Asian Studies

Guest views items on display in Houston Asian American Archive exhibition

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.

Nanxiu Qian

Rice mourns beloved Chinese literature professor Nanxiu Qian

Nanxiu Qian, professor of Chinese literature in the School of Humanities, died Nov. 16 after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was 75.

Transnational Asian Studies new hires

Transnational Asian Studies expands its offerings with three new faculty members

‘A true pioneer,’ the department works across boundaries in space, time and discipline.

Antonius Bui, 'Not Sorry for the Trouble' series, 2020, laser and hand-cut paper, courtesy of the artist.

'Faces in the Pandemic' opens at Fondren

The new Department of Transnational Asian Studies will be housed on the fifth floor of Lovett Hall. (Photo by Brandon Martin)

Humanities debuts unique Department of Transnational Asian Studies

The ‘Asia’ this department will study is nearly global.