CAAAS

Untapped potential’: Rice partners with area universities in new African and African American studies consortium

Feb. 19 panel on history of AAAS in Southeastern Texas to kick off collaboration between Rice, UH, TSU and PVAMU.

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.

Visiting Artist Lecture Series continues spotlighting Black voices in contemporary art

VADA and CAAAS team up to bring four artists into virtual conversation weekly, starting Nov. 5.

School of Humanities talking new goals, why humanities matter in Owl Together series

What can you do with a humanities degree? And why are the humanities so important during times of pandemic, past and present?

English professor’s first novel optioned for TV

Bryan Washington’s new novel, “Memorial,” doesn’t arrive in print until Oct. 27, yet the title has already been optioned for television.

'Religion and Black Lives Matter' to be tackled in Rockwell Lecture Series

Next talk Oct. 1 features leading Africana philosopher Lewis R. Gordon.

Which lives matter? Couti leads international forum Sept. 25 on race and policing in France

The public webinar will be preceded by special Humanities Now session for Rice undergrads.

MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream' speech to be revisited in Aug. 28 lecture by Walter Earl Fluker

In commemoration of the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, at which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic “I Have a Dream” speech, the Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) will host an Aug. 28 lecture via Zoom by renowned speaker Walter Earl Fluker.

Acclaimed author Bryan Washington appointed Scholar-in-Residence for Racial Justice at Rice

Washington will be the first to occupy an 'important and necessary' position at the university.

Byrd named a Piper Professor

The history professor — and Rice alum — is among the 10 best teachers in Texas.

New racial justice fund from Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning seeks creative solutions

The Fund for Racial Justice Teaching and Programming will offer grants to students and faculty to counter anti-Black racism.

Center for African and African American Studies offers new minor, course and grad certificate

The new minor includes 72 different classes across 10 departments and programs.

Inaugural lecture series at Rice will commemorate, contemplate Juneteenth

A new annual lecture series from Rice will remember June 19 through discussions on the legacy of slavery and race in America.

Visiting Artist Lecture Series coming to a close with Gaines, Miller

New York-based writer and artist Malik Gaines gave a lecture Feb. 7 at the Rice Media Center to an auditorium of Rice students, faculty and staff who were also treated to a screening of one of Gaines’ recent short films.

Media advisory: 'Radical Revisionists' opening Jan. 24 at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts

HOUSTON – (Jan. 16, 2020) – Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts will unveil its spring exhibition Jan. 24 with an opening reception for “Radical Revisionists: Contemporary African Artists Confronting Past and Present.”