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Jul 19 2018 | Ancient parchments reveal a blend of cultures, knowledge during the Middle Ages, Stanford scholar says
Rare 14th-century texts historian Rowan Dorin found in Stanford’s Green Library show an enthusiastic exchange of knowledge between medieval people, going against the belief that the Middle Ages was an ignorant time.
BY ALEX SHASHKEVICH
When historian Rowan Dorin first stepped onto the...
I am excited to announce that Eitan Kensky, Stanford Library’s new Judaica and Hebraica Curator, started work on July 9. Eitan is responsible for developing, managing, and providing outreach for Stanford’s rich Jewish Studies collections. He joins the Humanities and Area Studies Resource Group, and...
Jun 13 2018 | Posted In: Announcements, In the News
TOP POLISH UNIVERSITY AWARDS U.S. PHILANTHROPIST TAD TAUBE WITH HONORARY DOCTORATE
First Philanthropist in Award’s 200-Year History to Receive Highest Honor
Jun 6 2018 | Posted In: Awards, In the News, Students
The Taube Center for Jewish Studies is please to present and congratulate the winners for the 2018 Short Story Contest:
Grand Prize Winners:
Shiksa by Catherine Lechicki
Little Aunt Lina by Maya Mahony
2nd Place Winner:
What Was Lost: My Grandmother’s Last Days in Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia by Jen...
Thousands traveled from around the world to Montgomery, Ala., in April for the opening of the nation’s first memorial honoring victims of racial terror lynchings in the American South. Four graduate students from Stanford GSE joined Professor Ari Kelman as part of a contingent organized by the...
