Department of History

Welcome


We are a community of scholars and students passionate about studying the past in order to help us understand our contemporary world. In the History Department, Rice students will learn with accomplished scholars in small classroom settings. Our faculty enjoy teaching, and many have been recognized with awards for exceptional teaching. The skills learned in history courses--how to sift through enormous amounts of information, how to read texts critically, how to write effective prose are broadly applicable to many fields and careers.


Unlocking the past, shaping the future:

The power of a Rice history degree


Upcoming Events

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Sep 4 Thursday

  • Rice Global and International Seminar Series: Transimperial Trajectories

    Join the Rice History Department in welcoming Dr. Satoshi Mizutani, Faculty of Global and Regional Studies at
    Doshisha University for the lecture “Transimperial Trajectories: Colonialism and Anticolonialism across the British and Japanese Empires,” a part of the Rice Global and International History Seminar Series, 2025-2026.

    1:00pm