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‘Hoover saw himself throughout his life as this minister and soldier.’ Photograph: Corbis/Getty Images

One of the earliest photographs of J Edgar Hoover shows him aged 17, standing tall and proud in t
October
12
Date:
Thursday, October 12, 2023. 11:00am - 3:00pm
Location
Board Room
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…
November
7
Date:
Tuesday, November 7, 2023. 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location
Lathrop Library
518 Memorial Way, Stanford, CA 94305
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Iris Murdoch famously extolled the role of art—particularly literature—in breaking the individual out of the prison of the self…

May
16
Date:
Thursday, May 16, 2024. 5:00pm
Location
TBA

The Evans-Wentz Lectureship

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