Denise Gigante delivers Clarendon Lectures in English

Denise Gigante, Professor of English at Stanford University, was selected to give the Clarendon Lectures at Oxford in late January and early February. The...

Clarendon Lectures

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The Contemporary at Stanford

The Contemporary is an interdisciplinary Working Group that examines the “contemporary” with a focus on defining moments like: 1945, 1973, 1989, and 2001.

HAI Welcomes New Associate Directors

Michele Elam has been Appointed as an Associate Director for the institute for HAI

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Feb

CANCELED - Ocean Vuong Reading, the Stein Visiting Writer

TBD

8:00pm

Feb

Louise Glück Colloquium, the Mohr Visiting Poet

Terrace Room, Margaret Jacks Hall

11:00am

Feb

A Stegner Reading with Matthew Denton-Edmundson and Claire Meuschke

Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities...

6:30pm

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