The Europe Center is jointly housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Global Studies Division.
History
Scholarly Publications
Sensory Reflections: Traces of Experience in Medieval Artifacts
January 2019
This volume draws on emerging scholarship at the intersection of two already vibrant fields: medieval material culture and medieval sensory experience.
Guarding Traditions and Laws—Disciplining Bodies and Souls: Tradition, science, and religion in the age of Ottoman reform
October 2018
This article examines the religious and intellectual dynamics behind the Ottoman military reform movement, known as the New Order, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries....
Let There Be Enlightenment: The Religious and Mystical Sources of Rationality
August 2018
According to most scholars, the Enlightenment was a rational awakening, a radical break from a past dominated by religion and superstition. But in Let There Be Enlightenment, Anton M.
Other Publications
Connecting Continents: Archaeology and History in the Indian Ocean World (Indian Ocean Studies Series) ed. Krish Seetah
June 2018
In recent decades, the vast and culturally diverse Indian Ocean region has increasingly attracted the attention of anthropologists, historians, political scientists, sociologists, and other...
Beyond Engaged Literature: Samir El-Youssef's The Illusion of Return
December 2017
A feature of contemporary politics is the tendency to focus primarily onnarratives , as if the story lines were more important than the events.
Here at the End of All Things: On losing oneself in the geography of fantasy worlds, from Middle Earth to Westeros
August 2017
I spent my adolescence around maps of places that didn’t exist.
News
The Distinguished Visiting Austrian Chair Professorship at Stanford
February 2017
The history of the Distinguished Visiting Austrian Chair Professor at Stanford begins with the U.S.
Stanford historian uncovers a grim correlation between violence and inequality over the millennia
January 2017
What price do we pay for civilization?
Q&A with Professor Naimark on the History of Genocide
December 2016
Sixty-eight years later, acts of genocide still occur, despite international efforts to prevent them.
Events
The Market Model: Comparative Immigration Regimes in 30 Countries Worldwide
March 28, 2019
Professor Justin Gest will present an unique study of immigration governance across 30 countries in Europe, North America, Latin America, East Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East.
The World Heritage Bluff: Comparing Vienna’s historic city center with Ephesos
January 29, 2019
While Ephesos was inscribed in the UNESCO world heritage list in 2015, Vienna is in danger of losing the title because of building projects in the city center.
Change and Persistence in the Age of Modernization: Saint Germain D'Anxure, 1730-1895
November 8, 2018
Romain Wacziarg is a professor of economics at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
Projects
The Contemporary
This project examines the “contemporary” with a focus on defining moments such as: 1945, 1973, 1989, and 2001.
English
Debating History, Democracy, Development, and Education in Conflicted Societies
The Forum on Contemporary Europe (FCE) at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) has launched a multi-year collaborative project with research institutes in...
English
History, Memory and Reconciliation
This series will examine scholarly and institutional efforts to create new national narratives that walk the fine line between before and after, memory and truth, compensation and reconciliation,...
English
Multimedia
The Future of Europe
April 2019
In her April 4th talk at The Europe Center, Professor Kathleen McNamara discussed the future of Europe and the EU in comparative historical terms, showing that such challenges are nothing new when governing power is centralized. Kathleen R....
People
Norman M. Naimark Senior Fellow, by courtesy Professor, History, Professor, by courtesy, German Studies, Senior Fellow, the Hoover Institution 
Karl Eikenberry Professor of the Practice Shorenstein APARC Fellow, Affiliate, CISAC, Affiliate, CDDRL, Affiliate, TEC 
