Humanities
Stanford dance performance mixes it up, hip hop to classical
Fusing and juxtaposing classical ballet with Jamaican vernacular dance, West African, Aztec, hip hop, jazz and contemporary concert dance, Friday's "Chocolate Heads Meets Beatflippers" mixes about 10 different dance styles from all over the world.
U.S. poet laureate Kay Ryan speaks, teaches at Stanford
Kay Ryan may have dreamed of becoming a carpenter, but when she was about 10, she had "an amazing dream where I was chasing a piece of paper. And I know it had the most beautiful poem in the world on it," recalled the U.S. poet laureate, who is teaching a class at Stanford.
Stanford dancers delve into the physics of falling
This weekend, Stanford dancers explore the effects of gravity, with free performances Friday and Saturday night.
3.3.10
George Dekker, scholar of British and American literature, dies at 75
A gifted administrator as well as a scholar, Dekker brought to his work “care, industry, candor and the ability to tell the truth."
Stanford scholar links Rome and America in Philadelphia exhibition
From colonial art and education to 21st-century political ideals, historian Caroline Winterer discusses ancient Rome's continuing influence on the American republic.
Cantor Arts Center stages first-ever U.S. exhibition to spotlight 'national treasures' of 20th-century China
The four Chinese ink painters featured in the Cantor Arts Center's exhibition survived persecution, insult and neglect to redefine and revivify an ancient art form.
2.16.10
Former Stanford photography curator Anita V. Mozley dies at 81
Anita Ventura Mozley, founding curator of photography at the Stanford University Museum of Art and a leading expert on Eadweard Muybridge, died Jan. 23 of natural causes at her home in Menlo Park. She was 81.
Isaac Babel's Stanford biographer explores the Russian writer's world of violence, irony
The Russian-Jewish pacifist explored the "horror and beauty" of violence in his short stories and plays, Stanford scholar Gregory Freidin says.
Unabomber's writings raise uneasy ethical questions for Stanford scholar
The Unabomber warned that technology had mutated civilization – and one French scholar thinks he's right.
1.25.10
Lively Arts, Aurora Forum events to feature the West Coast premiere of L.A. Theatre Works' radio play RFK: The Journey to Justice
Read from the stage with sound effects created live as in the "Golden Age of Radio," the docudrama by Murray Horwitz and Jonathan Estrin chronicles Robert F. Kennedy's personal and political journey at the cusp of the civil rights movement.
Say it loud: Steve Reich brings his talents to Stanford
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steve Reich recently debuted his "Mallet Quartet" at Stanford. He also held an open rehearsal and participated in a discussion as part of the Art + Invention Speaker Series/Aurora Forum. In addition, the So Percussion quartet held a public workshop. Watch a slideshow.
Welsh poet at Stanford: Small languages make a big difference
Every language is important to the "whole ecosystem of eloquence," says Gwyneth Lewis.
Stanford technology helps scholars get 'big picture' of the Enlightenment
Researchers map thousands of letters exchanged in the 18th century's "Republic of Letters" – and learn at a glance what it once took a lifetime of study to comprehend.
Stanford's Dostoevsky biographer concludes acclaimed series
For 91-year-old Joseph Frank, the newly published capstone volume marks three decades of research on the Russian author.
Stanford celebrates the 'Father of English History' Venerable Bede
Bede was the "teacher of the whole Middle Ages" – and one Stanford scholar has devoted a lifetime to his achievements.