History

Transnational Asian Studies expands its offerings with three new faculty members

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

CAAAS asks: Has MLK’s dream been deferred?

The Very Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas will deliver annual lecture commemorating the 1963 March on Washington.

Woodson Research Center team honored with Shapiro award

Library staff worked throughout pandemic to deliver invaluable documents, digitization and much more.

Six Rice-TMC research teams earn seed grants

Rice's Educational and Research Initiatives for Collaborative Health has announced six seed grants for research collaborations between faculty from Rice and the Texas Medical Center.

Rice celebrates Juneteenth and emancipations to come

Rice’s second annual Juneteenth celebration will bring together professors across the university — from Computational and Applied Mathematics to Modern and Classical Literature and Cultures — for three panels exploring ideas and questions central to the meaning and promise of the important holiday.

A heartbeat away

How a medical humanities workshop and coding crash course created a pulse-inspired art exhibition at Rice’s Solar Studios.

Time capsule found in Abercrombie cornerstone

A time capsule from the November 1948 formal opening of the Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory was discovered in the building's cornerstone by demolition crews clearing the way for a new 266,000-square-foot engineering and science building.

World’s largest database on history of slave trade now housed at Rice

SlaveVoyages.org is the result of years of research, reengineered for the future by Rice and a newly formed consortium.

How should we decide who deserves to be honored with a statue?

Public monument expert Sanford Levinson to deliver April 13 lecture.

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.

A new look at ‘The Red Book,' a 1915 artifact of Black life in Houston

A midwife named Annie Hagen “came to Houston with 50 cents and through her industry and thrift … accumulated a nice bit of property” around the turn of the 20th century.

New humanities podcast explores personal connections between life and scholarship

"Connections" was conceived as a way to explore a topic that’s long been fundamental to humanistic fields of study.

Historian Brinkley to discuss future of American presidency in wake of insurrection

Free Feb. 3 town hall to take place via Zoom

What if Black women have always been the vanguard of voting rights?

Historian and Johns Hopkins professor Martha S. Jones to speak March 10 for Women’s History Month.

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.