Humanities

Rice Theatre presents 'On the Verge' Oct. 8-10

Eric Overmyer’s magical play follows three Victorian explorers through place and time.

Puppet masters

At the end of this semester, students in Afsaneh Aayani-Santos’ course on puppetry design — a brand-new offering in the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts — will have created their own fully original and fully articulated puppets.

Dashboard displays troubling trend of unexplained deaths

‘Slow-burning background crisis’ revealed in new work by Rice humanities researcher John Mulligan.

Cristina Rivera Garza talks medicine, language and bodies in Sept. 22 lecture

The 'Genius Grant' winner and fiction writer will read from her work in English and Spanish.

Transnational Asian Studies expands its offerings with three new faculty members

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

Amitav Ghosh tackles the 'unthinkable' in 2021 Campbell Lecture Series on climate change

The global thinker offers parables for a planet in crisis Sep. 13 and 14. during an event that's free and open to the public.

CAAAS asks: Has MLK’s dream been deferred?

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

Incoming freshmen RISE to the occasion

New 10-day residential seminar acquaints humanities and social sciences students with Rice, Houston, race and urban life.

Timothy Morton on giving up flight — at least when it comes to lectures

The environmental philosopher wants to model a new work-life balance that sends a message of care.

Jeffrey Kripal on how to think about the UFO phenomenon

To study the subject adequately is ‘to study pretty much everything’

Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium offers supportive venue for students to share ‘incredible work’

Lillian Wieland’s freshman-year presentation for the Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium (RURS) “went terribly,” as she recalls it.

Juneteenth event addresses Rice's history and topics of African American life

Task force proposes competition to redesign Academic Quad, determine fate of statue.

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.

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.