About the Stanford Humanities Center

• Goals [+]
  • Support the work of scholars pursuing research on topics in the humanities and related disciplines
  • Encourage work of a collaborative nature
  • Support the professional development of graduate and undergraduate students
  • Engage with the public
  • Bring international scholars to Stanford to broaden our perspective on cultural and historical issues
  • Foster ties with other institutions here and around the world to participate in an international dialogue on the human experience
• Programs [+]

  Research Workshops

  Research workshops bring together Stanford faculty members and graduate students, along with visiting fellows and scholars at Bay Area institutions, to share research and explore topics of common intellectual concern.
  
  

  Research Fellowships

  Residential fellowships afford scholars from diverse disciplines, career stages, and academic institutions the time and space to pursue in-depth research while benefitting from the perspectives of a multidisciplinary community.
  
  

  Public Events

  Public events bring prominent and innovative thinkers to Stanford to engage the wider community in discussions of history, culture, and the arts.
  
  

  International Visitors

  In collaboration with the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and other units on campus, the Center brings high-profile international scholars to Stanford for short-term visits to share their research with faculty and students.
  
  

  Arts Visitors

  The Center, in affiliation with the Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts (SiCa), brings distinguished arts critics and practitioners for month-long residencies.
  
  

  Digital Humanities

  The digital humanities combine advanced technology with humanities research to look at data in new ways, discovering trends that once would have taken years to uncover. The Humanities Center supports the "Mapping the Republic of Letters" project, and Stanford University hosts many other digital humanities projects.
• Profile [+]
  The Humanities Center is a research center operating under the auspices of the Dean of Research at Stanford University. The Center works closely with the School of Humanities and Sciences and collaborates frequently with other departments and institutes on campus.
  
  From its central location on Santa Teresa Street, the Stanford Humanities Center serves as an energizing national site for advanced humanistic research at Stanford and beyond. Its success helps ensure that Stanford is one of the great universities of the world, dedicated to advancing the full range of human understanding.
  
  The Humanities Center facilities include several meeting rooms that can be reserved for workshops or larger lectures. In the staff wing, the Geballe Library houses books written by current and former fellows, many of which were conceived during the fellowship year at the Center.