Experiments in Learning Can the Novel be Taught? Join us for a roundtable discussion, with Margaret Cohen, Nancy Ruttenburg, and Alex Woloch (Department of English and DLCL), reflecting on last year’s two-quarter History and Theory of the Novel seminar. The trials of teaching graduate seminars under the pressure of the quarter system are familiar to […]

Default negative beliefs can cast a pall over one’s identity and give rise to worry. “Do I belong here?” “Can I do it?” “Am I enough?” Greg Walton describes Ordinary Magic as ”ordinary experiences that help us set aside the ordinary worries of life so we can flourish.” In this noontime webinar, join Professor Walton […]

About the event: Nuclear power in Eastern Europe has been framed in various ways depending on political context: as a uranium state-building project, a key element of international decarbonization efforts, a model for reducing energy dependence on Russia, and an environmental risk slated for phase-out. Yet, one crucial aspect remains overlooked: how gendered expertise has […]

Speaker: Kathryn Starkey (Edward Clark Crossett Professor of Humanistic Studies, Professor of German Studies) Abstract: In this talk, I argue that textiles are central to the emerging poetics of medieval vernacular storytelling around 1200. Poets of this period frequently conceive of narrative texts and literary composition through analogies to textiles and textile work. But more […]

A potential historic trilateral appearance by Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un, and Vladimir Putin at Moscow's May 9 Victory Day parade would signal powerful solidarity against U.S. pressure, following the June 2024 'Comprehensive Strategic Partnership' treaty between Pyongyang and Moscow. Join our expert panel as we analyze this unprecedented geopolitical alignment amid intensifying U.S.-China rivalry. […]

Abstract: Sub-Neptunes, planets ranging in size between Earth and Neptune, are the most abundant type of exoplanets discovered to date. However, their nature remains enigmatic, as no such planets exist in our Solar System. Sub-Neptunes are hypothesized to be either bloated terrestrial planets (“super-Earths”), miniature giant planets (“mini-Neptunes”), or perhaps something in between, such as […]

This talk explpres epistemological practices and writing technologies before the era of paper. Scrutinizing a series of recently unearthed manuscripts from ca. 400 BCE to 300 CE as both cultural documents and material objects, this project investigates how classical texts were produced, organized, edited in early China across various ancient informational media such as bamboo, […]

Please join the Department of English for a Methods Café book event with Allison Carruth on May 13. Tuesday, May 13 5:00pm Terrace Room, Margaret Jacks Hall (Bldg. 460, Rm. 426) Allison Carruth will be discussing her new book, Novel Ecologies: Nature Remade and the Illusions of Tech. Allison Carruth is professor in the Effron […]

Greetings! Please join us on Tuesday, May 13, at 5:30pm for a conversation with David Roediger, Foundation Professor of American Studies at University of Kansas, to discuss his new memoir, An Ordinary White: My Anti-Racist Education (Fordham University Press, 2025). The book “chronicles his intellectual and political evolution from growing up in his southern Midwest […]

WiDS Stanford @ Medical Lane Library is independently organized by Lane Medical Library to be part of the mission to increase the participation of women in data science and to feature outstanding women doing outstanding work. WiDS @ Lane Medical Library aims to inspire, engage, and support data scientists and women in the field. Join […]

Each quarter, the Stanford Archaeology Center invites prominent archaeologists from around the globe to be in residence for a week as a Distinguished Lecturer. During their residency, the Distinguished Lecturer gives two lectures and interacts with faculty, postdoctoral scholars and students. Stanford Archaeology Center will host Prof. Naoise Mac Sweeney from University of Vienna, Austria […]

Global Health Collaboration During Global Pandemics Part 1: Maintaining Collaboration in Uncertain Times: A 5-step Process BIO: Dr. Temesgen Abicho is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Consultant Emergency and Critical Care Specialist at Addis Ababa University College of Health Sciences/Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital in Ethiopia. Dr. Abicho is a public health enthusiast, Visiting […]

April Burrage, MS&EThis lightning talk explores ongoing research into whether targeted outreach to minority-serving institutions and highlighting role models from underrepresented groups can help diversify innovation programs. I'll discuss early insights, current challenges, and potential strategies to encourage broader participation among future innovators. Abdulbasit Kassim, DAAASNearly all the Muslim majority countries in West Africa are […]

Vinay Hiremath is a founder of Loom where he scaled the team from 0 to 340 people through to Loom's billion dollar acquisition to Atlassian. He held multiple roles including CTO and VP People and is an angel investor focusing on startups with significant technical risk. He is currently interning at Specter as a mechanical […]

This talk draws on a forthcoming book, to be published by Verso Books. The title a deliberate nod to E.P. Thompson’s classic Making of the English Working Class. The English working class constituted the paradigmatic proletariat in the initial stages of industrial capitalism in the West. I use it as a lens for examining the […]

Please join the upcoming Slavic Colloquium talk entitled “Global Socialist Networks in the Age of Three Worlds: Art and Arbitrage from Mexico to Moscow” by Kevin Platt (Professor, Russian & East European Studies, University of Pennsylvania). Abstract: What do the nonconformist Soviet author Vladimir Voinovich, the blacklisted American author Howard Fast, and the Mexican leftist […]

A Fireside Chat with Karl Littau, CTO of Sakuu Join the Stanford Energy Club and Stanford Founders for an exclusive conversation with Karl Littau, Chief Technology Officer at Sakuu, the company pioneering multi-material additive manufacturing for next-generation batteries. With a career spanning Applied Materials, Xerox PARC, Intermolecular, and Stanford's Geballe Lab, Karl brings a unique […]