Facilities

Expansion in our humanities offerings cannot happen absent growth in the habitat for humanities. The new Humanities Building was dedicated in 2000 and is now home to the Departments of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies, as well as to the Center for the Study of Cultures, the Goethe Center for Central European Studies, and the Program for the Study of Women and Gender.

In January 2002, the language and literature departments moved into a completely renovated Rayzor Hall, which has been upgraded to contemporary technological standards and provides much-needed classroom and office space. This past fall, after the Jones School occupied its new building on the north side of Jamail Plaza, we began renovations of Herring Hall, which will be the new home for the Departments of English, Linguistics, and Art and Art History. With Herring’s completion sometime next year, Rice will have a humanities corridor that gives much-needed resources to programs that are the lifeblood of society and culture.