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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. 

 

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"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.

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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. 

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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

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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.

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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.​​​​​​​

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Faculty in the News

Events

February
27
Date
Thursday, February 27, 2025, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location
Humanities Center
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…

April
3
Date
Thursday, April 3, 2025, 5:30pm
Location
Tresidder Union
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…

April
9
Date
Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 6:30pm
Location
John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Rotunda, E241
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…