Humanities

Why cancel culture doesn’t exist

In a new book, humanities scholar Adrian Daub examines the global panic around the American cancel culture phenomenon—and argues that it’s just the latest reaction to generational change. 

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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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A ‘deep time revolution’ paved the way to American modernity, Stanford historian asserts

Photo of Caroline Winterer and cover of How the New World Became Old

How the New World Became Old by Caroline Winterer, History

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Stanford art historian uncovers portrait linked to famed female Renaissance painter

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H&S welcomes 19 new faculty members