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Events

The Bill Lane Center for the American West organizes lectures, conferences, and presentations throughout the academic year. In addition to these events, the Center tracks and publicizes West-related events all around the Bay Area. 

Upcoming Events

Iron Road (Transcontinental Railroad Film Series: Images of the West)

Monday, April 29, 2019 - 7:00pm
Cubberley Auditorium, 485 Lasuen Mall,...

An American Language: The History of Spanish in the United States

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - 4:00pm
Levinthal Hall Stanford Humanities...

Once Upon a Time in the West (Transcontinental Railroad Film Series: Images of the West)

Monday, May 13, 2019 - 7:00pm
CEMEX Auditorium, 641 Knight Way,...
Yosemite Falls, 2011, daguerrotype by Binh Danh

Self Landing: Daguerreotypes on the Western Landscape – A Lecture by Binh Danh

Monday, May 20, 2019 - 4:30pm
Koret-Taube Conference Center, Room 130...

2019 California Local Governance Summer Institute @ Stanford

Sunday, July 21, 2019 (All day)
Stanford University

Past Events

Union Pacific (Transcontinental Railroad Film Series: Images of the West)

Monday, April 22, 2019 - 7:00pm
CEMEX Auditorium, 641 Knight Way,...

Peter Coyote: The Counterculture and its Relevance to Society Today

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 12:30pm
Lane History Corner Building 200, Room...

The Iron Horse (Transcontinental Railroad Film Series: Images of the West)

Monday, April 15, 2019 - 7:00pm
Cubberley Auditorium, 485 Lasuen Mall,...

Why Are California’s Oils Some of the World’s Dirtiest? A Panel With the Oil-Climate Index Team

Monday, April 15, 2019 - 12:00pm
Green Earth Sciences Room 365 367...

150th Anniversary of the Golden Spike: Chinese Railroad Workers and the Transcontinental Railroad

Thursday, April 11, 2019 - 2:00pm
Tresidder Union Oak Lounge Stanford...

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