African Americans and the "Open Road"

Classes without Quizzes featuring Allyson Hobbs - Director of African and African American Studies, Associate Professor of History

Allyson Hobbs, associate professor of history and director of African and African American Studies, discusses African Americans and the "Open Road" in this micro lecture from Reunion Homecoming 2017.

Taking the Arrow Out of Your Heart with Alice Walker

Long for webcasts on demand

Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, shares her perspective on cultivating resilience and equanimity by mindfully tending to painful wounds caused by sorrow, anger or despair.

This event was presented by the Stanford Contemplation by Design Summit in partnership with BeWell Stanford, the Office for Religious Life and The Stanford Storytelling Project.

A Century of Ideas: One Hundred Years of Democracy and Foreign Policy with Condoleezza Rice

This discussion is the first of speaker series "A Century of Ideas for a Free Society."

The United States was founded on the principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and for decades, support for democracy around the world has been a central tenet of American foreign policy. The past century provides many examples of prosperity in thriving democracies balanced with the instability of authoritarian and repressive regimes.

Hoover Institution Senior Fellows Condoleezza Rice, Niall Ferguson, and Stephen Krasner discuss the changing role of democracy building in America’s foreign policy over the past century.

This discussion is the first of speaker series "A Century of Ideas for a Free Society." For more information on the series and related upcoming events, visit: https://hvr.co/2HK3C6W