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CASBS NEWSLETTER SPRING 2025
New interim director | New partnership w/Linköping Univ. | CASBS's unique architecture | Video of Daron Acemoglu's Sage-CASBS Award Lecture | Our 2025-26 fellows class | Latest podcast episodes | Board Q&A | Lots of new video & book releases | Etc.
HERE: bit.ly/45Z7jAE
New interim director | New partnership w/Linköping Univ. | CASBS's unique architecture | Video of Daron Acemoglu's Sage-CASBS Award Lecture | Our 2025-26 fellows class | Latest podcast episodes | Board Q&A | Lots of new video & book releases | Etc.
HERE: bit.ly/45Z7jAE
Our latest episode is on one of the most influential books of the past half-century - "Orientalism" - and its author Edward Said. Consider giving it a listen...
🎙️NEW CASBS PODCAST EPISODE
"In Edward Said's Shadow"
Said wrote most of Orientalism at CASBS in 1975-76. CASBS fellows Shane Dillingham, Thomas Blom Hansen, @camillahawth.bsky.social & @ssinnar.bsky.social discuss the enduring influence of Said's landmark book
🎧 casbs.stanford.edu/podcast#edwa...
"In Edward Said's Shadow"
Said wrote most of Orientalism at CASBS in 1975-76. CASBS fellows Shane Dillingham, Thomas Blom Hansen, @camillahawth.bsky.social & @ssinnar.bsky.social discuss the enduring influence of Said's landmark book
🎧 casbs.stanford.edu/podcast#edwa...
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Our latest episode is on one of the most influential books of the past half-century - "Orientalism" - and its author Edward Said. Consider giving it a listen...
Culture shapes the emotions we value & who we like. How? It also leads to misunderstandings & errors. What are they & how to avoid them?
It's a complex set of issues Jeanne Tsai has worked on for decades. She's incorporating her insights in a book project & discussed it in her CASBS fellows seminar
It's a complex set of issues Jeanne Tsai has worked on for decades. She's incorporating her insights in a book project & discussed it in her CASBS fellows seminar
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Culture shapes the emotions we value & who we like. How? It also leads to misunderstandings & errors. What are they & how to avoid them?
It's a complex set of issues Jeanne Tsai has worked on for decades. She's incorporating her insights in a book project & discussed it in her CASBS fellows seminar
It's a complex set of issues Jeanne Tsai has worked on for decades. She's incorporating her insights in a book project & discussed it in her CASBS fellows seminar
The gravitational pull of CASBS is undeniable. @ahsfarmer.bsky.social is among a few of last year's fellows who already have visited in recent weeks, though now as 'ghosts' in their former studies...👻
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The gravitational pull of CASBS is undeniable. @ahsfarmer.bsky.social is among a few of last year's fellows who already have visited in recent weeks, though now as 'ghosts' in their former studies...👻
📣 Inaugural report from @visualevidencelab.bsky.social, directed by CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social
With insights from 20 experts, it identifies key challenges w/video access, interpretation & AI, and proposes ways of improving legal processes regarding the use of video & AI tools as evidence
With insights from 20 experts, it identifies key challenges w/video access, interpretation & AI, and proposes ways of improving legal processes regarding the use of video & AI tools as evidence
Publication alert! Our inaugural report is here! Video's Day in Court: Advancing Equitable Legal Usage of Visual Technologies and AI: www.colorado.edu/lab/visualev... Immensely grateful for the insights from 20 experts and the research assistance from 4 grad students at @cumediastudies.bsky.social
Inaugural Report: "Video’s Day in Court: Advancing Equitable Legal Usage of Visual Technologies and AI"
At its launch in April 2025, the Visual Evidence Lab gathered experts from across academia, law, media forensics, journalism and human rights practice to
www.colorado.edu
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
📣 Inaugural report from @visualevidencelab.bsky.social, directed by CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social
With insights from 20 experts, it identifies key challenges w/video access, interpretation & AI, and proposes ways of improving legal processes regarding the use of video & AI tools as evidence
With insights from 20 experts, it identifies key challenges w/video access, interpretation & AI, and proposes ways of improving legal processes regarding the use of video & AI tools as evidence
Biases & context shape how we view videos, but courts lack guidelines about videos as evidence. Now w/AI & deepfakes, "we’re adding another layer of complexity to a system that hasn’t even fully addressed the challenges of authentic video,” says CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Our Racist, Terrifying Deepfake Future Is Here
A faked viral video of a white CEO shoplifting is one thing. What happens when an AI-generated video incriminates a Black suspect? That’s coming, and we’re completely unprepared.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Biases & context shape how we view videos, but courts lack guidelines about videos as evidence. Now w/AI & deepfakes, "we’re adding another layer of complexity to a system that hasn’t even fully addressed the challenges of authentic video,” says CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Two-time CASBS fellow (1982-83, 1994-95) Albert Camarillo was on the hill for lunch today and was swarmed by a bunch of fellows who recognized him. Legend.
