Past Events

The Public Humanities Initiative invites you to a lively reading and conversation with author Elif Batuman, PhD '07.  Elif Batuman’s first novel, The Idiot, was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize,…

Jann Wenner, the founder, co-editor, and publisher of Rolling Stone helped define and chronicle epochs of change in music, politics, and journalism. His music interviews included Dylan, Lennon,…

The Public Humanities Initiative, and its flagship "What Is A Public Intellectual Today?" speaker series, invite you to a public interview with acclaimed author Maggie Nelson. A far-ranging…

A lively zoom conversation between John Glusman, vice president and editor-in-chief of W. W. Norton and Company, and Stanford English professor Mark Greif about the state of publishing today.…

In this presentation and Q&A, English Professor and co-director of Stanford Public Humanities Mark Greif will share practical tips and insights about book review assignments in mass-market…