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on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 4:03pm
The Clayman Institute invites applications for its 2014-15 Graduate Dissertation Fellowship (GDF) program. The fellowship is awarded to outstanding Stanford doctoral students who are engaged in... -
on Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 9:02am
As a former firefighter, Andrea Rees Davies is a master at getting large groups of people to acquiesce. For example, before a big lecture begins at the Clayman Institute, it’s Davies’ secret job to... -
on Monday, December 9, 2013 - 10:45am
Debora Spar is many things: She’s the president of Barnard College. She was among the youngest women to earn tenure at the Harvard Business School. She is the author of six books. She is... -
on Saturday, November 23, 2013 - 9:29am
Elizabeth "Jing" Lyman, the widow of the late Stanford President Richard W. Lyman, and a key player in the creation of the university's institute for gender research, died Thursday, Nov. 21, at... -
on Friday, November 15, 2013 - 7:23am
A recent article in Slate (... -
on Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 12:53pm
AMC’s hit show Mad Men has received widespread critical acclaim, in part, for its depiction of changing social mores surrounding gender, work, and family. Set in the 1960s, three-martini lunches... -
on Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 10:03am
Two years ago, Occupy Wall Street protestors turned out en masse on the sidewalks of New York City. This began a movement that spread rapidly, drawing attention to the vast economic disparities in... -
on Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 9:03am
Karen Offen chaired the closing session, “After the transnational turn: What future for nation-based histories of women?” at the late August 2013 congress of the International Federation for Research... -
on Monday, October 14, 2013 - 11:18am
The much-discussed “crisis of the humanities” has provoked a stream of attacks and justifications, with politicians like Florida governor Rick Scott questioning investment in English, art, and... -
on Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 9:23am
As a basketball player, Toni Kokenis witnessed firsthand how toxic the culture of varsity sports can be for gay, lesbian, and transgender athletes. Kokenis recounted instances at Stanford and...
