Event Announcement: English Major Study Break

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…

Transnational Asia Speaker Series: Neferti X. M. Tadiar

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…

Lunch with Poet francine j. harris

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…