History

Gualtieri contemplates community building by ‘Women in Early Arab America’

USC scholar to speak at March 10 lecture in honor of Women’s History Month

Campos considers habitability and the human

The historian of science challenged understandings of and assumptions about “new worlds” Feb. 24

imagineRio allows users to visualize five centuries of change in a modern megacity

Major rebuild to the Rice site adds 3,000 photos, new tools for teaching, learning

Rice wins NEH grant to create digital database of Atlantic slave trade

Grant will further enhance Rice’s reputation as a center for Africa and African diaspora studies, digital humanities

Historian of science Luis Campos joining Rice as Baker College Chair

Appointment in the History of Science, Technology and Innovation begins in spring

Inaugural cohort of Humanities Dean’s Fellows hails culture of collaboration

New program funds undergraduates passionate about humanities research

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

‘Bound Away’ conference bringing new research on slave voyages

Art exhibitions at Moody, MFAH will contextualize research presented Dec. 3-4

Spring Big Questions courses consider what makes a terrorist and what makes a classic

New classes from Humanities professors explore essential issues of our time

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?

Design competition announced for Little Free Libraries

Jury of Rice judges will consider feasibility, durability, creativity and public impact

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

Texas abortion law to be discussed in webinar

Experts will educate public at Sept. 20 teach-in on Texas abortion law, reproductive rights

Rice hosts Leah Litman, Melaney Linton, Wendy Davis and more in response to Texas abortion ban via Zoom webinar.

Simmons: Confront legacies of slavery 'unflinchingly'

When she was president of an Ivy League university, Ruth Simmons learned the importance of confronting an institution’s complicated and controversial history head-on. Now, as a Rice trustee emerita and president of Prairie View A&M University, she has some thoughts and advice.