@danedels

@stanford professor | history of political thought | literature and history | digital humanities.

 Stanford, CA
dlcl.stanford.edu/people/dan-edelstein
Joined November 2012
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Opinion | The Humanities Need to Do More to Reach Non-Majors

What we can learn from the “service departments.”

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You’ve heard of the Thucydides Trap, but have you heard of the Sallust Snare? Stanford historian @danedels warns of the dangers facing aging republics in @TheNatlInterest. Link below 👇
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Zena Hitz@zenahitz19 Jun 2025
UCLA overlords should weep with shame
FearBuck
@FearedBuck18 Jun 2025
UCLA graduate celebrates by showing off the ChatGPT he used for his final projects right before officially graduating 😭
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I am delighted to announce that I have been awarded the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize for “A Global Enlightenment.” Many thanks to all my fantastic friends and colleagues who helped me write it and to the American Historical Association for this extraordinary honor.
American Historical Association@AHAhistorians21 Oct 2024
The AHA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2024 prizes, which honor exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring in the classroom, public history, and other historical projects. Congratulations to the 2024 awardees! #AHAPerspectives historians.org/perspectives-…

American Historical Association Announces 2024 Prize Winners – AHA

The American Historical Association is pleased to announce the winners of its 2024 prizes.

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Eric Adler@ProfEricAdler5 Aug 2024
Can multiculturalism alone save the humanities? I offer my perspective in @chronicle: Opinion | The Promise and Pitfalls of a 'Global Humanities' chronicle.com/article/the-pr…

Opinion | The Promise and Pitfalls of a ‘Global Humanities’

Multiculturalism alone won’t save us.

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Hic Rhodus, hic salta.
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@visegrad242 Aug 2024
92-year-old Giorgios Kagais has been diving into the sea in Rhodes every morning for 77 years 🇬🇷
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🚨The Hamilton Center at @UF will make up to 25 more hires this year, at junior & senior levels in: 1. Philosophy, Politics, Economics & Law 2. History, Statecraft & Strategy 3. American Government, History & Literature 4. Science, Technology, Ethics & Society Apply below👇
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Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.
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A huge congratulations to Darrin McMahon for receiving the Jacques Barzun Prize! amphilsoc.org/2024-jacques-b…
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Let this be a warning to all counterrevolutionary books. – at Palo Alto, CA
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@Rainmaker19737 Apr 2024
Restoring and upcycling books [📹 thebookrescuers]

X. It’s what’s happening

From breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics, get the full story with all the live commentary.

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(As you may know, this is literally called “guillotining” books!)
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This French thread makes me sympathetic to Jacques Toubon. Hip French is basically an English creole now. – at Palo Alto, CA
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Leif Wenar@LeifWenar27 Mar 2024
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The Deaths of Effective Altruism

Sam Bankman-Fried is finally facing punishment. Let’s also put his ruinous philosophy on trial.

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Theo Baker
@tab_delete26 Mar 2024
“We've had protests in the past, but they haven't pitted students against each other,” @Stanford’s president told me. In a candid series of interviews between Sept. and Mar. we discussed his thorny role: “It’s been kind of a rollercoaster to be honest.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…

The War at Stanford

I didn’t know that college would be a factory of unreason.

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Naming your kid Leviathan is quite the literal power move. – at Palo Alto, CA
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Adam Sharp@AdamCSharp11 Mar 2024
Better names for existing things, number 1… DISCO CHICKEN
A peacock (now officially known as a disco chicken)

ALT A peacock (now officially known as a disco chicken)

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Some thoughts on academic values insidehighered.com/opinion/v… – at Palo Alto, CA

What are the values of a university? (opinion)

Now more than ever, we need to affirm what a university stands for, Dan Edelstein writes.

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The Onion
@TheOnion23 Feb 2024
Removed Notre Dame Scaffolding Reveals Construction Crew Accidentally Built Mosque bit.ly/48ryTnN
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Zena Hitz@zenahitz14 Feb 2024
HIGHER EDUCATION a tweet thread of indefinite length ordered by the natural numbers 1. Tenure is not about free speech primarily. It is about self-governance.
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Derek Thompson
@DKThomp26 Jan 2024
For a few years, I've said education polarization is the most powerful force in politics. I might need to amend that. Gender polarization in Gen-Z is seismic and global. And these are sensitive years for political ideology, where ppl's views harden. via @jburnmurdoch
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