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The Intellectual in a Time of Crisis | 2026 Spring Celebration

Featuring Presentations by SHC Fellows on May 21
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Ana Nunez

Dynasty, Identity, Authority

An Interview with SHC Digital Public Fellow Ana C. Núñez
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The Locations of Value(s)

Read the Spring 2025 - Fall 2025 Issue of Dibur
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Joy and the Politics of the Public Good

A Book Chapter by Stacy M. Hartman and Bianca C. Williams from the Reframing the PhD Colloquy
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Purpose, Then Path: A Practical Guide to Starting the Conversation

A Book Chapter by Leonard Cassuto and Robert Weisbuch from the Reframing the PhD Colloquy
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Introduction to Graduate Education for a Thriving Humanities Ecosystem

A Book Chapter by Stacy M. Hartman and Yevgenya Strakovsky from the Reframing the PhD Colloquy
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The Senegal Liberations Project: A Tool for Research and Teaching
by Richard L. Roberts, Fatoumata Seck, and Rebecca Wall
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In the Shadow of El Tajín The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico
by Sam Holley-Kline (SHC Fellow '19)
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Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment
by Rhae Lynn Barnes (SHC Fellow '21)
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Those Who Are Like That: Performing Queer Belonging Through P’urhépecha Indigenous Practices of El Costumbre
by Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Mario A. Gómez Zamora
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Foremother Love: Phillis Wheatley and Black Feminist Criticism
by Dana Murphy (SHC Fellow '25)
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Stanford Humanities Review: An Annual Journal of Research and Reflection
by contributors to Arcade
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Digital Humanities Quarterly Special Issue: The Politics and Ethics of Naming the Names of Enslaved People in Digital Humanities Projects
by Richard Roberts, Rebecca Wall, and Fatoumata Seck (all former SHC Fellows)
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The Edinburgh Companion to Women in Publishing, 1900–2020
by Alice Staveley (SHC Fellow '21)
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L' Ebola, les bombes et les migrants
by Joanne Liu (Bliss Carnochan International Visitor, '20)
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