I have had many and quite diverse connections to the Center over the years, so I hope I will be excused for the egocentricity of emphasizing the memories that have come to me directly through my own eyes and relationships.…

CASBS encouraged us to come with fellowships, so I found it convenient to have Guggenheim help that year. I commuted to the Center from Berkeley, since I had young children, but sometimes spent the night in my study or in…

Having asked the approximately 1500 living Fellows of CASBS to write for the web site at the time of the 60th birthday of the Center and having received about 30 wonderful responses, I thought it would only be fit and…

I remember the sunny autumn day in 2014 when I got my office key, standing there, scanning the ‘Ghosts in the Study’ list. There was a pleasurable shock of recognition when I saw Joseph Weizenbaum’s name for the year 1973.…

My year at CASBS (in 2003-2004) was transformational and deeply meaningful for me. It changed my scholarly identity, making my historical research more thoughtful, my statistical research more rigorous. My writing improved and I found myself truly humbled by the…

I first heard of a renowned “Center” set in the hills above Stanford while still an undergraduate at Columbia University, sometime in 1984, as a place with no application process. There, it was said, one could pursue research in interdisciplinary…

“It is a universal truth” that no Fellow wants to write a summary of their time at the Center for Advanced Studies for the Behavioral Sciences( CASBS) because that would presage the reality of their leaving. Indeed, I have personally…

I finally realized why I’ve had so much trouble setting down in words my thoughts about CASBS – I think it is too painful to contemplate the joys of my year there because they are no more! And I feel…

My most vivid memories of the years I was fortunate enough to have a fellowship at CASBS in the late 70s, mid-80s and 2004-5 are organized around the flow of each day, so perfectly attuned to that incomparably restful and…

The Scholars’ Paradise, indeed. While there are other paradises for scholars, the Center was/is truly so, enabling us fellows to pursue our research without the intensity of academic politics. It was in large part thanks to Director Gardner Lindze and…