Tag: Stanford

Art Law Pioneer: John Henry Merryman

Stanford University Press remembers a path-breaking legal scholar.

The Promethean Discrepancy

On apathy and the nuclear threat. Stanford faculty were joined by Governor Jerry Brown to discuss the nuclear menace. Nuclear arms hold an exceptional place in the gamut of weapons technology. Their entrance onto the world stage has consolidated global hierarchies, intensified state rivalries, stymied 

The People Still Demand “Bread, Freedom, and Social Justice”

Joel Beinin offers the last word in our week-long blog series on the Egyptian uprising. by JOEL BEININ When the popular uprising against Hosni Mubarak erupted on January 25, 2011, I followed the events from my television and computer screens at Stanford, feeling that I 

’sup? @ SUP

Welcome to the inaugural ’sup? @ SUP blog post—a new monthly forecast of what’s coming up for the Press. We’ll cover what titles are slated to launch in the coming weeks and other press-related news. Out this month: Blinded By Sight | Osagie Obasogie Seeing 

Broadening the #Conversation

Using new technologies to continue age-old dialogues. by KALIE CAETANO “Why did you come here?” The erudite Alan Harvey, Director of Stanford University Press, poses this question during my job interview. To my ears, the question sounds nearly as chiding in his English accent, asked