Humanities

Rice Cinema film series screening outdoors, online this semester

VADA is hosting BYOChair movie nights during the fall 2020 semester.

'Is This the End?' Big Questions courses tackle truth, ethics and the apocalypse

Two new Humanities classes will explore questions for which there is no 'right' answer.

MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream' speech to be revisited in Aug. 28 lecture by Walter Earl Fluker

In commemoration of the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, at which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic “I Have a Dream” speech, the Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) will host an Aug. 28 lecture via Zoom by renowned speaker Walter Earl Fluker.

Classical Mask: Art History’s punny posters encourage mask wearing, social distancing

New health protocol notices in Herring Hall promote safety, smiles.

'Faces in the Pandemic' opens at Fondren

Rice remembers legendary Rabbi Samuel Karff, one of Houston’s 'Three Wise Men'

Rabbi Karff lectured at Rice for over 20 years and was influential in fundraising for its Jewish Studies program.

Rice historian available to discuss 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender in WWII

HOUSTON – (Aug. 10, 2020) – Aug. 14 marks the 75th anniversary of the announcement of Japan's surrender to the Allies in World War II, effectively ending the deadliest conflict in history.

Owls return to the nest

Acclaimed author Bryan Washington appointed Scholar-in-Residence for Racial Justice at Rice

Washington will be the first to occupy an 'important and necessary' position at the university.

Alexander Byrd appointed Rice’s first Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The lauded history professor and Rice alum will guide diversity initiatives.

Humanities debuts unique Department of Transnational Asian Studies

The ‘Asia’ this department will study is nearly global.

New Department of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures elevates language-based humanities at Rice

Historically and geographically, the new department reaches from ancient Greece to the contemporary Americas.

Rice panel focuses on how universities should confront and rectify histories of racism

How should universities confront and redress histories of racism on campus? When and where should monuments go, and what lessons can history offer now and in the future?

Rice historian Melissa Kean retires

Her popular Rice History Corner blog will continue to live on.

Little Free Libraries on campus encourage ‘fun’ reading, lifetime learning habits

Just weeks after their installation, the boxes are bursting with popular titles.