Lois Parkinson Zamora is professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Houston, where she holds a Moores Distinguished Professorship. She frequently writes about the visual arts and their relationship…

Michael Guidry, curator of public art, came to UH in 2005 after serving more than nine years as the assistant registrar and curator of traveling exhibitions for the New Orleans…

David Rainbow is an instructional assistant professor in the Honors College at the University of Houston. He teaches and writes about modern Russian and Eurasian history and is currently writing…

Bill Browder, founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005. Since 2009, when his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was murdered in prison after…

Terrence Doody received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1970 and joined the faculty of Rice University where he is professor emeritus in the department of English. He teaches courses…

Christopher Hill, a former career diplomat, served as lead negotiator for the United States in the six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear issue between 2005 and 2009. In a…

Shellye Arnold, president and CEO of Memorial Park Conservancy, will discuss the implementation of the Ten-Year Plan, its completed projects, such as the Clay Family Eastern Glades, its current projects,…

David Bomford, chair of conservation and Audrey Jones Beck Curator in the department of European art at the MFAH, led the creation of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Center for…

Bill Arning received a B.A. in art history from New York University and a M.A. in art history from Tufts University while serving as exhibitions coordinator at the List Art…

Kyle Shelton is the director of strategic partnerships at Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, where he leads research on urban development, transportation, and placemaking, as well as on…