EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

United States Postal Service Passport Fair
Tuesday, February 3, 2009  - Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Kelley Lounge  RMC/Ley Student Center
Rice University
6100 Main St
Houston, Texas, USA

PAST EVENTS

Pilot Program in Poverty, Social Justice and Human Capabilities
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Caren Grown
Globalization, Gender And Poverty: Strategies For Funding Social Protection
Friday, February 27, 2009
4:00 PM  to 5:30 PM

DoréCommons  Baker Hall
Rice University
6100 Main St
Houston, Texas, USA

R.S.V.P. to Christine Medina at cmedina@rice.edu or by fax to 713-348-5495 by Monday, February 23, 2009.
Registration Required

HumanitiesResearch Center

Javier Gomá Lanzón
Director of the Juan March Foundation

El Universal Político

Wednesday, February 25, 2009
4:00 PM  to 5:30 PM

117  HumanitiesBuilding
Rice University
6100 Main St
Houston, Texas, USA

Gomá Lanzón is the author of Imitación y Experiencia, awarded the 2004 Spanish National Essay Prize, and most recently of Aquiles en el Gineceo (Pre-Textos, 2007).

Cinematheque Series: Latin American "Third Cinema" by Margarita de la Vega-Hurtado

Thursday, February 19, 2009
7:00 PM  to 9:00 PM

Film Auditorium,  Rice MediaCenter
Rice University
6100 Main St
Houston, Texas, USA

Third Cinema is a political and artistic movement originated in the Sixties, with a desire to depict their own reality and their position in front of world events, looking for different forms and styles than those of the dominant European and Hollywood cinemas. CHIRCALES (Brickmakers) by Marta Rodriquez and Jorge Silva (Colombia, 1968-72) and NOW (Santiago Alvarez, Cuba, 1965) will be screened.

Visual and Dramatic Arts
Rice Cinema
Rice Players

Iranian Film Festival features "7 Blind Women Filmmakers," directed by various filmmakers 

Saturday, February 7, 2009  - Wednesday, December 16, 2009
8:00 PM  to 10:00 PM

FilmAuditorium  Rice MediaCenter
Rice University
6100 Main St
Houston, Texas, USA

A dream inspired director, Mohammad Shirvani, organized a year-long filmmaking workshop for blind women. The project culminated in the remarkable short films.
Open to the Public/Admission Charge