Here's Al by the study he occupied during his second fellowship - #32 - lookin' like a million bucks🫰
Here's Al by the study he occupied during his second fellowship - #32 - lookin' like a million bucks🫰
November 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Two-time CASBS fellow (1982-83, 1994-95) Albert Camarillo was on the hill for lunch today and was swarmed by a bunch of fellows who recognized him. Legend.
Here's Al by the study he occupied during his second fellowship - #32 - lookin' like a million bucks🫰
Here's Al by the study he occupied during his second fellowship - #32 - lookin' like a million bucks🫰
The spectacle has little to do w/national security, writes 2024-25 CASBS fellow A.S. Dillingham in this crisp piece @lrb.co.uk
Moreover, Shane's own experience suggests some are coerced or forced into trafficking...
Moreover, Shane's own experience suggests some are coerced or forced into trafficking...
‘The US military is now carrying out extrajudicial executions on the high seas of people who in the past would have been put on trial and, if found guilty, given a federal prison sentence. Gone is any semblance of due process.’
A.S. Dillingham on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
A.S. Dillingham on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
A.S. Dillingham | Murder at Sea
Since President Nixon declared war on drugs in 1971, US policies of mass incarceration at home and interdiction and...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The spectacle has little to do w/national security, writes 2024-25 CASBS fellow A.S. Dillingham in this crisp piece @lrb.co.uk
Moreover, Shane's own experience suggests some are coerced or forced into trafficking...
Moreover, Shane's own experience suggests some are coerced or forced into trafficking...
Among 'historic heartland' Muslim countries & other Muslim countries we see weak or strong religious infrastructures & more/less cohesion among Muslim scholars of religious law & theology. How to explain variations?
@profpjones.bsky.social unveiled a dazzling theory during her CASBS fellows seminar
@profpjones.bsky.social unveiled a dazzling theory during her CASBS fellows seminar
November 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Among 'historic heartland' Muslim countries & other Muslim countries we see weak or strong religious infrastructures & more/less cohesion among Muslim scholars of religious law & theology. How to explain variations?
@profpjones.bsky.social unveiled a dazzling theory during her CASBS fellows seminar
@profpjones.bsky.social unveiled a dazzling theory during her CASBS fellows seminar
2025 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of "From Teenage to Young Manhood" by Daniel & Judith Offer
The Offers wrote most of the book during Daniel's 1973-74 fellowship. CASBS, of course, is renowned for helping scholars view their own work in a broader perspective... 😏
#CREATEDatCASBS
The Offers wrote most of the book during Daniel's 1973-74 fellowship. CASBS, of course, is renowned for helping scholars view their own work in a broader perspective... 😏
#CREATEDatCASBS
October 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
2025 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of "From Teenage to Young Manhood" by Daniel & Judith Offer
The Offers wrote most of the book during Daniel's 1973-74 fellowship. CASBS, of course, is renowned for helping scholars view their own work in a broader perspective... 😏
#CREATEDatCASBS
The Offers wrote most of the book during Daniel's 1973-74 fellowship. CASBS, of course, is renowned for helping scholars view their own work in a broader perspective... 😏
#CREATEDatCASBS
Congrats to CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social, director of the new Visual Evidence Lab @colorado.edu
The lab releases its inaugural report next week 📰
The lab releases its inaugural report next week 📰
Introducing the Visual Evidence Lab, an interdisciplinary research hub for scholars, judges, attorneys, forensic experts, media makers, journalists, and human rights practitioners, advancing equitable and responsible technology in the pursuit of justice: www.colorado.edu/lab/visualev...
