Humanities

Islamic studies scholar Doostdar contemplates God and Satan in modern Shi’i thought

University of Chicago professor to deliver Feb. 17 Kazimi Lecture

'Cultures of Energy' podcast returns on Groundhog Day

The "Cultures of Energy" podcast, hosted by Rice University anthropologists Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe, returns Feb. 2 with the first of 10 new episodes after a more than two-year hiatus.

Heffes appointed co-president of Association for the Study of Literature and Environment

Gisela Heffes, professor of modern and classical literatures and cultures, has been appointed co-president of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment.

Sperandio’s genre-bending, post-apocalyptic comic presents puzzles, one-eyed pigs

The newest comic book from the VADA professor comes from respected Latvian publisher Kuš

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

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

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

Jewish Food class visits ‘deli maven’ for dinner

Students learned from Ziggy Gruber himself during an end-of-course dinner at his deli

Rice mourns Mary Tobin '73, longtime English lecturer, volunteer

The longtime fixture and friend of the Rice community died Nov. 23.

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

Rice conference on natural disasters draws international panelists, attendees

The Nov. 19-20 conference focused on narratives around natural catastrophes in the Americas and Circum-Caribbean

‘Bound Away’ conference bringing new research on slave voyages

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

Morín brings his ‘machete’

Rice assistant professor of creative writing Tomás Morín read from his new collection of poetry

VADA seniors exhibit new work on bodyhood

New work from the 2021-22 cohort of Visual and Dramatic Arts seniors on the Studio Art track debuted Nov. 12 in the Sleepy Cyborg Gallery