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.htmlrnrn Dr. Klineberg, Professor of Sociology at Rice, has been recognized for his important study on public perceptions in Houston of racial, class, and religious diversity. His research on social change, public opinion and new ideas of race and class in the past two years in Houston, sheds light on transformations in this city since Katrina.rnA folklorist and Martha Gano Houston Research Professor of English at the University of Houston, Dr. Lindahl directs the oral history project "Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston" in partnership with Pat Jasper. A squad of volunteers, who are primarily survivors of both hurricanes, are trained to interview other survivors in order to create a comprehensive collection of narratives of those who sought shelter in Houston.