History

A recent centennial gathering explored the history of surgical advances at Stanford Medicine and the innovations now carrying that legacy forward.

On view at the Anderson Collection, Patty Chang: surfacing features works exploring the 19th-century Point Alones Chinese Fishing Village, now home to Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station.

In Unrest: Art in the Aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, art scholar Rose Salseda chronicles intergenerational, cross-racial experiences through the prism of art.

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.