Colloquia 2025-26

Robert Boyle began to publish his air pump experiments in 1660. These experiments prompted Blaise Pascal to undertake new scientific work in the final two years of his life—work that

Public Humanities at Stanford will host:Behind the Book: Historian Jessica Riskin o

Please join Stanford Humanities Center research workshop Fiber Optics at the 

An Engineered World, published by MIT Press, examines how engineering, as a modern profession, emerged as a global phenomenon—and why its development and expansion are critical to our understanding

Professor Joanne M. Ferraro (San Diego State University) "The Historian as Detective:  Love and Desire Gone Awry in Early Modern Venice"

With Ted (Edward) Beatty, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame and

We Were Here – The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe provides an innovative exploration of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe through art, c

A data-centric vision of women’s health is reshaping medicine, reproductive technology, wellness culture, and sports science.

 Title: Charting the Ottoman Empire: Wealth, Power and Death, 1750–1850