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The Stanford Humanities Center: researching the human experience.
The Stanford Humanities Center: researching the human experience.
The Stanford Humanities Center sponsors advanced research into the historical, philosophical, literary, artistic, and cu... Read more
31 Jan 2014
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6mins
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Stegner Fellows on Writing
Stegner Fellows on Writing
Recent Stanford Stegner fellows discuss the pleasures and pains of writing fiction at the Litquake literary festival.
17 Jan 2014
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Who Owns Antiquity? Museums, Repatriation, and Armed Conflict
Who Owns Antiquity? Museums, Repatriation, and Armed Conflict
The last ten years, in particular, have been dominated by discussions of cultural property--either its destruction in zo... Read more
24 Nov 2013
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A Company of Authors: The World as We Imagine It
A Company of Authors: The World as We Imagine It
(April 20, 2013) Authors and Stanford scholars John Bender, Saikat Majumdar, and Joshua Landy read from their latest pub... Read more
16 May 2013
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34mins
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History, Memory, and the Novel
History, Memory, and the Novel
(February 11, 2013) Juan Gabriel Vasquez shares his experiences as a Latin American author and his personal writing proc... Read more
6 Mar 2013
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The Embodied Theater: Cognitive Science and Ancient Greek Drama
The Embodied Theater: Cognitive Science and Ancient Greek Drama
(November 8, 2012) Peter Meineck suggests new methods for approaching ancient drama using research drawn from the cognit... Read more
29 Nov 2012
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Wallace Stevens as an American Poet
Wallace Stevens as an American Poet
Helen Vendler discusses Wallace Stevens, the poet. She dives into some of his work in order to show why he is one of the... Read more
21 Jan 2012
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1hr
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The Best Novels You Haven't Read
The Best Novels You Haven't Read
Literary scholars share their thoughts about the novel as a literary form during the 2011 Litquake Festival. (October 10... Read more
21 Nov 2011
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48mins
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Art of Living: "A Life of Reason? Socrates v. Alcibiades"
Art of Living: "A Life of Reason? Socrates v. Alcibiades"
Lani Anderson questions the characters Socrates claim in Plato's Symposium that we only desire what we lack. The excerpt... Read more
21 Nov 2011
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5mins
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Art of Living: "What One Should Learn from Artists"
Art of Living: "What One Should Learn from Artists"
Joshua Landy introduces his lecture on Friedrich Nietzche's The Gay Science from "The Art of Living," a first-year Intro... Read more
21 Nov 2011
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7mins
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Art of Living: "The Narrative Construction of the Self"
Art of Living: "The Narrative Construction of the Self"
Kenneth Taylor discusses the "Who Am I?" problem in the context of Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon during a lecture from... Read more
21 Nov 2011
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7mins
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Mistaken Identities: How to Identify a Roman Emperor
Mistaken Identities: How to Identify a Roman Emperor
Mary Beard, a well-renowned Classicist, discusses the difficulties of identifying old roman sculptures and what she beli... Read more
28 Oct 2011
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1hr 4mins
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A Company of Authors: "East and West"
A Company of Authors: "East and West"
A panel of Stanford authors present their recently published books. Their respective books are titled Wandering Soul, An... Read more
10 Jun 2011
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46mins
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How the Right Brain Helped Me Make a Billion, Win a Basketball Game, and Land this Gig
How the Right Brain Helped Me Make a Billion, Win a Basketball Game, and Land this Gig
Vivek Ranadive, Founder and CEO of TIBCO, has had incredible success in the business world and has a deep technology bas... Read more
6 Jun 2011
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31mins
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Silicon Valley Entry Points for Humanities Ph.D.s: Google
Silicon Valley Entry Points for Humanities Ph.D.s: Google
Marissa Mayer discusses the ways in which Google incorporates the humanities in innovation. (May 11, 2011)
6 Jun 2011
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24mins
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Why You Should Quit Your Technology Job and Get a Humanities Ph.D.
Why You Should Quit Your Technology Job and Get a Humanities Ph.D.
Dr. Damon Horowitz is a philosopher and entrepreneur, exploring what is possible at the intersection of technology and t... Read more
6 Jun 2011
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14mins
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Bringing Humanities Ph.D. Innovation to Silicon Valley: A Case for Rising Principles
Bringing Humanities Ph.D. Innovation to Silicon Valley: A Case for Rising Principles
Patrick Byrne, CEO and founder of Overstock.com, is deeply involved in the world market and the use of the internet as m... Read more
6 Jun 2011
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29mins
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Polis: The Greek City-State 800 BC-AD 600
Polis: The Greek City-State 800 BC-AD 600
John Ma discusses the Polis, the Greek for of a city-state, and how it was organized politically as well as socially for... Read more
25 May 2011
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1hr 19mins
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Music Between Nature and Architecture
Music Between Nature and Architecture
Leon Botstein talks about the relationship between music and architecture in a natural setting and how different periods... Read more
25 May 2011
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1hr 15mins
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A Conversation with Tim O'Brien on "Writing and War"
A Conversation with Tim O'Brien on "Writing and War"
Tim O'Brien discusses the ethical issues raised by war with author Tobias Wolff. The two authors delve deeply into the l... Read more
3 Feb 2011
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1hr 26mins
