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A History from Within
October 28, 2020
This presentation is part of the French Culture Workshop Series Co-sponsored by: The Department of French and Italian, The Europe Center, the France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary...
CANCELED - French Culture Workshop with Radhika Koul
January 22, 2020
This week's event-- Radhika Koul presents "The Drama of our World: Spectator and Subject in Medieval Kashmir and Early Modern Europe"-- will be postponed until further notice. Looking forward, The...
French Culture Workshop with Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel
January 22, 2020
Please join us for a workshop with Dr. Annette K.
The poietic mimesis of 18th c. French and Italian Literary Portraits
January 21, 2020
Literary scholars have generally been loath to analyze description as a practice and technique; as such, it has long suffered from critical disengagement.
Mass Media and Cultural Homogenization: Broadcasting the American Dream on the Radio
October 8, 2019
Part of the Economic History Seminar Series, co-sponsored by The Europe Center.
The World Heritage Bluff: Comparing Vienna’s historic city center with Ephesos
January 29, 2019
To listen to the audio recording of this talk, please visit our multimedia page.While Ephesos was inscribed in the UNESCO world heritage list in 2015, Vienna is in danger of losing the title...
(Dis)figuring War: Literature and the Arts, 1918-2018 (Day 2)
November 8, 2018
At 11am on November 11, 1918, the armistice that effectively ended the First World War was signed.
(Dis)figuring War: Literature and the Arts, 1918-2018 (Day 1)
November 8, 2018
At 11am on November 11, 1918, the armistice that effectively ended the First World War was signed.
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).
Translating Cultures: Multilingualism and Identity in the Medieval and Early Modern World -- Stanford CMEMS Primary Source Symposium (Day 2 of 2)
October 4, 2018
Annual Stanford Primary Source Symposium For further information, including the speakers and talk titles, please visit https://cmems.stanford.edu/primary-source-symposium Co-sponsored by the Europe...
Translating Cultures: Multilingualism and Identity in the Medieval and Early Modern World -- Stanford CMEMS Primary Source Symposium (Day 1 of 2)
October 4, 2018
Annual Stanford Primary Source Symposium For further information, including the speakers and talk titles, please visit https://cmems.stanford.edu/primary-source-symposium Co-sponsored by the Europe...
Southern France and the Latin East in the 13th Century: Crusade, Networks, Exchanges (Day 1)
April 18, 2018
This is day 1 of the two-day conference presented by The France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (CMEMS), and the Centre d'études...
Southern France and the Latin East in the 13th Century: Crusade, Networks, Exchanges (Day 2)
April 18, 2018
This is day 2 of the two-day conference presented by The France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (CMEMS), and the Centre d'études...
Albert Serra: Paradigms of Change in Contemporary Cinema
April 11, 2018
Claiming that Contemporary Cinema is currently in its most interesting creative moment since the 60s, laureate Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra will discuss its evolution throughout the 21st Century...
Story of My Death: Film Screening
April 11, 2018
Famous lover Casanova, now long past his prime, meets Count Dracula during a journey to Transylvania.
Catalan Poetry: Poetry recital, books, and Roses
April 11, 2018
Right after Albert Serra’s talk, come to celebrate the Day of the Book & Rose, a Catalan Cultural and Literary Festival, coinciding with the anniversary of Shakespeare’s and Cervantes’ death....
Book Event | The Mystery of the Kibbutz: Egalitarian Principles in a Capitalist World
February 8, 2018
This event is now full.
Stanford Primary Source Symposium 2017
October 13, 2017
"Movements of Objects and Textual Mobilities"Following on the successful 2016 “Reformations” conference, the 2017 Primary Source Symposium will focus on cultural exchange through the movement of...
Sheep and Socio-Economic Growth in Europe
April 6, 2017
Although sheep are only one of the important domesticates exploited in many parts of the world, it has played a near-paradigmatic role throughout the emergence and spread of European civilization....
2-Day Conference: "Inscribed Identities: Writing as Self Realization" (Day 2)
April 5, 2017
Faculty Organizer: Joan Ramon Resina (jrresina@stanford.edu)Graduate Student Coordinators: Gabriela Badica (gbadica@stanford.edu) and Pau Guinart (guinart@stanford.edu) CONFERENCE SCHEDULE for...
2-Day Conference: "Inscribed Identities: Writing as Self Realization" (Day 1)
April 4, 2017
Faculty Organizer: Joan Ramon Resina (jrresina@stanford.edu)Graduate Student Coordinators: Gabriela Badica (gbadica@stanford.edu) and Pau Guinart (guinart@stanford.edu) CONFERENCE SCHEDULE...
Romanian Film Festival: "Delimmas, Decisions, Destinies - from the imaginary to the real realm"
April 4, 2017
The 6th Annual Romanian Film Festival at Stanford, UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University, with additional screenings at University of California Los Angeles and San Francisco Art Institute...
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Russell A. Berman Senior Fellow, by courtesy Professor, Comparative Literature, Professor, German Studies, Senior Fellow, the Hoover Institution