Anthropology

CAAAS lectures call for moral leadership in turbulent times

Robert Michael Franklin Jr., Marla Frederick, Lerone Martin and others to speak this semester at Rice

Undergrads share research on Texas slave trade

Rice undergraduates presented alongside historians and experts on the intra-American slave trade at the “Bound Away” conference Dec. 3-4

The ethics of studying ancient DNA: Rice scholar helps craft global guidelines

Geneticists and archaeologists studying ancient DNA should engage with stakeholders in the places where they conduct research, minimize damage to human remains and share their data, according to new guidelines outlined in a paper co-authored by a Rice University anthropologist and published today in Nature.

Initiative for the Study of LatinX America expands Latin American scholarship at Rice

ISLA seeks to position Rice on the cutting edge of contemporary studies and research

Former glacier inspires orchestral work

Okjökull first made international headlines when Rice anthropologists organized the first memorial service for a glacier lost to climate change.

Old bones get new life in renovated Rice laboratory

The skeletons of more than 800 Southeast Texas animals are getting a second life in a renovated archaeology lab space at Rice University.

Graduate Student Loan Closet reopens, restocked and revamped

The ‘incredible resource’ for three decades of Owls had to shut down during the pandemic.

Rice sociologist Rachel Tolbert Kimbro named dean of School of Social Sciences

HOUSTON – (March 24, 2021) – Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, an award-winning educator and prolific researcher in the field of children's health, has been named the newest dean of Rice University's School of Social Sciences effective July 1.

People, papers and presentations June 28, 2021

The MD Anderson Leadership Institute at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Prism Award 2020 nominee.

Social Sciences in the summer: Timely issues on tap for upcoming courses

Summer will be here soon, but Rice's School of Social Sciences isn't taking a vacation from learning. A variety of classes focusing on timely social, political and economic issues are being offered during the summer term.

'Become human again' to address social, environmental challenges

"Hyposubjects: on becoming human," a new book from Rice professors Timothy Morton and Dominic Boyer, takes an experimental approach to thinking about the social and environmental challenges of our times.

Clements and Faubion convene conference of international Foucault ‘superstars’

Scholars’ twice-weekly talks this summer will consider newly published work by the French philosopher Micheal Foucault

Rice study to examine how ice melt in one area impacts sea level rise in another

How does ice melted by climate change in Greenland hit the shores of Honolulu?

Slave trade artifacts and records to be studied with aid of new grant

The institution of slavery caused centuries of harrowing misery, triggered wars and left a searing legacy of racial injustice, but many of the artifacts and records pertaining to slavery’s history have been understudied or altogether forgotten.

World's first memorial to a lost glacier up for Design Museum award

The first-of-its-kind plaque from Rice anthropologists is up for an award from the Design Museum in London.