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Humanities launches Rice Seminars Program with 'human trafficking' theme
Slavery did not die in the 19th century. Now known as human trafficking, it has continued and even expanded, recent scholarship shows. In its inaugural year, the Rice Seminars Program will delve into the subject of slavery, past and present, with an ambitious schedule of lectures, interdisciplinary research and workshops -- all culminating in an edited book to which all participants will contribute. »

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Rice University Art Gallery

Joel Shapiro: New Installation
Current Exhibit
Joel Shapiro: New Installation
February 2 - March 18, 2012
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Faculty

Uwe SteinerUwe Steiner
Uwe Steiner, Chair of German Studies, was able to spend last year in the German city of Freiburg im Breisgau, where he was working on a new major research project on “philosophical anthropology,” a trend in early twentieth-century German philosophy, influenced by philosophers like Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. »

Alumni

Martin, Robert S.Robert S. Martin
(1971 BA in History)
Professor Emeritus at the School of Library Information Studies at Texas Woman's University, former Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal »