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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...
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).
(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.
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 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...
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...
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...
Abbasi Program's 2017 Annual Conference: "Understanding Turkey: Vision, Revision, and the Future," April 28-29 (Day 2)
March 24, 2017
Bringing together more than 25 scholars from Europe, Turkey, and the United States, the conference will explore the contemporary Turkey through the conceptual lenses of space, narrative, and affect...
Abbasi Program's 2017 Annual Conference: "Understanding Turkey: Vision, Revision, and the Future," April 28-29 (Day 1)
March 21, 2017
Bringing together more than 25 scholars from Europe, Turkey, and the United States, the conference will explore the contemporary Turkey through the conceptual lenses of space, narrative, and affect...
Damian Collins: "Sir Philip Sassoon - England's Gatsby, and the Jewish leader of political society between the world wars"
February 23, 2017
Damian Collins MP is a member of the House of Commons, and Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee for Culture, Media and Sport.
Ori Gersht: "Optical Unconsciousness" [Public Lecture]
February 23, 2017
Celebrated international artist Ori Gersht will be delivering a lecture entitled "Optical Unconsciousness" with an introduction by Alexander Nemerov (Department Chair & Carl and Marilynn Thoma...
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Russell A. Berman Senior Fellow, by courtesy Professor, Comparative Literature, Professor, German Studies, Senior Fellow, the Hoover Institution 
