The Humanities Research Center at Rice University begins its Public Humanities Initiative in the 2007-08 academic year with two exciting lecture series. This initiative presents important speakers to public audiences, addressing matters of broad humanistic concern and public interest. The HRC invites the Houston community to the campus of Rice University for lectures, discussions, and other presentations on a wide range of topics organized each season by an overarching theme.
In partnership with the Latin American Initiative at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, the HRC presents a series of public lectures by leading public intellectuals and governmental figures from Mexico. Speakers will address topics including the energy sector, poverty and development, the fine arts, and national security. The goal of this series is to enhance cross-border collaboration and understanding between Mexico and the United States.
For more information on this series, please contact Moramay López-Alonso at moramay@rice.edu.
In Spring, 2008, we are pleased to welcome you to a series of events the last week of February on "Houston and Katrina." This series features speakers who will address the social, cultural, economic, educational, judicial, and demographic impact of the mass migration of New Orleans residents to Houston in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
For more information on this series, please contact Hank Hancock at hmhancock@rice.edu.
See Rice at Large preview of this series (Fall 2007, p.4).
The Humanities Research Center at Rice University serves to foster research and interest in the humanities, broadly understood.
Through funding of faculty, graduate, and undergraduate student fellowships; interdisciplinary workshops; international conferences; external faculty visitors; document archives; research seminars; and most recently its Public Humanities Initiative, the HRC strives to broaden the scope and depth of humanities-based conversations throughout the larger intellectual community.