Arts & Humanities

Nearly three millennia after Homer’s epic tale, a Stanford lecturer explains why artists keep retelling the story of Odysseus.

Only 13 percent of women can comfortably span an octave on a standard piano. Few thought to ask whether the piano was the problem.

Stanford Professor Jennifer DeVere Brody's new book examines the extraordinary life and legacy of Edmonia Lewis, a Black and Indigenous sculptor whose work is being rediscovered.

As AI reshapes our world, Stanford historian Rachel Jean-Baptiste emphasizes the need to address gender complexity in data and technology to ensure equitable representation.

Lerone A. Martin, director of Stanford’s Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute, uncovers the boy behind the legacy in Young King.

Jessica Riskin’s new book, The Power of Life, offers a deeply researched, amusing account of an overlooked figure.

With gifts spanning nearly three decades, Iris Cantor and her husband, B. Gerald Cantor, indelibly shaped Stanford’s arts district while leaving their mark on institutions and museums across the globe.

A new approach could accelerate historical analysis by teaching AI to read documents like scholars do.

Stanford historian Jenna Phillips shares how 12th- and 13th-century poets and musicians shaped our modern understanding of love.

Stanford University Libraries have digitized an “extraordinary collection” of letters and photographs that expand the historical record of wartime incarceration in the United States.