![]() | Houston and Katrina: Mayor Bill White, Dr. Douglas Brinkley Mayor Bill White, Dr. Douglas Brinkley |
| date: | 6:00PM to 8:00PM US Central (GMT −0600) Wednesday, February 27, 2008 |
| length: | 2 hours, 0 minutes |
| sponsor: | Humanities Research Center / Dean of Humanities |
| summary: | The Humanities Research Center at Rice University offers a public lecture series featuring speakers from a variety of academic and professional disciplines who have explored aspects of Katrina's impact on Houston. They will address the conflicts and changes in social, cultural, economic, judicial, and demographic circumstances in Houston, through an examination of oral histories, statistical data, legal cases, and historical trends. The lecture series is made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Gilder Foundation. For more details please visit http://www.publichumanities.org/Katrina1.html. |
| more info: | http://cohesion.rice.edu/services/events/index.cfm?EventRecord=8900 Humanities Research Center Rice Humanities Department National Endowment for the Humanities and the Gilder Foundation |
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