february general meeting
Please join us for the first HGSA meeting of the semester on February 17 at 12:30pm (room TBA). We’ll be discussing the HSS Speaker Series and this semester’s professionalization workshop.
humanities and social sciences speaker series
How do you contribute to the Humanities and Social Sciences?
We’re now calling for participants for the Humanities and Social Sciences Speaker Series. On Friday, April 15, we’ll have a group keynote composed of professors from the Humanities and the Social Sciences. And on Saturday, April 16, multiple panels of graduate students will showcase their research in front of an interdisciplinary audience.
Want to participate? Check out our website for the official call and more information.
2016 owl open competition
The OWL Open is the Rice-University-wide business plan competition open to all Rice students, from any field of study. Teams will compete for $10,000 in prizes in front of investors, entrepreneurs, and corporate executives. Winners will also win an invitation to interview for OwlSpark Class 4 in Summer 2016. The winning graduate team will receive automatic entry into the 2016 Rice Business Plan Competition.
The OWL Open is Saturday, February 20 from 8:00am to 1:30pm in McNair Hall.
accomplishments
Derek Woods (English) has two forthcoming publications, “Sanitation and Telepathy: George Eliot’s The Lifted Veil” in the journal Victorian Literature and Culture, and “The Epistemic Thing in Charles and Ray Eames’s Powers of Ten” in the collection Size and Scale in Literature and Culture.
Elena Valdez (English) received a 2016 New Mexico History Scholars Award from the New Mexico Office of the State Historian to research the writings of Aurora Lucero-White and Arthur L. Campa at the Center for Southwest Research.
upcoming conferences & lectures
conferences:
- Vagantes: Conference on Medieval Studies, Feb. 18-20, 2016 [Interdisciplinary] http://vagantesconference.org/
- Atlantic Environments and the American South, February 5-6, 2016 [History], http://atlanticenvironmentsandtheamericansouth.blogs.rice.edu/
- Spiritual But Not Religious Conference, Mar. 18-20, 2016 [Religious Studies]
- CSWGS Annual Graduate Symposium, Apr. 15, 2016
lectures:
- Diane M. Nelson: “A Life’s Worth: Mining’s Uncertainties and Neo-Colonial Alchemies,” Feb. 18, 2016 [CSWGS] http://cswgs.rice.edu/Events.aspx?EventRecord=26295
- Sarah S. Richardson: “The Maternal Mystique: Gender and Science at the Maternal-Fetal Interface,” Mar. 24, 2016 [CSWGS] http://cswgs.rice.edu/Events.aspx?EventRecord=26296
- Svati P. Shah: “Progress and Its Other: Sexuality, Temporality, and Urbanization in India,” Mar. 31, 2016 [CSWGS] http://cswgs.rice.edu/Events.aspx?EventRecord=26297
Spread the word! Are you or your department hosting an upcoming conference or a lecture? Email us at hgsa@rice.edu, and we’ll add your information to this list.
call for accomplishments
Celebrate your achievements! Keep us informed about your conference participation, fellowships, and anything else noteworthy that demonstrates the achievements of Rice’s Humanities grad students. Send your name and department along with information about your accomplishment to hgsa@rice.edu or your department representative.
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