luther King, Jr.’s childhood

Aracelis Girmay stands a lectern on a stage

Aracelis Girmay wins PEN America poetry prize

Wooden stadium seating leads up to painting covered by a wood-slat ceiling

Inside the new home of the Department of African and African American Studies

Portrait of Jorge Ruffinelli

Jorge Ruffinelli, leading scholar of Latin American literature and film, dies at 82

Four H&S scholars named 2026 Guggenheim Fellows