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2010-11 fellowship competition for Stanford faculty and students is now open.

November 17, 2009

Internal Faculty Fellowships are intended primarily for active Stanford academic council faculty, but lecturers and senior lecturers with continuing appointments and emeriti faculty may also apply. One goal of the fellowship selection process is to create a diverse community of scholars across the spectrum of academic fields and ranks.

The Humanities Center also offers year-long residential fellowships to Stanford graduate students and quarter- to year-long research assistantships to Stanford undergraduates.

Former Fellow Terry Castle elected to PEN American Center

November 17, 2009

PEN American Center is the U.S. branch of the world's oldest international literary and human rights organization. International PEN was founded in 1921 in direct response to the ethnic and national divisions that contributed to the First World War. PEN American Center was founded in 1922 and is the largest of the 144 PEN centers in 101 countries that together compose International PEN. Read the full article>>

Carol Shloss wins settlement against James Joyce Estate

October 02, 2009

Former fellow Carol Shloss (2007-08) has won a breakthrough settlement against the James Joyce Estate, a legal saga that has gone on for the good part of two decades. The scholar's six-figure settlement gives hope to researchers whose work is threatened by overly aggressive copyright holders. Read the full article>>

New collaboration with Mellon Fellowship program

October 02, 2009

The Humanities Center has initiated a new collaboration with the recently renamed Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities, a program of postdoctoral fellowships at Stanford.

Publicity survey results

October 02, 2009

At the beginning of the summer, we sent out a general publicity survey and a survey of our graduate fellows. The participation was tremendous and the feedback has helped to shape our ideas about our communications materials.

Fellows update

October 02, 2009

Here's what we've heard from you. A full list of fellows’ publications for academic year 2008-09 will be published in the Annual Report. Please stay in touch, and if you have news to share, send an email to shc-newsletter@stanford.edu.

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Center launches new website

October 01, 2009

As some of you may have discovered, we recently updated the look and feel of the Humanities Center website. As part of this effort, we also redesigned the information architecture of the site. We are excited about the successful completion of this project and hope that you will enjoy the results.

The new website is designed to improve access to information about the Center's fellowships, workshops, research collaborations, and public events, and to highlight the impact of these programs. New features include:

President Obama awards upcoming Presidential Lecturer, Mary Robinson, the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom

August 11, 2009

Mary Robinson, 2009-10 Stanford Presidential Lecturer, has been named by US President Barack Obama as one of the recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Medal of Freedom is the highest US civilian honor, awarded to "individuals who make an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors."

Interview with former fellow Jann Pasler on Rorotoko

July 30, 2009

Rorotoko recently published a feature interview with former fellow Jann Pasler on her recent publication Composing the Citizen: Music as Public Utility in Third Republic France (University of California Press, 2009).

René Girard scrutinizes the human condition from creation to apocalypse

July 29, 2009

Emeritus French professor and former fellow René Girard is one of only 40 members, or immortels, of the Académie Francaise, France's highest intellectual honor.

In this rare interview with Stanford's Cynthia Haven, he admits that few people here understand quite what he does. Read the article in the Stanford Magazine. 
 

Thitinan Pongsudhirak comments on U.S. ties to Southeast Asia in WSJ

July 23, 2009

Incoming 2009-10 international visitor Thitinan Pongsudhirak commented on America's ties to Southeast Asian nations in the July 22 edition of the Wall Street Journal. Following Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's attendance at the summit of the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Thailand, Pongsudirak said that "America is shaping itself to be a real player in the region again." Hilary Clinton signed ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC), opening the door to this important regional forum.

 

2009-10 Speakers Mary Robinson Mary Robinson 2009-2010

Mary Robinson, the first woman President of Ireland (1990-1997) and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002), will be visiting Stanford as a 2009-10 Presidential Lecturer. Mary Robinson was recently awarded a 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama.