eat pizza with the english department! Being an English major at Rice means that manuscripts, screenplays, novels and other writing projects have deadlines that are coming up in the next few weeks as the semester winds down to a close. To take your mind off all of that important (but heavy) work, come out to Herring Hall (Room 225) on Monday, April 25th from 11:00AM-1:00PM for some pizza. Give yourself…
On March 24th, the English Department’s Undergraduate Committee held a wonderful Fall Semester Preview event where they introduced upcoming courses offered by the department, and reviewed major requirements, provided advising, and answered questions. Faculty, undergraduates, and graduate students shared stories, food, and fun on the Herring Hall patio! Here are some photos from the event.
Each year, Rice University’s Chao Center for Asian Studies hosts the Transnational Asia Speaker Series, which, with the support of the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation, allows scholars of high regard to give guest lectures to the greater Houston area on topics pertinent to Asia and Asian life. Neferti X. M. Tadiar was one such speaker who gave her lecture on March 8th in Herring Hall. Professor Alden…
Before spring break, the English Department in association with the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts hosted a luncheon with distinguished poet francine j. harris on Rice’s campus. francine j. harris is a published author and has written Here Is the Sweet Hand (2020), play dead (2016), and allegiance (2012). her work has been featured in several journals, she is the recipient of numerous writing awards, and is currently an associate professor of…
The English Department’s Fall 2022 Course Preview is here! Join us on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. in Herring Hall, room 100 to hear about: Fall course preview English blog English major advising We can’t wait to see you there!
The graduate students of the Rice University English Department will be hosting their virtual conference, “The End of English,” which focuses on the current climate of the Humanities, and imagines the possible futures of the Humanities and Literary Studies. There will be both creative pieces and traditional paper presentations on an exciting array of topics, and all members of the Rice community and the public are welcomed to attend and…
Every semester, Rice offers a plethora of English courses spanning a diverse range of topics that attract students from every school of thought. This semester, Spring 2022, the course offerings bring forth a wide array of areas of interest, including focuses on subject matters such as translation, Milton, sports and more. The following courses have spots available and are open to all levels, majors and non-majors; this is an excellent…
Fairy lights twinkled against the dark bluing night sky as the murmur of the audience drifted in waves, carried by the breeze, weaving in and out of rows of seats, dissipating towards the front, where a wooden lectern stood against the red-bricked background of Rice University’s Ray’s Courtyard. It is here that poet Dave Lucas began to speak. Lucas’s curled hair, thick-rimmed square glasses and colorful shirt caught the eye…
Photo from the RADAAR Collective’s first meeting:
On November 2nd, the English Department’s Undergraduate Committee held a successful Spring Semester Preview event where they introduced upcoming courses, clarified major requirements, and answered questions. Faculty, undergraduates, and grad students shared stories, food, and laughter on the Herring Hall patio on what turned out to be a beautiful evening! Here are some photos from the event.
