
1895 Pioneers of Periodization
Stanford Juniors of the class of 1896 publish The Stanford Quad, the university’s first yearbook. These …
Stanford Juniors of the class of 1896 publish The Stanford Quad, the university’s first yearbook. These …
Student editorials take on a farcical flavor with the premiere issue of The Stanford Chaparral (named …
According to a detailed report published the following year, “This enterprise was taken in hand in …
The founding of Ram’s Head Theatrical Society marks one of the most enduring legacies created …
Graphic Art, under the direction of Arthur B. Clark, was amply represented in the 1920s through …
In the 1921 Junior Opera production of “Maid to Order,” women exercised prominence both onstage and …
The roots of the Department of Drama, which changed its name to Theater and Performance Studies …
Frost Amphitheater, the 20-acre bowl designed by landscape architect Leslie Kiler (class of 1924), was a …
Conceived in 1929 as a memorial to Stanford’s 77 dead from World War I, and designed …
Ram’s Head performs a G.I. rendition of the Big Game Gaieties to a sell-out crowd, thereby …
Benjamin Britten’s first and perhaps best-known opera, Peter Grimes, is given its first West Coast production …
Stanford celebrates Shakespeare’s 400th birthday by opening a Summer Festival of the Arts with an Elizabethan …
Lively Arts was formed to “curate experiences that engage artists’ and audiences’ imagination, creativity, and sense …
Charles Lyons received his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from Stanford University. After four years of …
Established in 1974, the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research generates innovative scholarship that seeks …
Drama’s roots can be traced, at least as far back as its being from the 1920s …
Established by the now prominent playwright David Henry Hwang (class of 1979) and Nancy Takahashi Hatamiya …
With a membership of over six hundred students, Sanskriti is one of Stanford’s largest cultural organizations. …
Inspired by a group of talented students, Patricia Ryan Madson, then a Senior Lecturer with the …
For the first time, dance is part of the School of Humanities and Sciences as a …
Nuanced adaptations of Anton Chekhov sparked the first season of the Stanford Summer Theater, now an …
Roble Gym was the “Women’s Gym” for decades.
The establishment of the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies galvanized scholarly and artistic …
The Stanford Theatre Activist Mobilization Project (STAMP) is dedicated to educating students about politics through theater …
Under the directorship of TAPS faculty member, dancer, and choreographer Aleta Hayes, Chocolate Heads experiments with …