Stanford Humanities Center
About
The Stanford Humanities Center confronts this moment in history and culture with insights into the questions that define our world.
The humanities—philosophy, history, literature, art history, classics, music, and religion, among other disciplines—investigate ideas and culture, as the sciences and the social sciences demonstrate their own ways of thinking about the world. These core disciplines enjoy long histories as foundations of knowledge, while newer, interdisciplinary fields such as the study of race, gender, or performance afford their distinctive insights. As a Center we promote provocative discussions, the exchange of ideas across languages and cultures, and continual, rigorous reflection on how knowledge is made.
The Center sponsors advanced research in the humanities and the interpretive social sciences by investing in experiences—fellowships, workshops, lectures, and other events—that enrich knowledge in and across the disciplines. The internationally renowned Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA), now part of the Humanities Center, embraces emerging digital methodologies and tools to complement existing traditional research methods of analysis and interpretation. Together, the Stanford Humanities Center and CESTA serve as the hub of an international network of fellows, visiting scholars, students, and alumni.
The Humanities Center has always been one of Stanford’s many gems, a place for top scholars—near and far, established and upcoming—to pursue important questions at the heart of the human experience.
