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| New Courses Approved This Spring
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The following is a list of courses offered in the Spring that have recently been approved to meet the Socio-Cultural requirement for their corresponding Concentration. Please note that MUSIC 147R has also been approved as a Social Sciences & Humanities Program Core course. To view a complete list of available courses and requirements, please visit our website: Approved STS Courses
- AFRICAAM 146: The Black Fantastic: Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy in the Black Diaspora
Communication and Media - *ANTHRO 167: Body & Environment
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions, Life Sciences and Health, Politics and Policy - *ANTHRO 194W: Political Ecologies and Geologies of the Anthropocene
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions, Innovation and Organization, Politics and Policy
- ANTHRO 196W: Mapping, Modeling, Measuring: The Politics of Environmental Knowledge Production
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions, Communication and Media, Life Sciences and Health
- *ARCHLGY 121: Diversity and Knowledge Production in Archaeology
Communication and Media
- *ARCHLGY 126: Archaeobotany
Life Sciences and Health
- ARCHLGY 147: Industrial Archaeology
Innovation and Organization, Politics and Policy
- *ARCHLGY 171: Failure: From Design Flaws to Societal Collapse
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions, Communication and Media, Innovation and Organization, Politics and Policy
- CEE 134E: Architectural Theory of the American City
Innovation and Organization
- CHILAST 248: Outcasts, Superheroes, and Rebels: Identity and Social Justice in Latin(x) American Cinema
Communication and Media
- COMM 130D: Dark Patterns
Communication and Media, Social Dynamics of Data and Information
- EASTASN 256A: Picturing Ecology: Flora and Fauna in East Asian Art
Communication and Media
- *EARTHSYS 121: Environmental, Climate, and Energy Justice in Africa
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions, Politics and Policy
- EARTHSYS 146J: Black Ecologies
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions
- *ETHICSOC 125: Tech Ethics and the Future of Human Values
Communication and Media, Innovation and Organization, Social Dynamics of Data and Information
- *FEMGEN 152: Gender, Work, and the Global Digital Economy
Social Dynamics of Data and Information
- *HISTORY 109: Racial Justice in the Nuclear Age
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions, Innovation and Organization, Politics and Policy
- HUMBIO 113: The Human-Plant Connection
Life Sciences and Health
- HUMBIO 127: Food Policy and Public Health
Life Sciences and Health - HUMRTS 224: Climate Displacement, Migration, and Mobility
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions, Politics and Policy
- MUSIC 147R: Performing Rights: Race, Intellectual Property, and the U.S. Recording Industry
Communication and Media, Innovation and Organization
- *POLISCI 231R: The Politics of Nature
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions, Communication and Media, Innovation and Organization, Life Sciences and Health, Politics and Policy
*Indicates meets Concentration Core
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Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) Symposium 2025Friday, April 4, 2025, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PMBechtel Conference Center
The 2025 Stanford Existential Risk Initiative (SERI) Symposium will explore the risks that emerge from the intersection of complex global challenges and the policies designed to mitigate them. The event will bring together leading experts and researchers from across the Bay Area who specialize in a range of global risks, including artificial intelligence, climate change, biosecurity, and nuclear threats.
This symposium will provide an interdisciplinary platform for participants to engage in discussions around the policies and solutions needed to address these large-scale, existential risks. Attendees will gain insights from diverse perspectives as they collaborate to find innovative approaches to safeguard our future.
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Forms of Energy and Cosmopolitics of LaborTuesday, April 8, 2025, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Pigott Hall, Room 252Dominic Boyer’s talk, Sucro Carbo Petro: A Genealogy of Modern Energy, discusses the evolution of the high energy growth paradigm of northern modernity through the overlapping energy regimes of new world plantations (sucropolitics), machinic industrialism (carbopolitics) and plastic mobilization (petropolitics). This genealogy of modern energy helps us to better understand the fossilized logics of fossil fuels that seek to amber us in an ecocidal, genocidal trajectory. Boyer, an anthropologist and environmental researcher, is known for his work in Energy Humanities, including his books Energopolitics and No More Fossils.
Cymène Howe’s presentation, Winds: Energy and Elemental Forms Across México, examines wind as a speculative and elemental force across Oaxaca, México, framing it as both an economic and philosophical entity. Howe, an expert in environmental studies, focuses on energy transitions and climate issues, with recent books such as Ecologics: Wind and Power in the Anthropocene and Solarities: Elemental Encounters and Refractions.
This persentation is part of the The STS Lectures: Science & Technology Studies Today. For more information and to RSVP, visit our STS Events Page.
