Event Videos

Stanford historian Richard White partners with his son, photographer Jesse Amble White. From the publisher: “This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” This indelible...

The artist Lukas Felzmann will talk about his current project called A Conceptual Atlas of California. A current Guggenheim Fellow and also an Affiliated Scholar at the Bill Lane Center for the...

Once again, viruses have altered the very fabric of our lives. This talk will discuss the past, present and future of the COVID pandemic. Based on his personal experiences and perspectives, Stanford...

Join us for a virtual conversation with author Richard Rothstein who will discuss his book, “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.” An acclaimed and powerful...

Two decades into the 21st century, in the midst of a pandemic that has forced people to work and go to school remotely, broadband connections fail to reach millions of Americans. Communities in many...

The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed an extraordinary expansion of railroad development in the American West, with the so-called Big Four — Leland Stanford, Collis Huntington, Charles...

Join us for a panel discussion on the human dimensions of wildfire response and recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our panelists Luke Beckman from the Red Cross, Alma Bowen from Nuestra Comunidad...

This keynote will highlight aspects of US Forest Service research that examines wildfire risk perceptions, incentives for creation and maintenance of defensible space, and key factors to consider in...

The Bill Lane Center for the American West will be reviving its Workshop on Wildfire Management originally planned for mid-March. This talk is the first in a series of three planned events that will...

From the publisher: In Alta California, Nick Neely chronicles his 650-mile trek on foot from San Diego to San Francisco, following the route of the first overland Spanish expedition into what was soon...