Humanities

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.

Eddie Glaude Jr. talks racial justice in America in special Campbell Lecture

Popular Princeton professor will speak March 4 during online lecture.

Ostherr awarded DeBakey Fellowship for computational health research

The award supports research at the world's largest medical library at the National Institutes of Health.

Writer-in-residence Bajani leading new journeys with three upcoming books

Andrea Bajani has been thinking a lot lately about the journey a writer and reader take together, the evolution of character and the boundaries crossed in pursuit of something new.

It's lights, camera, gavel for Cinema and Media Studies minors

New course will explore the American courtroom drama.

Rice learns from its history in weekly podcast from Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice

“Doc Talks” podcast sheds light on new research and other behind-the-scenes work done by Rice historians and students alike.

Islamic scholar Nasr to lecture on intertwined history of Shi’ism and Sufism

Rice’s Kazimi Lecture series brings 'towering figure' into conversation via Zoom Dec. 7.

Voter research amid pandemic wins Rice students new national award

Undergrad team wowed judges by helping secure millions for polling place safety across Harris County.

VADA helps student create on-campus sculpture from across the country

Rice wins Mayor's Early Vote College Challenge

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.

Humanities courses ask the big questions — about death, hate and Disney

Classes contemplating three of the largest forces at play in our world will feature in the newest Big Questions courses.

Latin American lit professor publishing three books this fall

Coming up from Gisela Heffes: a new reader on ecocriticism, a fourth novel and her first volume of poetry.

Future of Supreme Court — both immediate and long-term — is focus of Rice webinar

Major challenges now facing the Supreme Court will be the topic of a Nov. 12 webinar.