Professor David Palumbo-Liu to Teach "Global Literature: Reading New Worlds"

By XuanThu Pham

Tags: Stanford Summer Intensive Series

Introduction by Jess Matthews, Associate Director and Senior Assistant Dean of Stanford Summer Session:

The Stanford Summer Human Rights Intensive, now in its second year, is an interdisciplinary set of courses designed to challenge students to think deeply about human rights from multiple perspectives. We purposefully designed the program to offer classes from as many different departments as possible, so that even if a student only took one course, she would still have the opportunity to engage with the topic in a meaningful way.

Dr. Palumbo-Liu, the Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor of Comparative Literature and (by courtesy) of English and current chair of the Faculty Senate, introduces his course below. Dr. Palumbo-Liu is a dynamic speaker and engaging professor and continues to be a champion of studying humanities at Stanford, and in particular, of how engaging with the humanities opens up new ways of thinking about all fields. I encourage all students, whether chemists, poets, engineers, or historians, to take a look at his class along with the others in the Human Rights Summer Intensive.

--Jess Matthews, Associate Director and Senior Assistant Dean of Summer Session

(Pictured Above: Dr. Palumbo-Liu, the Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor of Comparative Literature and (by courtesy) of English and current chair of the Faculty Senate)

Course Spotlight: Religion & Politics (POLISCI 34S / RELIGST 34S)

By XuanThu Pham

Tags: Stanford Summer Intensive Series

The role of religion in international war, conflict, and peace has long been an area of study in international relations, human rights, and religious studies, but one that has been approached with renewed vigor in the post-9/11 world. A new course, Religion and Politics (POLISCI 34S/RELIGST 34S), taught by Stanford Summer Session’s own Senior Assistant Dean, John Robichaux, explores the complex roles and interplay of religion and war, peace, and conflict on the international stage. Robichaux, a Harvard-trained scholar of religion and politics, has been studying the subject on five continents for sixteen years. “Students in the course will encounter a wide-range of approaches to the subject matter, as well as many case studies and challenging examples illuminating the significant challenges and range of diversity in treating the interplay of religion and politics in matters of war and peace. It is an exciting subject that has real-world implications at every turn,” he says. 

Religion and Politics is open to all Stanford Summer Session students, and may be counted toward the Stanford Summer Intensive Studies certificate in Human Rights, in addition to being cross-listed in both the Political Science and Religious Studies departments. 

Stanford SPCS Open House: Mark Your Calendars

By XuanThu Pham

Tags: Academics, Community, Events, High School Summer College, Stanford, Stanford Summer Intensive Series

Stanford Summer Session will be at the Stanford SPCS Open House Sunday, December 9 from 1-4 pm. Representatives from Stanford Summer Session will be available to speak about Stanford Summer Session and High School Summer College.

There will also be a host of other wonderful Stanford programs present. Students, parents, teachers, and counselors are welcome to join. The event is free and open to the public.

Don't forget to mark your calendars and learn more.

Summer Session Gets Intensive

By Jess Matthews

Tags: Academics, Events, High School Summer College, Human Rights, Stanford Summer Intensive Series, Stanford Summer Session, Tuesday Night Speaker Series

Jess Matthews
Assistant Dean of Stanford Summer Session

As you explore which classes to take this summer, you may be finding it hard to choose from over 175 classes from 35 departments offered at Stanford Summer Session. There are so many options! You may also want to consider the new Stanford Summer Intensive Series because we heard from a number of you who wanted to come to Stanford and focus your summer around a single intellectual pursuit.