Projects
SYRIOS
The (Studying Urban Relationships and Identity Over Ancient Syria) project explores Syrian history through the intersection of historical data, user experience research and web technology.
Directors: Kristina Neumann (History, CLASS), Peggy Lindner (Information and Logistics Technology, Engineering), and Liz Rodwell (Information and Logistics Technology, Engineering)
Sharing Stories from 1977
documents the lives of over 150,000 participants of the 1977 National Women’s Conference through biographies, oral histories, historical ephemera, demographic mapping and interpretive essays.
Directors: Leandra Zarnow (History, CLASS), Nancy Beck Young (History, CLASS), Dr. Peggy Lindner (Information and Logistics Technology, Engineering), and Liz Rodwell (Information and Logistics Technology, Engineering)
Houston History Magazine
The has been published by the UH Center for Public History since 2003 and engages the local community by preserving Houston's history.
Directors: Debbie Harwell (History, CLASS)
Morales Family Collection
The preserves death records of Latinos from Juan Crow segregation, allowing the Morales family to identify the health and social conditions affecting Latinos in Houston disproportionately.
Directors: Gabriela Baeza Ventura (Hispanic Studies, CLASS), Carolina Villarroel (USLDH), Lorena Gauthereau (USLDH), and Mikaela Selley (USLDH)
Mapping Multicultural Houston
This archival project curates a digital spatial map detailing the history and experiences of Houston’s Chinese communities through census data, immigration records and personal narratives kept in the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library and the Rice University Chao Center.
Directors: Melody Yunzi LI (Modern and Classical Languages, CLASS) and Guadalupe San Miguel (History, CLASS)
1771 Project
The explores the literary and cultural history of 1771 across four cities of the British empire (London, Edinburgh, Philadelphia and Kingston, Jamaica) using a dataset from the English Short Title Catalogue which includes works by authors and printers categorized by genre, gender and city.
Director: David Mazella (English, CLASS)