Indian artist and art critic to bring Kathakali alive at Rice’s Hudspeth Auditorium
“A Window to the World of Kathakali” featuring two programs is set for Oct. 19 at Hudspeth Auditorium in Rice’s Anderson-Clarke Center.
Indian artist and art critic to bring Kathakali alive at Rice’s Hudspeth Auditorium
“A Window to the World of Kathakali” featuring two programs is set for Oct. 19 at Hudspeth Auditorium in Rice’s Anderson-Clarke Center.
Tibetan Buddhists to build sand mandala at Rice’s Moody Center
Monks from the Gaden Shartse monastery in India will visit Rice University Oct. 16-20 to create a sand mandala with accompanying rituals and lecture at the Moody Center for the Arts.
‘Archives of the Impossible’ conference explores the cultivation of impossibility
An international conference challenging assumptions about reality itself and exploring paranormal phenomena across different cultures and generations was held May 11-13 at Rice.
Houston Asian American Archive works the catwalk with Ascend AAPI Spring Fashion Show
On May 20, the Ascend AAPI Spring Fashion Show will transform the Houston Public Library’s historic Julia Ideson Building into a beautiful and festive runway from 2-5 p.m. The fashion program is part of “Our Vibrant AAPI Community: Selections from the Houston Asian American Archive,” which tells personal stories that reflect the deep and varied contributions of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities to the fabric of Houston. The exhibition is on display through June 3 at the Julia Ideson Building Gallery, 550 McKinney St.
Rice U.’s Chao Center for Asian Studies to host award-winning writer Kevin Chen
The Chao Center for Asian Studies — along with co-sponsors the Asia Society Texas Center, Inprint and the Taiwan Academy in Houston, an arm of the Taiwan Ministry of Culture — will host Kevin Chen, awarding-winning author of “Ghost Town,” as the latest speaker in its Liu Distinguished Visitor Series April 27 at Rice’s BioScience Research Collaborative.
Rice’s Houston Asian American Archive highlighted in new exhibition
A wide variety of items from Rice University’s Houston Asian American Archive (HAAA) are now highlighted in a new public exhibition at the Julia Ideson Gallery at the Houston Public Library downtown.
Barlow’s new book contemplates modern Chinese feminism ‘In the Event of Women’
What is an appropriate performance of femininity and what happens when that question becomes political?
Transnational Asian Studies expands its offerings with three new faculty members
‘A true pioneer,’ the department works across boundaries in space, time and discipline.
Cathy Park Hong on the ‘Asian American Reckoning’
The right-wing conspiracy movement QAnon reportedly has started peddling anti-Chinese rhetoric. It’s the latest in a troubling trend of anti-Asian sentiment, on the rise across America, as addressed by Rice President David Leebron in a recent message to the Rice community.
'Faces in the Pandemic' opens at Fondren
Humanities debuts unique Department of Transnational Asian Studies
The ‘Asia’ this department will study is nearly global.