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The Stanford University Master of Liberal Arts (MLA) is a part-time graduate degree program See also http://mla.stanford.edu. We welcome your feedback.

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11/18/2025

Unlock your curiosity in the Stanford MLA Program.

The Master of Liberal Arts program offers mid-career professionals and lifelong learners the chance to pursue a Stanford graduate degree part-time, studying across the humanities, arts, and sciences. STRP eligible.

Applications are now open — take the next step toward your intellectual adventure: https://mla.stanford.edu/how-apply

11/12/2025

The first Mix & Mingle: MLA Hour brought together current students and alumni who brought along friends they know would make great candidates for the Stanford Master of Liberal Arts program.

This new event offered a place to share experiences, find new conversation partners, and introduce prospective students to the MLA community. We’re excited to make Mix & Mingle: MLA Hour an ongoing tradition. Perhaps you’ll be at the next one?

11/05/2025

Fontana didn’t become a warehouse empire by accident. Jonathan García joins us to unravel how private industry, public policy, and generational survival intertwined to build — and burden — a community. From sacrifice zones to stories of resilience, he brings Fontana to life with urgency and heart.

Listen on spotify or on the MLA website here:
https://mla.stanford.edu/know-this-the-mla-podcast

10/29/2025

The Stanford Master of Liberal Arts Podcast is featured in the latest issue of Stanford Alumni Magazine. The podcast highlights the original research, creativity, and curiosity of our MLA students and alumni — from literature and history to art, science, and beyond.

Listen to recent episodes here: https://mla.stanford.edu/know-this-the-mla-podcast

10/21/2025

On October 2nd we celebrated the launch of World Pacific, the second novel by Peter Mann, instructor in our first-year Foundations course.

Jeremy Sabol facilitated an insightful discussion with Peter about World Pacific and the writing process, followed by a book signing and a reception with members of our community. It was one of those special evenings the MLA can offer: engaging with literature, ideas, and like minded friends and colleagues.

And a big congratulations to Peter Mann.

10/09/2025

Applications for the Stanford Master of Liberal Arts Program are now open.

The MLA invites students to pursue a Stanford graduate degree through a part‑time course of study in the liberal arts—ideal for mid‑career professionals and lifelong learners. STRP eligible.

Start your journey: https://mla.stanford.edu/how-apply

09/30/2025

October 23 MLA Mix & Mingle

Calling all current Stanford MLA students and alumni! Join us on October 7 for a special cocktail hour featuring a faculty presentation about the program.
To attend, please bring a friend (or friends!) who are interested in learning more about the MLA program.

It’s a relaxed, engaging way to introduce prospective students to the program while enjoying great conversation and refreshments.

Mark your calendars and start thinking about who you want to bring!

09/09/2025

Students in Charlie Junkerman’s course John Muir’s Radiant Vision spent a memorable day at the John Muir Historic Site in Martinez on a hot summer day. They began with lunch beneath the shade of 180-year-old pecan trees planted by Muir’s father-in-law, John Strenzel, and ended with a visit to Muir’s gravesite. Special thanks to Mike Wurtz, Director of the John Muir Papers at UOP, for joining the conversation, and to National Park Ranger Andy Marker for leading the tour.

09/02/2025

In this episode of KNOW THIS, I talk with Stanford MLA alum Ann Wilson Green about her thesis on James Joyce’s Ulysses. Ann brings insight and clarity to a famously difficult text, exploring how Joyce reimagines narrative structure, language, and the act of reading itself.

Also wish Ann good luck as she starts a new year joining the Board of her graduate school, Claremont Graduate University (CGU). Post PhD, she will continue to study "Ulysses" as a Visiting Scholar at CGU.

08/26/2025

Congratulations to MLA alum Astrid Smith on the release of her book, Transmediation in Archival Objects.

Astrid’s work explores how meaning shifts across media forms—especially within rare and historical materials. In her newly published book, she blends archival theory with artistic practice to ask what happens when we reimagine preservation as a form of storytelling.

We had the chance to talk with Astrid on the MLA podcast about the ideas behind her thesis and how the MLA program shaped her thinking.

Link to buy the book: https://www.arc-humanities.org/9781802700879/transmediation-and-the-archive/

08/19/2025

Interested in the Stanford Master of Liberal Arts program?

Join us for our next in-person information session this Thursday, August 21 at 7:00 PM on the Stanford campus in Lane History Corner, Building 200, Room 205.
Hear from faculty, alumni, and current students about how the MLA fits into a busy life, what the seminars are really like, and how the program can broaden your perspective while deepening your expertise.

Reserve your spot: https://mla.stanford.edu/information-session-rsvp

08/12/2025

Fall Quarter at Stanford MLA: New Ideas, New Perspectives
This fall, explore the Romantic imagination with Professor Denise Gigante, who teaches British poetry with a focus on the Romantic period. Or take a careful look at popular media and technology shape human experience with Professor Scott Bukatman, from Film and Media Studies, and an expert in comics, animation, and science fiction.

Prospective MLA students, come to our information session on August 21 and see how this unique part-time graduate program can fit into your life—and maybe even transform it.

RSVP here: https://mla.stanford.edu/information-session-rsvp

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