An interdisciplinary major for independent thinkers

American Studies provides students with a multifaceted understanding of the United States in all its complexity and diversity. Rooted in courses in history and social sciences, literature and the arts, and race and ethnicity, it invites students to develop fresh, insightful interpretations of America’s past and present, while also preparing them for the future as deft critical thinkers and creative problem-solvers. 

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October
3
Date:
Tue October 3rd 2023, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Location
Lane History Corner, Main Quad

200-034

Clay Jenkinson will talk about his lifelong interest in the buffalo, which was sparked by a visit to Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western…

October
12
Date:
Thu October 12th 2023, 11:00am - Fri October 13th 2023, 3:00pm
Location
Stanford Humanities Center
424 Santa Teresa Street

Please join Stanford's Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute for an interdisciplinary symposium on October 12-13. While August…

October
13
Date:
Fri October 13th 2023, 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Speaker: Linda Connor in conversation with Lukas FelzmannDate

Event Sponsor

The Bill Lane Center for the…

News

February 10, 2023
Check out Stanford American Studies Faculty Lerone Martin featured on the Stanford School of Huma
February 6, 2023
Announcing a New Issue of the Journal of Transnational American Studies,  co-sponsored ty Stanfor