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Michael Ignatieff, former leader of the Canadian Liberal Party, urges a return to civility and compromise in politics
November 07, 2012
During the annual Stanford Humanities Center Presidential Lecture, Michael Ignatieff, the former leader of the Canadian Liberal Party, underscored how the acrimonious nature of partisan politics is causing voters to walk away from democracy. By Corrie Goldman Michael Ignatieff has a unique perspective on politics. As a scholar of history, he has studied political theory and written about international affairs. As the former leader of the Canadian Liberal Party, he has firsthand experience in the political realm. Speaking recently to an audience at the Stanford Humanities Center, Ignatieff described a "crisis of representation" that he sees emerging from the increasingly divided political culture More»
Levinthal Hall Renovation Complete
September 28, 2012
This summer, Levinthal Hall was renovated, primarily to install a new, quieter air conditioning system. Audience members will now be able to hear speakers much more clearly. In addition, new lights were installed, including a set of spotlights at the front of the room. The other audio-visual equipment was updated and includes a brand new set of speakers. Visitors to the Center and event organizers alike should be very pleased with these upgrades. More»
2011-12 Fellows Make Class Gift to International Visitors Program
September 28, 2012
Thank You to 2011-12 Fellows! Each of the 2011-12 fellows contributed to a class gift that has become the seed fund to endow the International Visitors Program at the Humanities Center. As many of you know, this Program was piloted four years ago and brings high-profile scholars from around the world to campus for one-month residencies. We are so grateful for the support and appreciate that every fellow participated in this group gift. Learn more about the International Visitors Program. More»
Undergraduate Fellowship Research Assistants Bring Benefits and Surprises
September 20, 2012
By Michael Marconi On May 22, an audience assembled at the Stanford Humanities Center for a “Tuesday Talk.” Internal and external fellows, international visitors, graduate students and Center staff crowded the Board Room. This was no ordinary “Tuesday Talk;” it was the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, in which five students reported on the research they had conducted during the year. These five students, each paired with one of the Center’s fellows, spent the year researching a single topic related to their and their fellows’ common interests. For undergraduates, this provided an opportunity to experience the intellectual life of the humanities early in More»
Fellows Updates Fall 2012
September 19, 2012
These are updates you have submitted. The list of new book publications will be included in our Annual Report, coming this November. If you have any exciting news to share, please email shc-newsletter@stanford.edu! 2010-2011 GIORGIO RIELLO was promoted to a professorship in Global History and Culture at Warwick University. 2008-2009 MUNKH-ERDENE LKHAMSUREN will be a member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, for 2012-2013. 2007-2008 MIRIAM LEONARD was appointed to Full Professor at University College London in October 2011. Her title is Professor of Greek Literature and its Reception. 2006-2007 CHRISTINE GUTH published two articles: “The Local and the Global: Hokusai’s Great Wave in Contemporary Product More»
Call for Nominations for FSI-Humanities Center International Visitors 2013-14
July 11, 2012
Nomination Deadline: November 12, 2012 The Stanford Humanities Center and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) intend to offer up to four short-term residencies to international scholars in academic year 2013-2014. Residencies will be approximately four weeks. Depending on the availability of funds, longer visits of up to eight weeks may be possible. This will be the fifth year of the program; view the list of 2012-13 visiting scholars. The purpose of the residencies is to bring next generation leading scholars into the intellectual life of Stanford, targeting those scholars who would be of particular interest to departments and other units More»
Humanities Center Funds 16 Workshops for 2012-13
June 22, 2012
The Humanities Center is pleased to announce that it will fund 16 Theodore and Frances Geballe Workshop Research Workshops for 2012-13. Of the 16 workshops, 8 are new for this year. The workshops cover a broad range of topics, including Equality of Educational Opportunity, Cognition & Language, and Visualizing Complexity and Uncertainty, which focuses on the digital humanities. Chosen by an interdisciplinary Stanford faculty committee, the workshops aim to bring together faculty members and graduate students in cross-disciplinary dialogue. Many workshop meetings are open to the public and will be posted on the calendar as soon as information is available. Cities Unbound The More»
Dissertation Writing Group to Continue in 2012-13
May 23, 2012
The Stanford Humanities Center will sponsor a Dissertation Writing Group in 2012-13. This program fosters intensive and supportive exchange across humanistic fields for those in the final stages of dissertation writing. Graduate students from a variety of humanities departments present and discuss their work in a multidisciplinary context. Students whose projects cut across a number of fields may find this forum especially helpful to their scholarship. Eligibility Stanford graduate students from humanities departments who have advanced to the chapter-writing phase of the dissertation. Commitment Meetings will be held at the Humanities Center from 4 to 6 pm on Thursdays every other week. Eligible students may More»
Fellows Spotlight: Johanna Yunker
May 21, 2012
by Brianne Felsher Art cannot be separated from the history and culture that surround and influence it. Johanna Yunker is proving this point in “Socialism and Feminism in East German Opera,” the dissertation she is writing as a graduate student of musicology at Stanford University and a Geballe Dissertation Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center. Her work looks at the careers and works of two East German artists: Ruth Zechlin, composer and musician, and Ruth Berghaus, opera director and choreographer. How were these women’s lives and artistic products influenced by the socialist state? By the avant-garde art community? By East Germany’s More»
FSI-Humanities Center International Visitor Spotlight: Patrick Wolfe
May 18, 2012
By Camryn Douglass Patrick Wolfe is a professor of history at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia and an FSI-Humanities Center International Visitor for 2011-12 in May. We spoke with him a bit about his time at Stanford last week: What are you working on while at Stanford University? What I’m trying to do while I’m here is finish off a large book that tries to put fairly well understood histories of the American West in comparative perspective. I’m organizing established, known material into an understanding that puts settler-colonialism as the primary factor involved in the history of the United States West in More»
