The materials consist of administrative records, subject files, conference materials, and email documenting the functions and projects of the Stanford Humanities Lab.

Founded by Jeffrey Schnapp (Comparative Literature) in 1999, the Stanford Humanities Lab (SHL) enabled scholars in the humanities to undertake mid- to large-scale team-based research projects. By supporting innovative research, SHL sought to expand the scope and scale of humanitas, supplementing traditional humanities training with "hands-on" experiences in a true laboratory setting. In 2003, Henry Lowood (Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections; Film & Media Collections) became co-director of the lab. Schanpp and Lowood were later joined by Michael Shanks (Archaeology), who directed lab as a team until 2009 when it evolved into separate projects. The Stanford Humanities Lab was a Center for Transdiciplinary/Post-Disciplinary Study. With new developments in areas such as biotech, digital culture, global society, SHL believed that some crucial questions — about what it is to be human, about experience in a connected world, about the boundaries of culture and nature — transcend the old divisions between the arts, sciences and humanities, between the academy, industry and the cultural sphere.

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