Significant demand exists for history. Students, private-sector business leaders, and government officials all value the lessons from diplomatic and military history, financial and economic history, institutional and political history, and science and technological innovation history. Traditional academic history departments alone are not meeting the demand for consequential history and policy-relevant historical analysis. The Hoover History Lab addresses this mismatch between demand and supply.

Modeled after successful science laboratories, the Lab assumes a flexible umbrella structure, with principal investigators, staff scientist-equivalents, post-doctoral and other fellows, and students. It sponsors individual and group research projects, conferences and workshops, and a suite of courses that deliver on the promise of consequential history and policy relevance. Read more.

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Applied History Working Group

Applied History Working Group

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Global Futures: History Statecraft, Systems

Global Futures: History Statecraft, Systems

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Military History Working Group

Military History Working Group

IMPACT

The work of the Hoover History Lab has a broad impact, particularly in three spheres of influence. We share our research with the public sector, including US intelligence agencies, and the private sector, engaging with institutional investors and C-suite executives. We host public and private educational events, teach and develop curriculum materials, and partner with innovative educational programs to enhance the teaching of history across America.  Explore our outreach initiative and news updates. Learn more.

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PEOPLE

The Hoover History Lab group consists of multiple cohorts of talented scholars at all levels, from our most senior, globally renowned contributors to next-generation researchers and several exceptional undergraduate student fellows who execute their own original research projects just like the more senior fellows do. Meet the Hoover History Lab research team.

PUBLICATIONS

The Hoover History Lab produces a variety of publications, from books to policy briefs to essays and commentaries, all supporting our mission to fulfill the demand for consequential history and provide policy-relevant historical analysis. 

Browse recent articles, commentary, policy briefs, and books by Hoover History Lab fellows.

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Multimedia

Our History Lab’s videos and podcasts tackle a wide range of topics at the intersection of historical lessons and policy challenges, in short-form and long-form formats.

EVENTS

The Hoover History Lab offers numerous conferences, symposiums, and book talks throughout the year. Learn more about our upcoming events, explore our recent activities, and sign up for event notifications here.

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LIBRARY & ARCHIVES

The Hoover Institution Library & Archives collects, preserves, describes, makes available, and invites engagement with material documenting war, revolution, and peace in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The Library & Archives is a leading center for research, maintaining in-person reading rooms at Stanford University and in Washington, DC as well as a digital repository. Founded in 1919, it houses over six thousand archival collections, nearly one million library volumes, and remains steadfast in its mission to act as an impartial steward of the historical record.

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