The Stanford Humanities Center

09/03/2026

Our Executive Director Helen Malko headlines a panel with the Assyrian Studies Association and the Department of Ancient West Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Sept. 16, 6 PM EST / 3 PM PST.
Register 🔗 https://shorturl.at/SDjdO

08/25/2026

Browse the latest books written by H&S faculty, including Rose Salseda, Adrian Daub, and Chang-rae Lee here: https://brnw.ch/21x5aat

08/19/2026

In "Unrest: Art in the Aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots," art scholar and 2026–27 SHC Fellow Rose Salseda chronicles intergenerational, cross-racial experiences through the prism of art.

In Unrest: Art in the Aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, art scholar Rose Salseda chronicles intergenerational, cross-racial experiences through the prism of art.

08/10/2026

📣 Fellowship applications for the 2027–28 academic year are now open. The Center is a world-renowned hub for advanced research, inspiring the work of innovative scholars at all stages in their academic careers. 👇
https://stanford.io/3YzDqRI

08/03/2026

Congratulations to Antonio López (SHC Fellow '26) on his second collection of poetry, "The Right to Remain Violets," which is now available for preorder. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4ySb4UF

07/30/2026

A meditation on a work of sociology from 1989 Croatia discusses different types of intellectuals' silences, the reasoning behind them, and their effect on the societies in which they take place.

07/08/2026

What might it mean, in our respective fields and lines of work, to act as “a catalyst who sets the wheels in motion”? SHC Faculty Fellow Fatoumata Seck discusses a quote by Senegalese writer and filmmaker Ousmane Sembène about the role of the artist or intellectual in times of revolution.

What might it mean, in our respective fields and lines of work, to act as “a catalyst who sets the wheels in motion”? Seck discusses a quote by Senegalese writer and filmmaker Ousmane Sembène about the role of the artist or intellectual in times of revolution.

07/04/2026

🇺🇸 Most people don’t look at the Declaration of Independence and think, “What if we took words away?” But Johanna Drucker (SHC Fellow '09) did just that, and the result is a striking new way to read one of America’s most iconic documents.

Johanna Drucker’s "Re-Declaration" demonstrates how the nation’s founding ideals resonate just a strongly today.

06/30/2026

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Mario A. Gómez Zamora reflects on his academic journey, and the importance of his community origins to both his scholarship and his life.

Zamora reflects on his academic journey, and the importance of his community origins to both his scholarship and his life.

06/24/2026

What is the responsibility of intellectuals in a world on fire? In this ongoing Colloquy, SHC Fellows reflect on how research in the humanities meets the present moment.

Trivedi traces the evolution of crisis over the last hundred years or so, with a particular focus on how the concept has changed, especially in political philosophy contexts, in the first quarter of our present century.