Departmental Showcase

Anne Ladyem McDivitt | Academic Technology Specialist

“I’m nearly at my one year anniversary of working as the Academic Technology Specialist in the Department of History, and I’ve had some time to get to know many of the faculty and students, work on some exciting projects, and lead workshops on digital history methods and tools. I’ve also had the opportunity to teach my first class at Stanford during the Spring Quarter, “Crafting Digital Stories”, where students could come in with no technical experience and learn how to create basic websites, podcasts, games, and more. We also talked about the theory behind doing this kind of work, as well as ethical questions that may come up such as historical accuracy, copyright, and difficult topics. This was an exciting opportunity for me, and there were some fantastic projects created by the students.

I can’t wait to continue my work with the Department of History, and it’s been so fulfilling to see the work that the faculty and students engage in. There is a lot of enthusiasm around Digital History at Stanford, and I am very excited to be a part of that.”

Travel the World with Stanford Historians in 2024

April 7-14 | Italian Riviera and Cinque Terre Hike

Caroline Winterer

April 3 - May 1 | Florence Sabbatical

David Kennedy

June 10-22 | Slovenia & Croatia

Norman Naimark & Katherine Jolluck

August 22-29 | London Art and Culture

Wanda & Joe Corn

September 20-29 | Mexico City and Oaxaca

Ana Raquel Minian Andjel

September 20-29 | Burgundy, Lyon & Luberon

Carolyn Lougee Chappell

October 8-18 | Sicily

Caroline Winterer

October 18-29 | Venice to Istanbul

Norman Naimark & Katherine Jolluck

More information on Stanford Travel/ Study can be found here

Department Bookshelf

Bedouin Bureaucrats: Mobility and Property in the Ottoman Empire

Nora Barakat

Written Out: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala

Joel Cabrita

No Return: Jews, Christian Usurers, and the Spread of Mass Expulsion in Medieval Europe

Rowan Dorin

The Russian Empire 1450-1801 (Россия и ее империя 1450–1801)

Nancy Kollmann

Essays on German History and Historians

James Sheehan

Making a Mordern Political Order: The Problem of the Nation State

James Sheehan

The Socialist Patriot: George Orwell and War

Peter Stansky

Provincializing Empire: Ōmi Merchants in the Japanese Transpacific Diaspora

Jun Uchida

Crafting History: Essays on the Ottoman World and Beyond in Honor of Cemal Kafadar

Ali Yaycıoğlu