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CESTA Lunch Seminar Series

On most Thursdays at lunchtime (12:15-1:15PM) during the academic quarter, researchers from across the Stanford community and beyond come together for presentations of new work in the digital humanities.

Currently, our events are primarily in a hybrid format, with some entirely online. You may join our events remotely via Zoom by CESTA Research and Programs Manager Erin Eger (erineger [at] stanford.edu (erineger[at]stanford[dot]edu)). If you do not have Zoom installed, you can download it for free here.

Recordings of some of our past seminars are available on CESTA's Youtube Channel.

Upcoming Events

April
23
Date
Thursday, April 23, 2026, 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 160, Wallenberg Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 160, Stanford, CA 94305
433A

Past Events

April
16
Date
Thursday, April 16, 2026, 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 160, Wallenberg Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 160, Stanford, CA 94305
433A

April
9
Date
Thursday, April 9, 2026, 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 160, Wallenberg Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 160, Stanford, CA 94305
433A

April
2
Date
Thursday, April 2, 2026, 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 160, Wallenberg Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 160, Stanford, CA 94305
433A

 

March
10
Date
Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 160, Wallenberg Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 160, Stanford, CA 94305
433A

March
5
Date
Thursday, March 5, 2026, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Building 160, Wallenberg Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 160, Stanford, CA 94305
433A

February
19
Date
Thursday, February 19, 2026, 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 160, Wallenberg Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 160, Stanford, CA 94305
433A

February
5
Date
Thursday, February 5, 2026, 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 160, Wallenberg Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 160, Stanford, CA 94305
433A


Professor Michael Rau: Stanford Department of Theater and Performance Studies

January
29
Date
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 160, Wallenberg Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 160
Also online via Zoom

The longstanding rhetoric of the "crisis of the humanities" has been largely drowned out by an omnicrisis equally affecting the sciences, the stability of the university, and society as a…

January
29
Date
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 160, Wallenberg Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 160, Stanford, CA 94305
433A

January
20
Date
Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Building 160, Wallenberg Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 160, Stanford, CA 94305
433A

Petra Kuppers will talk about her Planting Disabled Futures project, a virtual reality/community performance experience.