Dan Edelstein

Dan Edelstein is the William H. Bonsall Professor of French at Stanford University, with courtesy appointments in History and Political Science. He serves as Faculty Director of Stanford Introductory Studies and as a University Fellow in Undergraduate Education.

• Department of French and Italian
• Stanford Introductory Studies
• Humanities + Design Research Lab
• Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA)

His research spans eighteenth-century French literature, political thought, and digital humanities, focusing on natural rights, revolutions, and Enlightenment ideologies. He has led groundbreaking projects like Mapping the Republic of Letters and Writing Rights, leveraging tools like Palladio and Data Pen for network analysis.

Scientific awards include the 2009 Oscar Kenshur Book Prize, the Walter J. Gores Award (2006), and the Dean's Distinguished Teaching Award (2011). He has directed the Stanford Summer Humanities Institute and co-directs the Humanities Core program.