International Visitors Program

The purpose of the International Visitors Program is to bring to Stanford leading scholars who are of particular interest to departments and other units on campus and who fit within the mission of the Humanities Center. Often, these experts work in similar fields or on complementary projects to their campus counterparts. During their stay, International Visitors share their research and engage with faculty and students to develop ongoing intellectual collaborations.

Stanford departments, programs, research centers, and institutes can each nominate one candidate to be considered for a residency. A committee convened by the Humanities Center selects fellows from among the candidates. Visitors are chosen for their ability to expose the campus to new and relevant research agendas or geographic regions, and the likelihood that the residency will result in lasting scholarly contributions. Especially appropriate are candidates who are finishing a project and are in position to share the results with colleagues on campus. 

International Visitors are awarded a stipend to support housing expenses during the one-month residency. The Humanities Center works with the visitors to arrange visas and travel reimbursements. Nominating departments are responsible for costs associated with the events they host while the visitor is in residence (e.g., research talks, receptions). As active participants in Stanford’s intellectual community, the International Visitors have an office at the Humanities Center, share lunch with the Center fellows, and take part in workshops, meetings, and lectures at the Center. Visitors are fully integrated into campus life, leading guest sections in Stanford undergraduate and graduate classes, giving lectures and presentations on their areas of expertise, carrying out joint projects with Stanford colleagues, and conducting research in libraries and archives.

Former international visitors

For further questions about the International Visitors Program, please contact Svetlana Turetskaya, International and Academic Programs Manager. 
 

Support the International Visitors Program

Support the International Visitors Program

The International Visitors Program helps strengthen Stanford’s ties with universities worldwide. Expendable gifts are critical to the program's existence.

Naming Opportunities

A pledge of $20,000 a year for three years will name an international visitor each year during that period. This amount provides comprehensive support for the visitor’s residency.

Expendable Gifts

Expendable funds are critical to sustaining core aspects of this vital program. A gift of $15,000 will help support the residency of one international visitor.

General Gifts

Gifts of any amount are gratefully accepted and provide essential programmatic support.

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Information for Nominating Departments

Eligibility

Stanford departments, programs, and research centers and institutes are each eligible to nominate one candidate for a residency for the following academic year through their chair or director. Preference will be given to departments, programs and research centers that did not host a Humanities Center visitor during the previous year.

Nominating units are asked to commit to hosting two activities with the candidate, should the nomination be successful. Examples of such activities include: student workshops, faculty discussion sessions, departmental lectures, and participation in departmental colloquia. Visitors may not offer courses for credit.

Selections will be made by a committee convened by the Humanities Center. Especially appropriate are candidates who are finishing a project and are in a position to share the results with colleagues on campus.

Nomination Process

Nominations by Stanford organizations should include:

• Brief rationale for nomination (approximately 500-1,000 words) submitted by the department chair or program director including a précis of the candidateʼs profile and an explanation of how the candidate would fit with the mission of the Humanities Center.
• Nomineeʼs vita, preferably in .pdf format.
• A commitment from the nominating unit to host two events with a selected candidate, along with a brief proposal for a possible activity (no more than one paragraph). Examples of such activities include: student workshops, faculty discussion sessions, departmental lectures, participation in departmental colloquia. Note that these visitors may not offer courses for credit.
• Additional letters of support from other Stanford units, indicating that the candidate would be of interest to their community, may also be submitted.