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Steven J. Zipperstein, History

Rosenfeld's Lives: Fame Oblivion, and the Furies of Writing

Yale University Press

 

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Italy's Eighteenth Century: Gender and Culture in the Age of the Grand Tour

Stanford University Press

 

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The Re-Enchantment of the World: Secular Magic in a Rational Age

Stanford University Press

 


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November 6, 2009

Stanford Lively Arts, the Aurora Forum, and the Stanford Institute for Creativity & the Arts Present New "Art + Invention Speaker Series"

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November 5, 2009

200 Episodes of 'Philosophy Talk' Radio Show Illustrate Appetite for Thinking

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October 14, 2009

Classics scholar Adrienne Mayor is a Nonfiction finalist for the 2009 National Book Awards.

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September 28, 2009

James Joyce Estate Pays $240,000 in Attorneys’ Fees to Stanford Scholar and Her Counsel in Connection With Copyright Dispute

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September 21, 2009

Drama Department performance, "Beyond My Circle," inspired by cultural exchange between Stanford students and students from Makerere University in Uganda

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August 18, 2009

Bill Lane Center for the American West Appoints Jon Christensen, Stanford PhD candidate and journalist, as new Executive Director

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July 24, 2009

Tracing the Roots of Celebrity. Stanford art historian follows fame's double-edged sword to 19th–century Paris

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General Humanities News

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October 20, 2009

American Council of Learned Societies Addresses Humanities Job Market Challenges

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September 21, 2009

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) opened a Web Site that allows the curious to search online for information on all their projects since 1980.

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September 16, 2009

President Obama announced the appointments of three individuals to serve on the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities (PCAH).

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September 2, 2009

Jim Leach highlights the value of humanities scholarship as he begins his term as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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August 7, 2009

U.S Senate approves former Representative Jim Leach as the ninth Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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July 29, 2009

On July 29, the National Humanities Alliance hosted a conference call for its member organizations to discuss humanities community engagement in “United We Serve” and the broader White House service agenda.

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November 19, 2009

Stanford celebrates the 'Father of English History' Venerable Bede

English professor emeritus George Brown publishes new book on the Northumbrian monk, Bede.

Read the article - Stanford Report 

 

November 16, 2009

Art and art history Prof. Wanda Corn honored at two-day symposium

Art History professor emeritus Wanda Corn is honored for her contributions to the discipline of American art.

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November, 2009

Prof. Terry Castle elected to PEN American Center

English professor Terry Castle is elected to the U.S. branch of the world's oldest international literary and human rights organization.

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November 16, 2009

Dissertations go digital

Google publishes Stanford dissertations online

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November 15, 2009

The limits of people power

Professor emeritus of history James Sheehan on whether we learnt the wrong lessons from the fall of the Berlin Wall

Read the article - The Boston Globe  

 

November 15, 2009

A guide to documenting U.S. history

Stanford history professor Jack N. Rakove publishes "The Annotated U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence"

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November 13, 2009

The complex world of Frank Lobdell 

An exhibition of more than 50 drawings by professor emeritus of art Frank Lobdell opens at Cantor Arts Center

Read the article - San Jose Mercury News   

 

November 13, 2009

Pen it like Mamet

Recent Stanford graduate wins "write like David Mamet" playwriting contest

Read the article - Palo Alto Weekly    

 

November 12, 2009

Stanford archaeology workshop recreates the world of Incan poetry

Stanford's Archaeology Center attempts to recreate Incan pots from before the Spanish Conquest.

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November 12, 2009

The complex world of artist Frank Lobdell

Art professor emeritus Frank Lobdell's figurative drawings are featured at Cantor Arts Center.

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November 11, 2009

A historical perspective on gender issues in China

Stanford professor Matthew Sommer comments on the historical background for social behaviors in China today.

Read the article - Gender News from the Clayman Institute for Gender Research  

 

November 11, 2009

'Quirky, off-kilter' Stanford author gets $50K award

Stanford author Adam Johnson receives 2009 Whiting Award.

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November 10, 2009

Mark Twain: Was he our first animal welfare advocate?

Stanford scholar Shelley Fisher Fishkin's new book highlights Mark Twain's role as an animal advocate.

Read the article - Contra Costa Times  

 

November 9, 2009

Shanghai Players Arrive, Driven On by Their Titan

The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra will perform at Carnegie Hall. Stanford professor Cai Jindong comments.

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November 8, 2009

Tobacco companies strike back at Stanford professor in court

Professor of history and science Robert Proctor is accused of breaking the law after challenging the employment of four graduate students at the University of Florida as researchers assisting tobacco companies in litigation

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November 6, 2009

Something arty this way comes

Stanford alumni Jonathan Parker and David Lang complete "(Untitled)," a new film that pokes fun of the New York art scene.

Read the article - Peninsula   

 

November 5, 2009

After 200 episodes, 'Philosophy Talk' still leads the way in radio

Professor of philosophy Kenneth Taylor and professor emeritus of philosophy John Perry discuss the continuing success of their weekly radio show 

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November 5, 2009

Lively Arts Presents: The Prokofiev Project

Three day event at Stanford explores music of Sergei Prokofiev. 

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November 2, 2009

Stanford's acclaimed artists join debate about art and academia

Five artists at Stanford discuss what happens when artists become teachers.

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October 31, 2009

Stanford professor goes pumpkin crazy

For almost 50 years, professor of art and art history Matt Kahn has led a yearly art class in pumpkin carving for his students.

Read the article - San Francisco Chronicle

 

October 27, 2009

Newly published love letters tell story of poet Jeffers and his wife

Stanford University Press publishes letters between Robinson and Una Jeffers.

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