November 07, 2012
During the annual Stanford Humanities Center Presidential Lecture, Michael Ignatieff, the former leader of the Canadian Liberal Party, underscored how the acrimonious nature of partisan politics is causing voters to walk away from democracy. By Corrie Goldman Michael Ignatieff has a unique perspective on politics. As a scholar of history, he has studied political theory and written about international affairs. As the former leader of the Canadian Liberal Party, he has firsthand experience in the political realm. Speaking recently to an audience at the Stanford Humanities Center, Ignatieff described a "crisis of representation" that he sees emerging from the increasingly divided political culture More»
Levinthal Hall Renovation Complete
September 28, 2012
This summer, Levinthal Hall was renovated, primarily to install a new, quieter air conditioning system. Audience members will now be able to hear speakers much more clearly. In addition, new lights were installed, including a set of spotlights at the front of the room. The other audio-visual equipment was updated and includes a brand new set of speakers. Visitors to the Center and event organizers alike should be very pleased with these upgrades. More»
2011-12 Fellows Make Class Gift to International Visitors Program
September 28, 2012
Thank You to 2011-12 Fellows! Each of the 2011-12 fellows contributed to a class gift that has become the seed fund to endow the International Visitors Program at the Humanities Center. As many of you know, this Program was piloted four years ago and brings high-profile scholars from around the world to campus for one-month residencies. We are so grateful for the support and appreciate that every fellow participated in this group gift. Learn more about the International Visitors Program. More»
Undergraduate Fellowship Research Assistants Bring Benefits and Surprises
September 20, 2012
By Michael Marconi On May 22, an audience assembled at the Stanford Humanities Center for a “Tuesday Talk.” Internal and external fellows, international visitors, graduate students and Center staff crowded the Board Room. This was no ordinary “Tuesday Talk;” it was the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, in which five students reported on the research they had conducted during the year. These five students, each paired with one of the Center’s fellows, spent the year researching a single topic related to their and their fellows’ common interests. For undergraduates, this provided an opportunity to experience the intellectual life of the humanities early in More»
Fellows Updates Fall 2012
September 19, 2012
These are updates you have submitted. The list of new book publications will be included in our Annual Report, coming this November. If you have any exciting news to share, please email shc-newsletter@stanford.edu! 2010-2011 GIORGIO RIELLO was promoted to a professorship in Global History and Culture at Warwick University. 2008-2009 MUNKH-ERDENE LKHAMSUREN will be a member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, for 2012-2013. 2007-2008 MIRIAM LEONARD was appointed to Full Professor at University College London in October 2011. Her title is Professor of Greek Literature and its Reception. 2006-2007 CHRISTINE GUTH published two articles: “The Local and the Global: Hokusai’s Great Wave in Contemporary Product More»
Call for Nominations for FSI-Humanities Center International Visitors 2013-14
July 11, 2012
Nomination Deadline: November 12, 2012 The Stanford Humanities Center and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) intend to offer up to four short-term residencies to international scholars in academic year 2013-2014. Residencies will be approximately four weeks. Depending on the availability of funds, longer visits of up to eight weeks may be possible. This will be the fifth year of the program; view the list of 2012-13 visiting scholars. The purpose of the residencies is to bring next generation leading scholars into the intellectual life of Stanford, targeting those scholars who would be of particular interest to departments and other units More»
Humanities Center Funds 16 Workshops for 2012-13
June 22, 2012
The Humanities Center is pleased to announce that it will fund 16 Theodore and Frances Geballe Workshop Research Workshops for 2012-13. Of the 16 workshops, 8 are new for this year. The workshops cover a broad range of topics, including Equality of Educational Opportunity, Cognition & Language, and Visualizing Complexity and Uncertainty, which focuses on the digital humanities. Chosen by an interdisciplinary Stanford faculty committee, the workshops aim to bring together faculty members and graduate students in cross-disciplinary dialogue. Many workshop meetings are open to the public and will be posted on the calendar as soon as information is available. Cities Unbound The More»
Dissertation Writing Group to Continue in 2012-13
May 23, 2012
The Stanford Humanities Center will sponsor a Dissertation Writing Group in 2012-13. This program fosters intensive and supportive exchange across humanistic fields for those in the final stages of dissertation writing. Graduate students from a variety of humanities departments present and discuss their work in a multidisciplinary context. Students whose projects cut across a number of fields may find this forum especially helpful to their scholarship. Eligibility Stanford graduate students from humanities departments who have advanced to the chapter-writing phase of the dissertation. Commitment Meetings will be held at the Humanities Center from 4 to 6 pm on Thursdays every other week. Eligible students may More»
Fellows Spotlight: Johanna Yunker
May 21, 2012
by Brianne Felsher Art cannot be separated from the history and culture that surround and influence it. Johanna Yunker is proving this point in “Socialism and Feminism in East German Opera,” the dissertation she is writing as a graduate student of musicology at Stanford University and a Geballe Dissertation Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center. Her work looks at the careers and works of two East German artists: Ruth Zechlin, composer and musician, and Ruth Berghaus, opera director and choreographer. How were these women’s lives and artistic products influenced by the socialist state? By the avant-garde art community? By East Germany’s More»
FSI-Humanities Center International Visitor Spotlight: Patrick Wolfe
May 18, 2012
By Camryn Douglass Patrick Wolfe is a professor of history at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia and an FSI-Humanities Center International Visitor for 2011-12 in May. We spoke with him a bit about his time at Stanford last week: What are you working on while at Stanford University? What I’m trying to do while I’m here is finish off a large book that tries to put fairly well understood histories of the American West in comparative perspective. I’m organizing established, known material into an understanding that puts settler-colonialism as the primary factor involved in the history of the United States West in More»