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Fellows Update Fall 2010
October 05, 2010
New publications, new appointments, and plenty of awards—here’s what we’ve heard from you since April. And look for a full list of fellows’ publications in the 2009-10 Annual Report, which will be published later this fall. Remember to stay in touch, and if you have news to share, send an email to shc-newsletter@stanford.edu. 2007-08 MICHAEL BRATMAN gave the Presidential Address on “Agency, Time, and Sociality” to the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association in San Francisco last April. BENJAMIN LAZIER won the Best First Book in History of Religions from the American Academy of Religion for More»
Call for Nominations for International Scholars 2011-12
July 01, 2010
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 2011-2012. Stanford University departments, programs, and research centers are each eligible to nominate one candidate for consideration through their chair or director. Nominations must be submitted by November 1, 2010. About the Residencies The purpose of the residencies is to bring high-profile international scholars into the intellectual life of Stanford, targeting those scholars who would be of particular interest to departments and other units on campus and who fit within the More»
Call for Nominations for Arts Writers/Practitioners 2011-12
July 01, 2010
The Stanford Humanities Center and the Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts (SiCa) intend to offer up to two short-term residencies to arts writer/ practitioners in academic year 2011-12. Stanford University departments, programs, and research centers are each eligible to nominate one candidate for consideration through their chair or director. Nominations must be submitted by November 1, 2010. About the Residencies The purpose of the residencies is to bring high-profile arts writer/practitioners into the intellectual life of Stanford, targeting especially those scholars who would be of particular interest to departments and other units on campus and who More»
Center Director Aron Rodrigue Quoted in the New York Times
June 14, 2010
Humanities Center director Aron Rodrigue was quoted in a recent New York Times article on the genetic similarity of Jews. Rodrigue is an internationally renowned scholar of modern Jewish history and the Ottoman Empire. At Stanford since 1991, he is currently the Anthony P. Meier Famiy Professor and Director of the Stanford Humanities Center. Read the article: Studies Show Jews’ Genetic Similarity More»
Former Director John Bender Publishes "The Culture of Diagram"
June 10, 2010
Former Humanities Center director and Stanford English professor John Bender has co-authored a book with Stanford art history professor Michael Marrinan called The Culture of Diagram (Stanford University Press, 2010). The Culture of Diagram explores a terrain where words meet pictures and formulas meet figures, foregrounding diagrams as tools for blurring those boundaries to focus on the production of knowledge as process. It outlines a history of convergence among diverse streams of data in real-time: from eighteenth-century print media and the diagrammatic procedures in the pages of Diderot’s Encyclopedia to the paintings of Jacques-Louis David and mathematical devices that More»
How is Innovation Taught? On the Humanities and the Knowledge Economy
April 27, 2010
Former fellow (2008-09) Dan Edelstein’s recent essay in Liberal Education reflects on the central role the humanities play in developing innovative thinking. Edelstein asserts that while the humanities are not more innovative than the sciences, they do require students to practice innovative thinking earlier on in their studies. Read the full article» Dan Edelstein is assistant professor of French at Stanford University and the author of The Terror of Natural Right: Republicanism, the Cult of Nature, and the French Revolution (University of Chicago Press, 2009). More»
Fellows Update Spring 2010
April 19, 2010
Here is what we have heard from you since February. Please stay in touch, and if you have news to share, send an email to shc-newsletter@stanford.edu. 2004-2005 BRETT WHALEN published his first book, Dominion of God: Christendom and Apocalypse in the Middle Ages (Harvard University Press, 2009). 1997-98 JOHN BENDER (also 1988-89) and Michael Marrinan (Art and Art History) published The Culture of Diagram (Stanford University Press, 2010). The Culture of Diagram explores a terrain where words meet pictures and formulas meet figures, foregrounding diagrams as tools for blurring those boundaries to focus on the production More»
Humanities Center-SiCa Arts Writers/Practitioners in Residence 2010-11
April 14, 2010
The Stanford Humanities Center and the Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts (SiCa) are pleased to announce that two international artists have been chosen to come to Stanford in 2010-11 as part of a jointly sponsored pilot program. Nominated by Stanford departments and research centers, the artists will be on campus for four-week residencies. They will have offices at the Humanities Center and will be affiliated with their nominating unit, the Humanities Center, and SiCa. These residencies bring high-profile arts writers/practitioners into the intellectual life of the university, targeting artists whose arts practice and writing engage with the More»
Mary Robinson Speaks at Stanford
April 13, 2010
Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson spoke about human rights at Stanford on Monday, drawing from her past work as the United Nations high commissioner for human rights and on her more recent work with nonprofits, such as Realize Rights. She focused on practical action and the role Stanford could play in the process. Robinson’s lecture was part of the Presidential Lecture series sponsored by the Office of the President and put on by the Stanford Humanities Center. Read article in the Stanford Report: ”The world needs a ‘shared view’ of human rights, says Ireland’s former president” Read More»
Stanford Humanities Center Names 2010-11 Fellows
April 09, 2010
The Stanford Humanities Center has named 21 fellows for the 2010-11 academic year. Chosen from a pool of nearly 500 applicants, including a record number of external applicants, the 2010-11 cohort comprises scholars from other institutions, as well as Stanford faculty and advanced Stanford graduate students. They will pursue individual research and writing for the full academic year while contributing to the Stanford community through their participation in workshops, lectures, and courses. The Humanities Center will also host a series of month-long visitors throughout the year through two new programs: one for international scholars (jointly sponsored with the Freeman More»
