Melancholy in the Midst of Abundance: How America Invented the Humanities
Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011. 4:00 PM. Location: Stanford Humanities Center Levinthal Hall Dr. Harpham will present material from his new book, The Humanities and the Dream of America. A panel of...
View ArticleMRC Distinguished Lecturer Series: Ngaiming Mok (The University of Hong Kong)
Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2011. 4:00 PM. Location: Sloan Mathematics Center (Bldg. 380, Room 383-N) “Varieties of Minimal Rational Tangents” part II
View ArticleStudent Grief and Bereavement Workshop
Date: Thursday, March 3, 2011. 5:30 PM. Location: Vaden Health Center, 2nd Floor Education Room Find solace and a network of support at this gathering of students experiencing loss and grief. If you...
View ArticleSusan Mingus in Conversation
Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011. 7:30 PM. Location: Pigott Theater Since Charles Mingus’ death in 1979, Sue Mingus has created and continues to direct repertory ensembles to carry on the music of her...
View Article“The Evolution of Behavior as the Evolution of Behavioral Mechanisms:...
Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2011. 4:15 PM. Location: Herrin T-175 Dr. Lotem’s talk will be based on his group’s recent attempts to explain apparently maladaptive behaviors in humans and other animals...
View ArticleArt Focus Lecture: Chiaroscuro: The Art of Light
Date: Ongoing every week from February 2, 2011 through February 16, 2011. 4:15 PM. Location: Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University Patrick Hunt, who earned his Ph.D. at University of London, has...
View ArticlePaths through the Global City: Photographs by Leo Rubinfien
Date: Ongoing every day from February 2, 2011 through May 1, 2011. Location: Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive Over the years, the work of contemporary...
View ArticleBabí léto / Autumn Spring
Date: Friday, February 4, 2011. 7:00 PM. Location: Building 260 (Pigott Hall), Room 113, 2001; directed by Vladimír Michálek; 95 minutes With English subtitles. Introduction and Commentary by Jara...
View ArticlePan-Asian Music Festival: Arts and Culture in Contemporary Mongolia
Date: Saturday, February 5, 2011. 10:30 AM. Location: Campbell Recital Hall This international interdisciplinary symposium on Mongolian visual and performing art, poetry, and culture will bring...
View ArticleA Talk with Lisa Dodson
Date: Monday, February 7, 2011. 12:00 PM. Location: Common Room (Old Union, 3rd Floor) Sociologist and author of "The Moral Underground: How Ordinary Americans Subvert an Unfair Economy", Lisa Dodson...
View ArticleTanner Lectures on Human Values: Lecture I
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011. 5:30 PM. Location: Gunn-SIEPR Building, 366 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA Koret-Taube Conference Room 130 Abstract: A century ago, Katherine Coman (1911) wrote an...
View ArticleTanner Lectures on Human Values: Discussion Session I
Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011. 10:00 AM. Location: Gunn-SIEPR Building, 366 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA Koret-Taube Conference Room 120 Francis Fukuyama (FSI, Stanford) and Charles Sabel (Columbia...
View ArticleTanner Lectures on Human Values: Discussion Session II
Date: Friday, February 18, 2011. 10:00 AM. Location: Gunn-SIEPR Building, 366 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA Koret-Taube Conference Room 120 Margaret Levi (Political Science, Universities of Washington...
View Article"India's Oldest Writings: New Perspectives on the Asokan Inscriptions"
Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011. 7:30 PM. Location: Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center. Thursday, February 3. Patrick Olivelle (University of Texas at Austin). "India's Oldest Writings: New...
View ArticleOceanography and Ecology in Northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea
Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2011. 4:15 PM. Location: Bldg 300, Room 300 Professor Riyad Manasrah, UPS Visiting Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford
View ArticleStanford Engineering Hero Lecture: Vint Cerf, "Re-thinking the Internet"
Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2011. 07:00 PM. Location: Huang Engineering Center NVIDIA Auditorium 475 Via Ortega Stanford, CA 94305 Given the many remarkable achievements of Stanford Engineering alumni...
View ArticleThe Popular Uprising in Egypt
Date: Monday, February 7, 2011. 12:00 PM. Location: Encina Hall Central, Bechtel Conference Center(1st Floor) 616 Serra Street, Stanford A Discussion Session with Joel Beinin (Department of History,...
View ArticleAccess, Success, Impact: How Low-income Students of Color Succeed in College...
Date: Saturday, March 5, 2011. 1:00 PM. Location: Memorial Auditorium "Access, Success, Impact: How Low-Income Students of Color Succeed in College and Beyond," is a community forum and conversation...
View ArticleMedieval Hebrew Poetry - Uncaging the Vulture: On Translating the Poetry of...
Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011. 12:00 PM. Location: Building 360- Conference Room Raymond P. Scheindlin is professor of Medieval Hebrew Literature at The Jewish Theological Seminary and director of...
View ArticleTABOOS - West Coast Premiere. A play by Carl Djerassi
Date: Ongoing every day from February 10, 2011 through February 12, 2011. 8:00 PM. Location: Cubberly Auditorium 485 Lasuen Mall, School of Education When Harriet met Sally, it was love at first sight...
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