Race

December 06, 2024

Guest Speaker Panel: "Black, Brown and Blue: A Historical Discussion of Policing in Houston"
Guest Speaker Panel: "Three Feathers: Storytelling and Restorative Justice In Northern Indigenous Communities"
Amy C. Evans: "Houston in 2020: Self-Employed Black Artists- An Oral History Project by Amy C. Evans"
Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez: "Racial Health Disparities and Public History: Oral Histories of LatinX and African American Health in the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Guest Speaker Panel: "Seadrift Documentary Panel Discussion: Race, Refugees, and Redemption"
Stephen Klineberg: "Prophetic City: Tracking Responses to Mounting Inequalities, Ethnic Transformations, and Severe Storms"
Sarah Rafael Garcia: "Fairy Tales for Truth and Justice: Preserving and Re-presenting History through Contemporary Narratives"
Ruben Molina: "Chicano Soul: Recordings and History of an American Culture"
Dwight Watson: "Murder on the Bayou: Jose Campos Torres and Police Brutality"
Karl Jacoby: "The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire"
Houston History Magazine Panel: "African American Studies: Community Impact and Future Outlook"
Houston History Magazine Panel: "Houston History Spring Launch Event: Italians Plant Roots in Houston"
Houston History Magazine Panel: "WIMS: Opening Dialogues Across Race, Region, and Religion"
Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez: Listening for Latina/o Voices
Carla Ulrich: Capturing Indigenous Community through Film
Martha S. Jones: Honoring Black Agency in an American Democracy
Brian D. Behnken: Tweeting through Race, Policing, and Social Change
Allison Anderson: Female Physicians of Houston Negro Hospital (Riverside General): Stories from the Third Ward
Brandy Black: Women of Houston's Student Civil Rights Movement: Stories from the Third Ward
Denise Meringolo: Preserve the Baltimore Uprising: A Case Study in Radical Public History Practice

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May 22, 2026

Untitled Art will launch four new prizes at Houston fair's second edition

The prizes include an aquisition award from Public Art of the University of Houston System and will provide a combined amount as much as $113,200 for acquisitions at the fair.

May 21, 2026

History PhD Student Wins International Dissertation Fellowship

The History Department congratulates Ph.D. student Chase Norton, who has been awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council fellowship from the Canadian government.

May 21, 2026

Tam Earns Prestigious Moores Professorship, a UHCOP First in More Than 20 Years

Vincent H. Tam, Pharm.D., FIDSA, FIDP, BCIDP, was named a Moores Professor, one of UH’s most prestigious faculty distinctions. The honor recognizes Tam’s exceptional record of research, scholarship and academic leadership.