CAAAS asks: Has MLK’s dream been deferred?
The Very Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas will deliver annual lecture commemorating the 1963 March on Washington.
What can the relationships between the Prophet Muhammad and ancient Christians teach us about today's relations between the religions?
Jeffrey Kripal on how to think about the UFO phenomenon
To study the subject adequately is ‘to study pretty much everything’
Kassim wins prestigious dissertation completion fellowship
A series of setbacks didn’t deter this Rice grad student, who is soon to publish his second book.
Anthony Pinn elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Rice Professor Anthony Pinn has been elected to the nation’s foremost society of scholars, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Established by America’s founding fathers in 1780, the academy’s members have included Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.
Clements and Faubion convene conference of international Foucault ‘superstars’
Scholars’ twice-weekly talks this summer will consider newly published work by the French philosopher Micheal Foucault
A recent study from Indiana University-Purdue University and the University of Oklahoma suggests Americans who “strongly embrace Christian nationalism” — which, the authors note, is nearly 25% of the U.S. population and growing — are also much more likely to refuse COVID-19 vaccination.
Rice expert: Religious leaders are key to vaccination efforts
Amid news that the Biden administration will soon launch a wide-reaching public relations campaign aimed at improving COVID-19 vaccine confidence and inoculation rates across the U.S., Rice University sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund is available to discuss the role religious leaders can play in encouraging their congregants to get a shot.
Unconventional Students at Rice 2021: Norman Zheng finds balance
When Norman Zheng ’21 came to Rice he wanted to be pre-med, but he did not think there would be hands-on experience in his first year.
Religion in the real world: Rice's Religion and Public Life Program celebrates 10 years
Over 80% of the world’s population is religious, and for a decade, Rice University's Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP) has been dedicated to promoting better understanding of religion's impact on the world.
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.
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.
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.