Merging history and gender literacy in the age of AI
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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.
New book dives into overlooked childhood of MLK
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Lerone A. Martin, director of Stanford’s Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute, uncovers the boy behind the legacy in Young King.
Stanford center revives historic maps with digital tools
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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.
Scholars explore 250 years of Declaration interpretations
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A new course brings together faculty from diverse disciplines to explore how different groups have reshaped the Declaration of Independence across generations.
Diving into the mind of pioneering French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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Jessica Riskin’s new book, The Power of Life, offers a deeply researched, amusing account of an overlooked figure.
AI project aims to advance research into the past
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A new approach could accelerate historical analysis by teaching AI to read documents like scholars do.
Event kicks off commemoration of America’s founding
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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.
Exploring the medieval roots of romance
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Stanford historian Jenna Phillips shares how 12th- and 13th-century poets and musicians shaped our modern understanding of love.
Newly digitized papers shed light on WWII internment
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Stanford University Libraries have digitized an “extraordinary collection” of letters and photographs that expand the historical record of wartime incarceration in the United States.
New project explores legacy of Asian American flower growers
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Stanford researchers and local organizations are uncovering how small farms on university lands shaped the Bay Area’s flower industry from the 1890s onward.