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The Moment: September 2024
In this issue
A while back, The Moment began planning a special issue celebrating all things non-STEM at Stanford. We love STEM—no notes! But from the humanities to the social sciences to the foundational commitment to ideas for ideas’ sake, the liberal arts are central here, and some next-level things are happening across these spheres.
Of course to really make a point, nothing beats the imprimatur of a president. So we’re thrilled that the university’s brand-new president—welcome Jonathan Levin!—is a former Stanford English major. Okay, he also majored in math. But that’s not really convenient to our message here, and anyway our larger point stands: Stanford’s nonpareil humanities tradition rules. (Nonpareil was for you, English majors.)
Read on!
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The haunting of Spirit House
The Cantor’s ghostly new exhibition represents a landmark achievement for both the museum and for Asian American art in the United States. For curator Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander, Spirit House is also personal.
The haunting of Spirit House
Read Kindred SpiritsThe Cantor’s ghostly new exhibition represents a landmark achievement for both the museum and for Asian American art in the United States. For curator Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander, Spirit House is also personal.
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Divided we fall
Read about how to get alongIn these polarized times—demure euphemism for constant shouting everywhere—Stanford sees both a crisis and opportunity. A new initiative has residential student leaders learning to facilitate open and respectful debate, on campus and beyond.
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Who reads what Stanford writes?
Read how academics are finding a wider audienceIt’s the nature of the academy—so many important ideas languishing in the relative obscurity of academic publishing. Thanks to the Public Humanities Initiative, what’s learned on the Farm will increasingly benefit the world well beyond the Farm.
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