
Stanford Public Humanities
Public Humanities advances research in the humanities, arts, and social sciences critical to the understanding of our rapidly changing human experience and ensures that these ideas reach a broad public.

Art by Kristina Closs
"In Their Own Words" new essay and radio series features faculty voices
Stanford faculty reflect on a question or topic they have been grappling with throughout their careers.

For graduate students
The Public Humanities Initiative facilitates a path to public engagement and publication for students interested in writing about the arts and humanities for a wide popular audience.

The Feminist Present
Hosts Adrian Daub and Laura Goode welcome a range of feminists from academia, journalism, activism, and more in "The Feminist Present," the 1st podcast from the Clayman Institute for Gender Research.

'Arabology' Podcast
For over a decade, Stanford Arabic Lecturer Ramzi Salti champions indie arab musicians with 'Arabology' podcast

hosts of Philosophy talk at a live taping
Philosophy Talk Radio
Join philosophers in conversation about issues ranging from popular culture to our most deeply held beliefs about science, morality, and the human condition.

Andrew Brodhead/Stanford News
So, you want to write an op-ed? The Public Humanities can help.
So, you want to write an op-ed? The Public Humanities can help.
The program aims to equip faculty and students with the skills to engage in public discourse and communicate their ideas outside the halls of academia.

Faculty in the News
- America Is a Nation of Immigrants That Has Not Lived Up to Its Promise | Ana Raquel Minian (History) | New York Times
- Presidential pardon power shouldn’t include amnesty | Bernadette Meyler | Law
- It will take more than sanctuary status to protect California undocumented communities | Antero Garcia (Education) | San Francisco Chronicle
- Your Cynicism Isn't Helping Anybody | Jamil Zaki (History) | Time
Did Ronald Reagan Pave the Way for Donald Trump? | Jennifer Burns (History) | New York Times
Events
424 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford, CA 94305
The Public Humanities Initiative, and its flagship "What Is A Public Intellectual Today?" speaker series, invite you to a public interview with acclaimed…
459 Lagunita Drive, Stanford, CA 94305
Oak Lounge
Join us for a reading and conversation with Mosab Abu Toha, the internationally acclaimed Palestinian poet, short-story writer, and essayist from Gaza. His newest poetry collection Forest of Noise…
290 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford Public Humanities and the Creative Writing Program invite you to a reading and conversation with poet and novelist sam sax. Sax is the author of Yr Dead, longlisted for The…