The Europe Center is jointly housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Global Studies Division.
Science and Technology
Scholarly Publications
Sex and gender analysis improves science and engineering
November 2019
The goal of sex and gender analysis is to promote rigorous, reproducible and responsible science.
Making gender diversity work for scientific discovery and innovation
September 2018
Gender diversity has the potential to drive scientific discovery and innovation.
Projecting Nature: Agostino Scilla’s Seventeenth-Century Fossil Drawings
August 2018
In 1670 the Sicilian painter Agostino Scilla (1629–1700) devised an entirely new way of depicting fossils when he wrote and illustrated his Vain Speculation Undeceived by Sense (1670–1671), which...
Other Publications
Social Media, New Technologies and the Middle East
June 2017
It is a global story, a new industrial revolution.
How to Think about Modi's Visit to Silicon Valley
September 2015
As Silicon Valley prepares to welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Stanford historian Priya Satia argues that Indians and Americans should remember the state-abetted violence and...
News
Cuéllar looks back on leading FSI
December 2014
For 14 years, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar has been a tireless Stanford professor who has strengthened the fabric of university’s interdisciplinary nature.
The Europe Center October 2014 Newsletter
October 2014
The Europe Center Graduate Student Grant CompetitionCall for Proposals:The Europe Center is pleased to announce the Fall 2014 Graduate Student Grant Competition for graduate and professional...
Journal Article: "Technology and the Era of the Mass Army," written by Massimiliano Gaetano Onorato, Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage
June 2014
Written by Massimiliano Gaetano Onorato (IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca), Kenneth Scheve (Stanford University), and David Stasavage (New York University), this article investigates the...
Events
“Migrant Tastes and Formation of Popular Culture: The Case of Turkey”
April 10, 2013
In societies with continuous in-and-out migration in relatively short periods the formation of dominant culture comes into shape as "popular".
The Refracted Muse: Literature and Optics in Early Modern Spain
March 5, 2013
When Galileo’s telescope arrived in Madrid in 1610, it not only changed the course of local science, but also became a pivotal image in the critique of contemporary society once it was incorporated...
The Lightning Flash of Knowledge and the Time of Image: Walter Benjamin’s image based epistemology and its preconditions in visual arts and media history
March 1, 2013
“In the fields with which we are concerned, knowledge [Erkenntnis] comes only in lightning flashes.
Projects
Transatlantic Technology Law Forum
The European Union and the United States, the world's leaders in the fields of innovation and high technology, share a common set of values based on a commitment to democracy, human rights, market...
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