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Congrats to CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social, director of the new Visual Evidence Lab @colorado.edu
The lab releases its inaugural report next week 📰
The lab releases its inaugural report next week 📰
2024-25 CASBS fellow @maureeneger.bsky.social visited us last week & attempted to re-occupy her fellowship office. (#OccupyCASBS is a thing with former fellows; we have public safety on speed dial.)
We reminded Mo that she's now a 'ghost' of study #40, so, she's already in it and always will be 👻👻
We reminded Mo that she's now a 'ghost' of study #40, so, she's already in it and always will be 👻👻
October 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
2024-25 CASBS fellow @maureeneger.bsky.social visited us last week & attempted to re-occupy her fellowship office. (#OccupyCASBS is a thing with former fellows; we have public safety on speed dial.)
We reminded Mo that she's now a 'ghost' of study #40, so, she's already in it and always will be 👻👻
We reminded Mo that she's now a 'ghost' of study #40, so, she's already in it and always will be 👻👻
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I was happy to moderate this conversation on how Orientalism, the masterpiece of Palestinian American intellectual Edward Said, revolutionized academic inquiry around the world. Said's message to speak to power resonates even louder today.
🎙️NEW CASBS PODCAST EPISODE
"In Edward Said's Shadow"
Said wrote most of Orientalism at CASBS in 1975-76. CASBS fellows Shane Dillingham, Thomas Blom Hansen, @camillahawth.bsky.social & @ssinnar.bsky.social discuss the enduring influence of Said's landmark book
🎧 casbs.stanford.edu/podcast#edwa...
"In Edward Said's Shadow"
Said wrote most of Orientalism at CASBS in 1975-76. CASBS fellows Shane Dillingham, Thomas Blom Hansen, @camillahawth.bsky.social & @ssinnar.bsky.social discuss the enduring influence of Said's landmark book
🎧 casbs.stanford.edu/podcast#edwa...
October 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I was happy to moderate this conversation on how Orientalism, the masterpiece of Palestinian American intellectual Edward Said, revolutionized academic inquiry around the world. Said's message to speak to power resonates even louder today.
Deadline this Friday to apply for a 2026-27 CASBS fellowship!
Years of exit surveys suggest you likely will enjoy the best year of your career
Apply for a 2026-27 academic year CASBS residential fellowship. Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
More info & link to application portal: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
Fellowship videos: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
Apply for a 2026-27 academic year CASBS residential fellowship. Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
More info & link to application portal: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
Fellowship videos: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
October 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Deadline this Friday to apply for a 2026-27 CASBS fellowship!
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Nominations open for 2026 Sage-CASBS Award
In partnership w/ @sagepub.com, the award recognizes outstanding achievement in the behavioral & social sciences that advances our understanding of pressing social issues
Details, eligibility & access nomination portal: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
In partnership w/ @sagepub.com, the award recognizes outstanding achievement in the behavioral & social sciences that advances our understanding of pressing social issues
Details, eligibility & access nomination portal: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
October 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Nominations open for 2026 Sage-CASBS Award
In partnership w/ @sagepub.com, the award recognizes outstanding achievement in the behavioral & social sciences that advances our understanding of pressing social issues
Details, eligibility & access nomination portal: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
In partnership w/ @sagepub.com, the award recognizes outstanding achievement in the behavioral & social sciences that advances our understanding of pressing social issues
Details, eligibility & access nomination portal: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
🎙️NEW CASBS PODCAST EPISODE
"In Edward Said's Shadow"
Said wrote most of Orientalism at CASBS in 1975-76. CASBS fellows Shane Dillingham, Thomas Blom Hansen, @camillahawth.bsky.social & @ssinnar.bsky.social discuss the enduring influence of Said's landmark book
🎧 casbs.stanford.edu/podcast#edwa...
