Tag: Jane Addams

June 17, 2015

6 New Beach Reads from SUP

A novel, a genre-bender, and some quick 100-pagers for your summer reading lists.

Stanford Press News
May 22, 2015

The Meritocratic Dilemma

We need a new way of thinking about the interplay of individualism and community.

History, Sociology
May 20, 2015

Obama and Me

The most sweeping change can begin with the simplest connections.

Sociology
May 19, 2015

When Jane Addams Met Tolstoy

How the social reformer’s encounter with the canonical Russian author influenced her activism.

History, Sociology
May 18, 2015

The American’s Dilemma

On navigating the tension between individualism and fellow feeling.

Sociology
May 7, 2015

Mark Twain, the Chinese Boxer

On the iconic American writer’s avowed anti-imperialism.

Asian Studies, Literary Theory