May 28 | Leland: A Stanford Story -- Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
4:15 - 5:45 p.m. (Pacific time)
This program will be preceded by the Stanford Historical Society Annual Members' Meeting at 4:15 p.m. Non-members are welcome to attend the meeting or join us only at the film screening at 4:35 p.m.
Pigott Theater
551 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford
*Nearest parking on Memorial Way, Galvez Street, and Lasuen Street. (NOTE: Permit parking at The Oval is enforced until 6 p.m.). The Pigott Theater is located between the Lathrop Library and the Memorial Auditorium. Check-in tables will be in the courtyard near the accessible entrance of Pigott Theater, not at the theater main entrance where the ticket office is.
Part of education is thinking about death, and that is central to leading a meaningful life. Leland: A Stanford Story covers the grand (yet short) life of Leland Stanford Jr. and meditates on what it means to be a part of a school that only exists because of the death of a child. Directed by Dan Edelstein, the William H. Bonsall Professor of French and Director of the COLLEGE (first-year requirement) program, and Henry Segal, a history major in the class of 2026, this approximately 40-minute documentary premiered in 2024. The film screening will be followed by a discussion with Edelstein and Segal and a reception.
This program is co-sponsored by the Department of Theater & Performance Studies.