
Meade Klingensmith
COLLEGE Lecturer
Stanford Introductory Studies - Civic, Liberal, and Global Education
Bio
Meade Klingensmith is a Lecturer for Civic, Liberal, and Global Education (COLLEGE) and a historian of Britain and the British Empire. He received his PhD in History from Stanford in 2022, his MA in Modern History from the University of Kent in 2014 (where he was a Fulbright Postgraduate Scholar), and his BA in History from Oberlin College in 2012.
In addition to his teaching with the COLLEGE program, he has taught on British, Middle East, and World history and on the global history of pacifism and nonviolence. Outside of Stanford, Meade is committed to public, community, and high school education, having volunteered in multiple capacities at Sequoia High School in Redwood City. He is also a multi-instrumentalist musician who loves to incorporate music and music history in the classroom.
Academic Appointments
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Lecturer, Stanford Introductory Studies - Civic, Liberal, and Global Education
Professional Education
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Ph.D., Stanford University, History (2022)
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M.A., University of Kent, Modern History (2014)
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B.A., Oberlin College, History (2012)
2024-25 Courses
- Citizenship in the 21st Century
COLLEGE 102 (Win) - Making of the Modern World
COLLEGE 119 (Spr) - Pacifism and Nonviolent Resistance in History, Theory, and Practice
HISTORY 7Q (Aut) - Why College? Your Education and the Good Life
COLLEGE 101 (Aut) -
Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Citizenship in the 21st Century
COLLEGE 102 (Win) - Rules of War
COLLEGE 109 (Spr) - Why College? Your Education and the Good Life
COLLEGE 101 (Aut)
2022-23 Courses
- Citizenship in the 21st Century
COLLEGE 102 (Win) - Rules of War
COLLEGE 109 (Spr) - Why College? Your Education and the Good Life
COLLEGE 101 (Aut)
2021-22 Courses
- Empire and Resistance in the Modern Middle East
HISTORY 283E (Win) - The Neo-Imperial Middle East
HISTORY 284G (Spr)
- Citizenship in the 21st Century