Humanities
Unabomber's writings raise uneasy ethical questions for Stanford scholar
The Unabomber warned that technology had mutated civilization – and one French scholar thinks he's right.
1.25.10
Lively Arts, Aurora Forum events to feature the West Coast premiere of L.A. Theatre Works' radio play RFK: The Journey to Justice
Read from the stage with sound effects created live as in the "Golden Age of Radio," the docudrama by Murray Horwitz and Jonathan Estrin chronicles Robert F. Kennedy's personal and political journey at the cusp of the civil rights movement.
Say it loud: Steve Reich brings his talents to Stanford
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steve Reich recently debuted his "Mallet Quartet" at Stanford. He also held an open rehearsal and participated in a discussion as part of the Art + Invention Speaker Series/Aurora Forum. In addition, the So Percussion quartet held a public workshop. Watch a slideshow.
Welsh poet at Stanford: Small languages make a big difference
Every language is important to the "whole ecosystem of eloquence," says Gwyneth Lewis.
Stanford technology helps scholars get 'big picture' of the Enlightenment
Researchers map thousands of letters exchanged in the 18th century's "Republic of Letters" – and learn at a glance what it once took a lifetime of study to comprehend.
Stanford's Dostoevsky biographer concludes acclaimed series
For 91-year-old Joseph Frank, the newly published capstone volume marks three decades of research on the Russian author.
Stanford celebrates the 'Father of English History' Venerable Bede
Bede was the "teacher of the whole Middle Ages" – and one Stanford scholar has devoted a lifetime to his achievements.
Stanford archaeology workshop recreates the world of Incan pottery
The Inca artisans of the 1570s tried to recreate the pots their predecessors had made before the Spanish Conquest. Now Stanford's Archaeology Center retraces their steps and in doing so, rediscovers a vanished world.
'Quirky, off-kilter' Stanford author gets $50K award
"Why not have a spaceship come into the story? Why not?" asks the author who has been praised for his "satiric glee and elegiac compassion."
Pulitzer finalist Bulrusher spotlights race, identity in the 1950s
A collaboration between the Drama Department and Blackstage Theater Company, Bulrusher will be performed Nov. 5-7 at the Nitery Theater.
Stanford's acclaimed artists discuss art and academia
Five celebrated artists at Stanford join a growing national debate about what happens when artists become teachers and academia collaborates with the arts.
Poet Robinson Jeffers and wife, Una, 'tell their own story' in newly published letters
The 1,000-page first volume of the Collected Letters, published by Stanford University Press, is an 'epistolary autobiography' of one of America's greatest poets, Robinson Jeffers and his wife, Una.
'Chant camp' comes to Stanford with early music ensemble Anonymous 4
At Stanford's "chant camp," singers learn a medieval musical form that relies on memory and the ear to sing shapes and gestures – not notes.
10.14.09
Stanford scholars discuss the future of the essay at Litquake festival
The centuries-old genre faces blurring boundaries, accountability and the Internet.
The New Literacy: Stanford study finds richness and complexity in students' writing
Stanford researcher Andrea Lunsford finds that today's students are writing more than ever before – but it may not look like the writing of yesterday.