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A Company of Authors

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A COMPANY OF AUTHORS: Thank you for attending - the videos are now available!

For the 22nd consecutive year, a distinguished group of Stanford writers gave brief presentations about their recently published books. The program was hosted by Peter Stansky, Frances and Charles Field Professor of History, Emeritus, Stanford. Attendees were invited to drop in or, even better, spend the entire afternoon in the company of these bright, entertaining, and stimulating writers. This year's program was dedicated to the memory of our fellow author, Peter N. Carroll. Co-sponsored by Stanford Continuing Studies and the Stanford Humanities Center.


SCHEDULE

1:00 pm: Welcome (Peter Stansky)
 
1:05 - 1:35 pm: Creativity 
Peter Stansky, Chair
Christina Holloway, Whispers Across a Sea: A Novel of Victorian Ireland
Jeannette Ferrary, San Francisco…Flowers in Our Hair
Peter N. Carroll, Sketches from Spain: Homage to the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, presented by Jeannette Ferrary
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1:45 - 2:15 pm: Organizations
Larry Horton, Chair
Thomas Ehrlich, The Search: An Insider’s Novel about a University President and Learn, Lead, Serve: A Civic Life
Deborah M. Gordon, The Ecology of Collective Behavior
Soledad Artiz Prillaman, The Patriarchal Political Order: The Making and Unraveling of the Gendered Participation Gap in India
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2:25 - 2:55 pm: History and Art 
Carolyn Lougee, Chair
Caroline Winterer, How the New World Became Old: The Deep Time Revolution in America
Jonathan Gienapp, Against Constitutional Originalism: A Historical Critique
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3:05 - 3:35 pm: Culture
Roland Greene, Chair

Adrian Daub, The Cancel Culture Panic: How an American Obsession Went Global
Bissera V. Pentcheva, Audiovision in the Middle Ages: Sainte-Foy at Conques
Nicholas Jenkins, The Island: War and Belonging in Auden’s England
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3:45 - 4:15 pm: Imagination
Cynthia Haven, Chair

Zach Williams, Beautiful Days: Stories
Wendy Salkin, Speaking for Others: The Ethics of Informal Political Representation
James R. Doty, Mind Magic: The Neuroscience of Manifestation and How It Changes Everything
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4:25 - 4:55 pm: The Wide World
Leslie Friedman, Chair
Giovanna Ceserani, A World Made by Travel: The Digital Grand Tour 
George Fisher, Beware Euphoria: The Moral Roots and Racial Myths of America’s War on Drugs
Thomas S. Mullaney, The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information Age
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5:05 - 5:35 pm: Here and There
Charlie Junkerman, Chair

Matthew H. Sommer, The Fox Spirit, the Stone Maiden, and Other Transgender Histories from Late Imperial China
Ana Raquel Minian, In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States
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BOOKS
Most books are available for sale from the Stanford Bookstore. 
QUESTIONS?
For questions regarding registration please email: continuingstudies@stanford.edu. Thank you!