History

Laura Jones, Stanford University archaeologist, on how flower farming’s small acreage requirements made it an accessible path to economic opportunity for immigrant families, many of whom got their start on land leased from Stanford.

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.

The David Rumsey Map Center has spent a decade using advanced technology to transform cartographic artifacts into dynamic learning tools, advancing research on the American West.

A new course brings together faculty from diverse disciplines to explore how different groups have reshaped the Declaration of Independence across generations.

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

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

The Hoover Institution began its yearlong celebration of America’s 250th anniversary with a discussion on how Enlightenment principles influenced the nation’s beginnings and continue to shape debates today.

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.