The Center for the Humanities is proud to support a variety of events for the University of Miami and South Florida community. This Events Calendar promotes our own signature events, such as the Stanford lecture series, Bleich lecture, and Book Talks.
We regularly use our weekly Newsletter to share information on the Center's programming or other campus and Miami-area events that we are pleased to promote.
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We look forward to seeing you at humanities programs!
Welcome back, 'Canes!
Josephine Baker's Cinematic Prism Terri Francis, Associate Professor of Cinematic Arts and Associate Dean of Inclusion and Outreach Classroom Connections through Object-Based Learning Center for the Humanities + PETAL with panelists Nick Pici (Writing Studies), Ashli White (History), Jodi Sypher (Lowe Art Museum), and Cristina Favretto (Special Collections) Tuesday, September 6 @ 6:30 pm
Book Talk @ Books & Books, Coral Gables
Friday, September 16, 12:30 - 2:00pm
Workshop
Monday, September 19, 4:00 pm
Fellows' Symposium
John Jeffries Martin: "Hope and History" Kislak Center at the University of Miami Antigone’s Example: Early Modern Women’s Political Writing in Times of Civil War from Christine de Pizan to Helen Maria Williams. Mihoko Suzuki, Professor Emerita of English and Cooper Fellow in the Humanities Marek Magierowski, the Ambassador from Poland to the United States: "Poland's Response to the War in Ukraine" Kislak Center at the University of MiamiThursday, October 20, 7:00 pm
Stanford Distinguished Professors Series
Monday, October 24, 6:30 pm
Book Talk @ Books & Books
Thursday, October 27, 7:00 pm
Lady Blanka Rosenstiel Endowed Program in Polish Heritage
Devon Abbott Mihesuah: "The Indigenous Food Sovereignty Movement: Successes and New Challenges" Newman Alumni Center Nicholas Terpstra: "On the Move: Finding Young People in the Early Modern World" Kislak Center at the University of MiamiThursday, November 3, 7:00 pm
Stanford Distinguished Professors Series
POSTPONED until Spring 2023, due to Tropical Storm Nicole.
Thursday, November 10, 7:00 pm
Edith Bleich Lecture Series
Christina Civantos: Professor of Modern Languages and LiteraturesMonday, December 5, 6:30 pm
Book Talk @ Books & Books
Jamón and Halal: Lessons in Tolerance from Rural Andalucía
Kevin Kruse: "The Division: John Doar, the Justice Department and the Civil Rights Movement" Kislak Center at the University of Miami Marginality Beyond Return: US Cuban Performances in the 1980s and 1990s Lillian Manzor, Associate Professor of Modern Languages and LiteraturesThursday, January 26 @ 7:00pm
Stanford Distinguished Professors Series
Monday, January 30, 6:30 pm
Book Talk @ Books & Books
“Scholarly Publishing: Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know" Adina Berk, Senior Editor for History at Yale University Press Racism, Activism, and Integrity in College Football: The Bates Must Play Movement Donald Spivey, Distinguished Professor of History and Cooper Fellow in the College of Arts and SciencesFriday, February 3, 12:30 - 2:00pm
Online Program | More Information + Register
Monday, February 27, 6:30 pm
Book Talk @ Books & Books
Drew Gilpin Faust: "Slavery and the Past and Future of Southern Intellectual History" Lakeside Auditorium, University of Miami Workshop / “How and When to Use a Developmental Editor for an Academic Book” Nicholas Terpstra: "On the Move: Finding Young People in the Early Modern World" Kislak Center at the University of Miami Cantidades Hechizadas y Silogísticas del Sobresalto: La Secreta Ciencia de José Lezama Lima Omar Vargas, Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures Kislak Center at the University of MiamiThursday, March 2, @ 7:00pm
University of Miami Presidential Lecture Series
Friday, March 3, 12:30 - 2:00pm
Richter Library, First Floor, Flex Space B
Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel and Lillian Manzor, Modern Languages and Literatures
Monday, March 6, 7:00pm
Edith Bleich Speaker Series
Monday, March 20, 6:30pm
Book Talk @ Books & Books
Thursday, March 30, 7:00pm
Stanford Distinguished Professors Series
Mabel O. Wilson: "Can We Forget: A Memorial to Enslaved Laborers"
Botanical Poetics: Early Modern Plant Books and the Husbandry of Print Jessica Rosenberg, Assistant Professor of English There's a Disco Ball Between Us: A Theory of Black Gay Life Jafari Allen, Professor of African American & African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University (Previously Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Global Black Studies, University of Miami)Monday, April 3, 6:30 pm
Book Talk @ Books & Books
Monday, April 17, 6:30 pm
Book Talk @ Books & Books
To Be Announced
For our partners in the humanities, we are happy to help promote events designed to celebrate and support work in the humanities disciplines. If your organization is hosting an event with a strong connection to the humanities (including but not limited to fields such as History, English, Philosophy, Classics, Religious Studies, Modern Languages, Art History, Theater Arts, Music, and Anthropology), we are happy to review submissions for our Calendar webpage or our weekly Newsletter. To submit an event, please contact us at least two week's prior to the event at humanities@miami.edu. To be considered: A representative from the Center for the Humanities will be in touch to confirm whether we are able to include your event on the Calendar webpage or Newsletter and to discuss further details as needed, such as the inclusion of a graphic or photo.