"In Edward Said's Shadow"
Said wrote most of Orientalism at CASBS in 1975-76. CASBS fellows Shane Dillingham, Thomas Blom Hansen, @camillahawth.bsky.social & @ssinnar.bsky.social discuss the enduring influence of Said's landmark book
🎧 casbs.stanford.edu/podcast#edwa...
October 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🎙️NEW CASBS PODCAST EPISODE
"In Edward Said's Shadow"
Said wrote most of Orientalism at CASBS in 1975-76. CASBS fellows Shane Dillingham, Thomas Blom Hansen, @camillahawth.bsky.social & @ssinnar.bsky.social discuss the enduring influence of Said's landmark book
🎧 casbs.stanford.edu/podcast#edwa...
"In Edward Said's Shadow"
Said wrote most of Orientalism at CASBS in 1975-76. CASBS fellows Shane Dillingham, Thomas Blom Hansen, @camillahawth.bsky.social & @ssinnar.bsky.social discuss the enduring influence of Said's landmark book
🎧 casbs.stanford.edu/podcast#edwa...
His cohort fellows would believe it, but few others know that 2017-18 CASBS fellow Hsienming "Ming" Lien is among the most popular fellows of the past decade (by exhibition, not competition). His afternoon tea sessions are legend! 🫖
Ming visited us last week, shown here by his fellowship year study
Ming visited us last week, shown here by his fellowship year study
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
His cohort fellows would believe it, but few others know that 2017-18 CASBS fellow Hsienming "Ming" Lien is among the most popular fellows of the past decade (by exhibition, not competition). His afternoon tea sessions are legend! 🫖
Ming visited us last week, shown here by his fellowship year study
Ming visited us last week, shown here by his fellowship year study
How to achieve population impact on early child abuse? Predictors vary across families & contexts, but Ken Dodge knows it's about nurturing human connections & "a cultural way of doing business." Certain interventions work, but how to scale them? He unpacked the dynamics in his CASBS fellows seminar
October 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
How to achieve population impact on early child abuse? Predictors vary across families & contexts, but Ken Dodge knows it's about nurturing human connections & "a cultural way of doing business." Certain interventions work, but how to scale them? He unpacked the dynamics in his CASBS fellows seminar
A fellow in spring; a ghost by fall. 2024-25 fellow @decelles.bsky.social returned to the hill this week as a former fellow, haunting the study (#12) she occupied just months ago...👻
October 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A fellow in spring; a ghost by fall. 2024-25 fellow @decelles.bsky.social returned to the hill this week as a former fellow, haunting the study (#12) she occupied just months ago...👻
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Nominations are open for the 2026 Sage-CASBS Award in partnership with @casbsstanford.bsky.social.
The award recognizes outstanding achievement in the behavioral and social sciences that advances our understanding of pressing social issues.
Submit a nomination: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
The award recognizes outstanding achievement in the behavioral and social sciences that advances our understanding of pressing social issues.
Submit a nomination: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
Nominations Open for 2026 Sage-CASBS Award
casbs.stanford.edu
October 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Nominations are open for the 2026 Sage-CASBS Award in partnership with @casbsstanford.bsky.social.
The award recognizes outstanding achievement in the behavioral and social sciences that advances our understanding of pressing social issues.
Submit a nomination: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
The award recognizes outstanding achievement in the behavioral and social sciences that advances our understanding of pressing social issues.
Submit a nomination: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
We're sad to learn of the passing of Nancy Chodorow, a 1980-81 CASBS fellow whose work on gender and feminism bridged the fields of sociology and psychoanalysis
More @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social news:
news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/16/i...
More @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social news:
news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/16/i...
In memoriam of Sociology Professor Nancy Chodorow, a foundational feminist scholar - Berkeley News
An esteemed sociologist, psychoanalyst and professor emerita at UC Berkeley, Chodorow passed away on Oct. 14.
news.berkeley.edu
October 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We're sad to learn of the passing of Nancy Chodorow, a 1980-81 CASBS fellow whose work on gender and feminism bridged the fields of sociology and psychoanalysis
More @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social news:
news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/16/i...
More @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social news:
news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/16/i...
CASBS fellows often choose their offices (called 'studies' here) for specific reasons, or get inspired once they see the list of former fellows (‘ghosts’) who occupied their studies throughout CASBS history.
