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Graciela Teresa de Pierris, historian of modern philosophy, dies at 74

Her scholarship led to insights on Hume, Locke, Descartes, and others.

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Portrait of Graciela De Pierris
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Portrait of Nicholas Jenkins

New book explores poet W.H. Auden’s life between two world wars

An old book showing poetry

New Center for Poetics ‘supports and encourages the vitality of the field’

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Debra Satz awarded Romanell-Phi Beta Kappa Professorship

Portrait of Adrian Daub

Why cancel culture doesn’t exist

Two people sit with their backs together, in disagreement

Teaching skills for challenging times

Elizabeth Bernhardt-Kamil

Elizabeth Buchter Bernhardt-Kamil, longtime director of the Language Center, pioneering scholar, and beloved mentor, has died

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Historian Jonathan Gienapp challenges originalist interpretations of the Constitution

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Dafna Zur receives Korean Order of Culture Merit

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The School of Humanities and Sciences is the foundation of a liberal arts education at Stanford. The school encompasses 24 departments and 25 interdisciplinary programs. It is the university's home for fundamental research, where free, open, and critical inquiry is pursued across disciplines.

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