Our interdisciplinary strategic areas represent transformative arenas of connective humanities. Each seeks to overcome the disciplinary silos within the Humanities but also foster new collaborations among and between the schools at Rice. If, as a recent British daily proclaimed, “humans need the humanities” in a social world that is increasingly fragmented, atomized, and polarized, the Humanities at Rice can constitute the hub of intellectual exchange, the connector, the source of new ideas and programs that are specifically designed to conjoin faculty and students from across campus.
Supporting our strategic initiatives will advance our vision for a more connective humanities at Rice and mark a significant step toward fulfilling key goals of V2C2, Rice University’s ambitious strategic plan, by:
• Providing transformative undergraduate education
• Building renowned graduate programs
• Investing in our faculty to achieve preeminence
• Expanding access, diversity and inclusiveness
• Elevating research achievement and reputation
• Enhancing Rice’s reach and reputation around the world
• Better engaging Houston and empowering its success
Each seeks to overcome the disciplinary silos within the Humanities but also foster new collaborations among and between the schools at Rice. If, as a recent British daily proclaimed, “humans need the humanities” in a social world that is increasingly fragmented, atomized, and polarized, the Humanities at Rice can constitute the hub of intellectual exchange, the connector, the source of new ideas and programs that are specifically designed to conjoin faculty and students from across campus.