Yes, Elena Esposito chose study #31. But the ghosts within it may have chosen her first...👻
Yes, Elena Esposito chose study #31. But the ghosts within it may have chosen her first...👻
October 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
CASBS fellows often choose their offices (called 'studies' here) for specific reasons, or get inspired once they see the list of former fellows (‘ghosts’) who occupied their studies throughout CASBS history.
Yes, Elena Esposito chose study #31. But the ghosts within it may have chosen her first...👻
Yes, Elena Esposito chose study #31. But the ghosts within it may have chosen her first...👻
2025 is the 30th anniversary of the publication of "Representational Ideas" by Richard Watson
Watson drafted the book during his 3rd CASBS fellowship in 1991-92; he also was a fellow in 1967-68 & 1981-82
So, yeah, Watson knew very well that CASBS indeed is the place to be... 😏
#CREATEDatCASBS
Watson drafted the book during his 3rd CASBS fellowship in 1991-92; he also was a fellow in 1967-68 & 1981-82
So, yeah, Watson knew very well that CASBS indeed is the place to be... 😏
#CREATEDatCASBS
October 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
2025 is the 30th anniversary of the publication of "Representational Ideas" by Richard Watson
Watson drafted the book during his 3rd CASBS fellowship in 1991-92; he also was a fellow in 1967-68 & 1981-82
So, yeah, Watson knew very well that CASBS indeed is the place to be... 😏
#CREATEDatCASBS
Watson drafted the book during his 3rd CASBS fellowship in 1991-92; he also was a fellow in 1967-68 & 1981-82
So, yeah, Watson knew very well that CASBS indeed is the place to be... 😏
#CREATEDatCASBS
In his CASBS fellows seminar, Dan Ho killed two birds w/one stone. He described past & ongoing work on AI & state capacity reform - especially bureaucracies - & related public-academic partnerships
AND he easily got in his 10k steps for the day, continuously pacing the room up & down & back & forth
AND he easily got in his 10k steps for the day, continuously pacing the room up & down & back & forth
October 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
In his CASBS fellows seminar, Dan Ho killed two birds w/one stone. He described past & ongoing work on AI & state capacity reform - especially bureaucracies - & related public-academic partnerships
AND he easily got in his 10k steps for the day, continuously pacing the room up & down & back & forth
AND he easily got in his 10k steps for the day, continuously pacing the room up & down & back & forth
Nominations open for 2026 Sage-CASBS Award
In partnership w/ @sagepub.com, the award recognizes outstanding achievement in the behavioral & social sciences that advances our understanding of pressing social issues
Details, eligibility & access nomination portal: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
In partnership w/ @sagepub.com, the award recognizes outstanding achievement in the behavioral & social sciences that advances our understanding of pressing social issues
Details, eligibility & access nomination portal: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
October 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Nominations open for 2026 Sage-CASBS Award
In partnership w/ @sagepub.com, the award recognizes outstanding achievement in the behavioral & social sciences that advances our understanding of pressing social issues
Details, eligibility & access nomination portal: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
In partnership w/ @sagepub.com, the award recognizes outstanding achievement in the behavioral & social sciences that advances our understanding of pressing social issues
Details, eligibility & access nomination portal: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
In his CASBS fellows seminar, @ralphwedgwood.bsky.social outlined work on a new ethical theory embracing a non-consequentialist value pluralism. So cool Ralph referenced fmr CASBS fellows Harsanyi, Rawls, Nozick, Chang
Too bad others mentioned - Bentham, Kant, Mill, Plato, etc. - never were fellows
Too bad others mentioned - Bentham, Kant, Mill, Plato, etc. - never were fellows
October 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In his CASBS fellows seminar, @ralphwedgwood.bsky.social outlined work on a new ethical theory embracing a non-consequentialist value pluralism. So cool Ralph referenced fmr CASBS fellows Harsanyi, Rawls, Nozick, Chang
Too bad others mentioned - Bentham, Kant, Mill, Plato, etc. - never were fellows
Too bad others mentioned - Bentham, Kant, Mill, Plato, etc. - never were fellows