Friends of the Library host Stanford author, professor

Peter Stansky, professor of history, Emeritus, Stanford University, will speak about “William Morris: His Life and Achievement,” at the Oct. 28 program of the Friends of the Madden Library. His talk will present an overview of the activities of Morris, who is famous as a poet, designer, political thinker and activist, and founder of the Kelmscott Press, the progenitor of the modern private press movement.

Stansky taught history at Stanford for more than 30 years. He was chairman of the history department on three separate occasions and held a prestigious named chair in the department. More recently, he served as the director of the Stanford Humanities Center, which later named him a Fellow.

Stansky has been well recognized with awards and fellowships throughout his career. He has been honored twice with both the Guggenheim Fellowship and National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Fellowship. At Harvard, he won the DeLancey K. Jay Prize.

Stansky has authored and edited many books about British history and politics. In 1983 he wrote “William Morris” and in 1999 “From William Morris to Sergeant Pepper.”
Stansky earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale University, a master’s degree from King’s College, Cambridge, and a doctorate from Harvard University.

The program will be held in the Alice Peters Auditorium of the University Business Center (note new location because of library renovation). A reception will be held from 6 to 6:30 p.m. and the program will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Reservations are required by Oct. 24 and may be made by calling 278.5790. There is no charge of Friends of the Madden Library members. Non-members will be asked to pay $2 at the door and students, $1. A sign-language interpreter will be provided upon advance request. For more information call 278.5790.