Event Calendar

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, Rosenstiel lecture series, Bleich lecture, and Book Talks.

We regularly use the Center's Newsletter to share information on our programming or other campus and Miami-area events that we are pleased to promote. 

For additional information or to sign up for our Newsletter that features humanities happenings at the University of Miami and in the Miami area... 

We look forward to seeing you at humanities programs!

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  • AUGUST 2023

    Monday, August 28 @ 6:30pm

    Book Talk @ Books & Books, Coral Gables

    Spanish in Miami: Sociolinguistic Dimensions of Postmodernity

    Andrew Lynch, Associate Dean for Program Development, College of Arts & Sciences; Professor, Michele Bowman Underwood Department of Modern Languages & Literatures; Editor in Chief, Heritage Language Journal

    More information.

  • SEPTEMBER 2023

    Thursday, September 14 @ 3:30pm

    Lakeside Pavilion

    Fall Reception for Faculty, Colleagues, and Graduate Students in the Humanities

    By invitation in honor of our colleagues in the humanities.

     


    Friday, September 15 @ 12:30 - 2:00pm

    Richter Library, Flex Space B

    Thinking / Teaching with Machines: Rhetoric, Writing, and Artificial Intelligence

    Ben Lauren, Associate Professor and Chair of Writing Studies

    Part of the 2023-2024 Series: Teaching Writing in the Age of AI

    Organized by the Center for the Humanities and Writing Studies

    More information.

     


     

    Monday, September 18 @ 6:30pm

    Book Talk @ Books & Books, Coral Gables

    Revolutionary Things: Material Culture and Politics in the Late Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

    Ashli White, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of History

    More information.

     


    Thursday, September 21 @ 7:00pm

    Stanford Distinguished Professors Series

    Kislak Center at the University of Miami

    "Strongmen and How to Push Back Against Them"

    Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History and Italian Studies, New York University

    More information.

     

  • OCTOBER 2023

    Monday, October 2 @ 6:30pm

    Book Talk @ Books & Books, Coral Gables

    Memory and History in Argentine Popular Music

    Delia Pamela Fuentes Korban, Lecturer, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

    More information.

     


    Monday, October 30 @ 6:30pm

    Book Talk @ Books & Books

    Hillbilly Highway: The Transappalachian Migration and the Making of a White Working Class

    Max Fraser, Assistant Professor, Department of History

    More information.

  • NOVEMBER 2023

     

    Thursday, November 2, 7:00pm, Kislak Center at the University of Miami

    Lady Blanka Rosenstiel Endowed Program in Polish Heritage

    Ambassador Aldona Woś: "Polish-Estonian Relations and Their Importance in Current Events"

    More information.

     


    Wednesday, November 8, 6:30pm, HistoryMiami Museum

    "Tequesta in Context: From Deep History to Downtown Redevelopment" 

    Traci Ardren, Professor of Anthropology

    More information.

     


    Monday, November 13, 6:30 pm

    Book Talk @ Books & Books

    A Certain Gesture: Evnine’s Batman Meme Project and its Parerga!

    Simon Evnine, Professor, Department of Philosophy

    More information.

     

  • JANUARY 2024

    Thursday, January 18 @ 7:00pm

    "When 'Fashion Ova Style' Sell Off...Buyers Beware"

    Peréz Art Museum Miami (PAMM)

    Patrica J. Saunders, Associate Professor of English

    Donna Hope, Professor of Culture, Gender and Society, at the University of the West Indies 

    Co-Sponsored by Peréz Art Museum Miami (PAMM) and University of Miami Center for the Humanities, Center for Global Black Studies, and the Department of English.

    More information.


    Monday, January 29 @ 7:00pm

    Stanford Distinguished Professors Series

    Kislak Center at the University of Miami

    "Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point"

    Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University

    More information.

  • FEBRUARY 2024

    Monday, February 19, 6:30pm

    Book Talk @ Books & Books

    Before the Holocaust: Antisemitic Violence and the Reaction of German Elites and Institutions during the Nazi Takeover

    Hermann Beck, Professor of History

    More information.


    Tuesday, February 20, 2024 @ 3:30pm

    "Inventing Hemispheric Solidarity: The Pan-American University, the United States, and Miami," Richter Library, 3rd Floor Conference Room

    You are invited to attend a lecture by Steven P. Rodríguez, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History at Vanderbilt University and Scholarly Acquisitions Editor, Vanderbilt University Press.

    More information.


    Thursday, February 23, 12:00 - 1:30pm

    "Workshop: AI Focus Group"

    Discussion with Faculty Participants from the College of Arts and Sciences

    Organized by the Center for the Humanities and Writing Studies.

    Reservation link and information forthcoming.

    Thursday, February 29 @ 7:00pm

    Stanford Distinguished Professors Series

    Kislak Center at the University of Miami

    Andrew Delbanco, Columbia University

    More information.

  • MARCH 2024

    Monday, March 25 @ 6:30pm

    Book Talk @ Books & Books

    The Generic Closet: Black Gayness and the Black-Cast Sitcom

    Alfred L Martin, Associate Professor, School of Communication

    More information.

  • APRIL 2024

    Monday, April 8, 6:30pm

    Book Talk @ Books & Books

    Roman Satire

    Jennifer Ferriss-Hill, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and College Diversity, College of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Classics

    More information.


     

    Wednesday, April 10, 12:00 - 4:00pm

    RCIF (Research, Creativity, and Innovation Forum)

    "Humanities Hub" / Shalala Student Center

    More information from RCIF and from the Center.


    Wednesday, April 10, 12:00 - 4:00pm

    RCIF (Research, Creativity, and Innovation Forum)

    "Research brought to U! (Panel Presenations in the Humanities)" / Shalala Student Center

    More information from RCIF.


    Thursday, April 11, 4:00pm

    Edith Bleich Speaker Series

    Richter Library, Third Floor Conference Room

    "Why We Need Queer Kinship Now More Than Ever"

    Jennifer Evans, Professor of History, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

    More information.