Humanities H&S adds 20 new faculty members Faculty Humanities Natural Sciences Social Sciences New undergraduate minor launches in civic thought and practice New Eltoukhy Future of Ethics Fellowship program encourages ethical examination by Stanford graduate students Shelley Fisher Fishkin wins Glasscock Book Prize New book takes on the dominance of Silicon Valley billionaires New book reflects artists’ perspectives on 1992 Los Angeles riots Unrest: Art in the Aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots by Rose Salseda, Art and Art History What Tech Calls Governing by Adrian Daub, Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages English professor Chang-rae Lee authors his most personal work yet A Tender Age: A Novel by Chang-rae Lee, English Why we can’t quit the ‘Odyssey’ How We Disappear: A Personal History of Information by Thomas S. Mullaney, History Book looks at resurgence of late-19th-century female sculptor Dagfinn Føllesdal, philosopher known as a ‘builder of bridges,’ dies at 93 Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr. by Lerone Martin, Religious Studies and African and African American Studies Jessica Riskin elected to American Philosophical Society Bringing global histories of gender, race, and citizenship to the AI age New book illuminates Martin Luther King, Jr.’s childhood Aracelis Girmay wins PEN America poetry prize Ramón Saldívar elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences Inside the new home of the Department of African and African American Studies Jorge Ruffinelli, leading scholar of Latin American literature and film, dies at 82 Four H&S scholars named 2026 Guggenheim Fellows In this history class, the final project is a pop song Matthew D. Morrison wins Woody Guthrie, Irving Lowens book awards Diving into the mind of pioneering French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck The Power of Life: The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck by Jessica Riskin, History What does it mean to be reasonable? Being Reasonable: The Case for a Misunderstood Virtue by Krista Lawlor, Philosophy Thomas Mullaney named UNESCO chair Historian leads project to design new AI architecture for humanities research Caroline Winterer receives 2026 Lyman award Exploring the medieval roots of romance Beloved podcast 'Philosophy Talk' now available for free New English courses fuse creativity with literary criticism Jonathan Gienapp wins Order of the Coif book award Four things to know about ethnic studies in California high schools Gerald Gillespie, devoted professor of German and comparative literature, dies at 92 Historian chronicles one of the French Revolution’s most notorious figures Jean-Paul Marat: Prophet of Terror by Keith Baker, History Three H&S faculty become American Academy of Sciences and Letters members Load more news
