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Stanford historian uncovers a grim correlation between violence and inequality

Professor Walter Scheidel examines the history of peace and economic inequality over the past 10,000 years.

It took a decade for the Declaration of Independence to matter in American life

Two Stanford historians discuss how the United States’ Declaration of Independence became one of the pillars of American civic life and other lesser-known historical facts about what happened on July 4, 1776.

Stanford scholar gets six-figure settlement from James Joyce Estate (2009)

News, research, and insights from Stanford University.

Stanford students recreate 5,000-year-old Chinese beer recipe

Students brewed an ancient beer during class with Stanford archaeologist Li Liu, who discovered evidence of earliest beer-making in China as part of her recent research.

The American Relief Expedition to Soviet Russia in the Famine of 1921 (2011)