October 05, 2010
New publications, new appointments, and plenty of awards—here’s what we’ve heard from you since April. And look for a full list of fellows’ publications in the 2009-10 Annual Report, which will be published later this fall. Remember to stay in touch, and if you have news to share, send an email to shc-newsletter@stanford.edu. 2007-08 MICHAEL BRATMAN gave the Presidential Address on “Agency, Time, and Sociality” to the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association in San Francisco last April. BENJAMIN LAZIER won the Best First Book in History of Religions from the American Academy of Religion for More»
Call for Nominations for International Scholars 2011-12
July 01, 2010
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 2011-2012. Stanford University departments, programs, and research centers are each eligible to nominate one candidate for consideration through their chair or director. Nominations must be submitted by November 1, 2010. About the Residencies The purpose of the residencies is to bring high-profile international scholars into the intellectual life of Stanford, targeting those scholars who would be of particular interest to departments and other units on campus and who fit within the More»
Call for Nominations for Arts Writers/Practitioners 2011-12
July 01, 2010
The Stanford Humanities Center and the Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts (SiCa) intend to offer up to two short-term residencies to arts writer/ practitioners in academic year 2011-12. Stanford University departments, programs, and research centers are each eligible to nominate one candidate for consideration through their chair or director. Nominations must be submitted by November 1, 2010. About the Residencies The purpose of the residencies is to bring high-profile arts writer/practitioners into the intellectual life of Stanford, targeting especially those scholars who would be of particular interest to departments and other units on campus and who More»
Center Director Aron Rodrigue Quoted in the New York Times
June 14, 2010
Humanities Center director Aron Rodrigue was quoted in a recent New York Times article on the genetic similarity of Jews. Rodrigue is an internationally renowned scholar of modern Jewish history and the Ottoman Empire. At Stanford since 1991, he is currently the Anthony P. Meier Famiy Professor and Director of the Stanford Humanities Center. Read the article: Studies Show Jews’ Genetic Similarity More»
Former Director John Bender Publishes "The Culture of Diagram"
June 10, 2010
Former Humanities Center director and Stanford English professor John Bender has co-authored a book with Stanford art history professor Michael Marrinan called The Culture of Diagram (Stanford University Press, 2010). The Culture of Diagram explores a terrain where words meet pictures and formulas meet figures, foregrounding diagrams as tools for blurring those boundaries to focus on the production of knowledge as process. It outlines a history of convergence among diverse streams of data in real-time: from eighteenth-century print media and the diagrammatic procedures in the pages of Diderot’s Encyclopedia to the paintings of Jacques-Louis David and mathematical devices that More»
How is Innovation Taught? On the Humanities and the Knowledge Economy
April 27, 2010
Former fellow (2008-09) Dan Edelstein’s recent essay in Liberal Education reflects on the central role the humanities play in developing innovative thinking. Edelstein asserts that while the humanities are not more innovative than the sciences, they do require students to practice innovative thinking earlier on in their studies. Read the full article» Dan Edelstein is assistant professor of French at Stanford University and the author of The Terror of Natural Right: Republicanism, the Cult of Nature, and the French Revolution (University of Chicago Press, 2009). More»
Fellows Update Spring 2010
April 19, 2010
Here is what we have heard from you since February. Please stay in touch, and if you have news to share, send an email to shc-newsletter@stanford.edu. 2004-2005 BRETT WHALEN published his first book, Dominion of God: Christendom and Apocalypse in the Middle Ages (Harvard University Press, 2009). 1997-98 JOHN BENDER (also 1988-89) and Michael Marrinan (Art and Art History) published The Culture of Diagram (Stanford University Press, 2010). The Culture of Diagram explores a terrain where words meet pictures and formulas meet figures, foregrounding diagrams as tools for blurring those boundaries to focus on the production More»
Humanities Center-SiCa Arts Writers/Practitioners in Residence 2010-11
April 14, 2010
The Stanford Humanities Center and the Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts (SiCa) are pleased to announce that two international artists have been chosen to come to Stanford in 2010-11 as part of a jointly sponsored pilot program. Nominated by Stanford departments and research centers, the artists will be on campus for four-week residencies. They will have offices at the Humanities Center and will be affiliated with their nominating unit, the Humanities Center, and SiCa. These residencies bring high-profile arts writers/practitioners into the intellectual life of the university, targeting artists whose arts practice and writing engage with the More»
Mary Robinson Speaks at Stanford
April 13, 2010
Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson spoke about human rights at Stanford on Monday, drawing from her past work as the United Nations high commissioner for human rights and on her more recent work with nonprofits, such as Realize Rights. She focused on practical action and the role Stanford could play in the process. Robinson’s lecture was part of the Presidential Lecture series sponsored by the Office of the President and put on by the Stanford Humanities Center. Read article in the Stanford Report: ”The world needs a ‘shared view’ of human rights, says Ireland’s former president” Read More»
Stanford Humanities Center Names 2010-11 Fellows
April 09, 2010
The Stanford Humanities Center has named 21 fellows for the 2010-11 academic year. Chosen from a pool of nearly 500 applicants, including a record number of external applicants, the 2010-11 cohort comprises scholars from other institutions, as well as Stanford faculty and advanced Stanford graduate students. They will pursue individual research and writing for the full academic year while contributing to the Stanford community through their participation in workshops, lectures, and courses. The Humanities Center will also host a series of month-long visitors throughout the year through two new programs: one for international scholars (jointly sponsored with the Freeman More»