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The Limits of Anticipatory Knowledge: Some Lessons from COVID-19Thursday, May 1, 2025, 4:00 - 5:30 pmBuilding 120, McClatchy Hall, Mendenhall Library 101AIn areas where we must plan for an uncertain future—from climate adaptation to cybersecurity to pandemic preparedness—officials and experts draw on tools of anticipatory knowledge, such as models, scenarios, and indicators. During the coronavirus pandemic, many of these tools were put to the test: for instance, in the organization of government response, in the use of stockpiled medical supplies, and in the development and distribution of novel vaccines. Drawing on such examples, this talk examines the fraught relationship between expert knowledge and governance during the pandemic. And it asks, in turn, what this experience may imply for STS approaches to the analysis of technocratic authority.
Dr. Andrew Lakoff is a professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Southern California, where he is also founding director of the Center on Science, Technology, and Public Life. His work focuses on how experts in areas such as security, health, and the environment envision and plan for uncertain but potentially catastrophic events. His most recent books are The Government of Emergency: Vital Systems, Expertise, and the Politics of Emergency (with Stephen Collier), and Planning for the Wrong Pandemic: COVID-19 and the Limits of Expert Knowledge.
This persentation is part of the The STS Lectures: Science & Technology Studies Today. For more information, visit our STS Events Page.
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2025 Education Partnerships Summer FellowshipThe EdP Summer Fellowship is an opportunity for Stanford students of all levels to work intensively either within early childhood education or secondary education. During summer 2025, we will only be hiring for Fellows working with high school students. Education Partnerships (EdP) programs address education equity in our local communities by engaging Stanford students and community youth in tutoring and mentoring relationships. Three of these programs host summer programs for local youth – EPASA (East Palo Alto Stanford Academy), HSSI (High School Support Initiative), and Ravenswood Reads. This year EdP Summer Fellows will complete the majority of their fellowships at the East Palo Alto Academy and Menlo-Atherton High School sites, as part of HSSI, while also supervising youth on field trips to campus and other locations.
Apply by April 7, 2025 by 11:59PM
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Summer Student WorkerThe Stanford King Center on Global Development is seeking a Summer Student Worker. This position will focus on two main projects, along with additional as-needed tasks.
- Indexing Videos: Organize and index approximately 50 hours of videos from Smartsheet redesign sessions.
- Google Drive Organization: Clean up and organize the Google Drive filing system for the Programs Team.
We are looking for students who are capable of organizing both online files and video content into a logical, user-friendly framework that makes it easy to locate files and topics. The role requires the ability to work with video files, Google Drive, Smartsheet, and troubleshooting any issues that arise.
Apply by May 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Graduate Student - Part-Time Office AssistantThe Stanford Office of Accessible Education (OAE) is seeking to hire graduate student Office Assistants to provide in-person customer service, administrative and office support for the general, day-to-day administrative, operational, and clerical tasks related to the office during regular business hours. The position is for Spring quarter but could be renewed for the next academic year.
Apply by September 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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History of Science Dissertation Fellowship GrantThe History of Science Dissertation Fellowship, designed to support graduate students working on dissertations in the History of Science and related fields. This fellowship is open to projects exploring areas such as the history of medicine, technology, the environment, the philosophy of science, and contemporary studies of science, technology, and medicine with a historical component. The fellowship provides funding for dissertation research and writing for up to one year. While priority will be given to students in the final year of their graduate studies, we will also consider partial funding for those in the early stages of writing and still conducting research. To apply, please submit a 3-4 page proposal that outlines your dissertation project, detailing the current stage of your writing and research. Additionally, include three letters of recommendation. Applications must be sent to Rosemary Rogers at rrogers@stanford.edu and are due by Sunday, April 20, 2025.
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History of Science & Technology Research GrantsThese grants are designed to support pre-dissertation research, conference attendance, and language training that are essential for the completion of doctoral work in these fields. Grant amounts will range from $1,000 to $2,500, depending on the scope and needs of the project. To apply, submit a one-page proposal detailing the project you wish to undertake, along with an itemized budget. At the top of your proposal, please include your name, email, department, and the title of your research subject. The itemized budget should be provided at the end of the proposal (it may be included on a second page if necessary, but the content of the proposal itself must be limited to one page). If you have previously received a small grant, please specify when and how much. Applications should be submitted to Rosemary Rogers at rrogers@stanford.edu by Sunday, April 20, 2025.
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Tax ResourcesThe deadline to file federal tax returns for most taxpayers is Tuesday, April 15, 2025. You can browse these resources to gain knowledge and skills about tax deadlines, education tax considerations, income taxes, paycheck deductions, how to file your taxes, and more.
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- STS Website: Visit our Internships and Careers pages.
- H&S Career Toolkit on Canvas: A Career Toolkit on Canvas specifically for humanities, arts and sciences students!
- Interstride is an interactive career platform that enhances the career exploration and job search process for international students and alum.
- Handshake: Updated listing for job search events.
- CareerEd: prepares students and recent alumni to pursue and secure fulfilling careers.
- Idealist: Good ideas for taking action!
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