Re-Thinking the University

Unless otherwise noted, all Colloquia will be held at 4:00 p.m. in the Kyle Morrow Room, Fondren Library. A wine and cheese reception will follow each event.

Most lectures were not recorded, no videos available.

1999 Fall Lecture Schedule

  • Tuesday, 14 September 1999

John Boles, Professor of History, Rice University
"Rice University: Edgar Odell Lovett's Vision"
John Zammito, Associate Professor of History, Rice University
"The Research University under the Auspices of NeoHumanism: Wilhelm von Humboldt and the 19th-Century German University On the Model of Berlin"

  • Thursday, 23 September 1999 – Bochner Lecture

8:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Duncan Hall Auditorium
Henry Rosovsky
Geyser University Professor Emeritus
Harvard University
"Do We Need to Fear the Future?: the University in the 21st Century"

  • Tuesday, 12 October 1999

Robert Curl
Professor of Chemistry, Rice University
"Basic Research and the University"

  • Tuesday, 16 November 1999

Thomas Haskell
Professor of History, Rice University
"Academic Freedom: Who Needs It? Who Deserves It?"

  • Thursday, 9 December 1999

Raymond Wells, Jr.
Professor of Mathematics and Education, Rice University
"Rice in International Perspective: the Bremen Initiative"

2000 Spring Lecture Schedule

  • Tuesday, 18 January 2000

Frank Huband
Executive Director, American Society for Engineering Education
"The Virtual University: Alternatives to Traditional Structures"
Video available here.

  • Tuesday, 15 February 2000

Judith Brown
Dean of Humanities, Rice University
"The Role of the Humanities: Rice as a Case Study"

  • Thursday, 16 March 2000

Peter Euben
Professor, Department of Politics
University of California at Santa Cruz
"Politicizing the University and Other Clichés"

  • Tuesday, 11 April 2000

Malcolm Gillis
President, Rice University
"The Future of Universities: Alternative Views from Scientists, Humanists, and Social Scientists"

In addition to its afternoon series, Scientia is pleased to announce the following lecture to be held in the McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall, at 7:30 p.m.

  • Tuesday, 25 April 2000

Malcolm Gillis
President, Rice University
"Rethinking the University: Rice in the 21st Century"

Contact Us

Scientia Institute - MS 08

Fondren Library 518
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX 77005

Phone: 713-348-4695
Email: scientia@rice.edu

Location

Duncan Hall

Traveling on Main Street, enter the Rice University campus at Entrance #2. Directly ahead is Lovett Hall (the building with the arch/Sallyport) and Duncan Hall (lecture site) is the first building to the right, across the street.

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