Event Calendar

The Center for the Humanities is proud to support a variety of events for the University of Miami and South Florida community. The Events Calendar below promotes our own signature events, such as the Stanford lecture series, Rosenstiel lecture series, Bleich lecture, and Book Talks.
The Center's "Humanities Events" newsletter features humanities happenings at the University of Miami and in the SoFlo area and is distributed bi-monthly during the academic year. 
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We look forward to seeing you at programs in the humanities!

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  • FEBRUARY 2025

    Tuesday, February 4 @ 5:00pm

    Edith Bleich Speaker Series

    Sara McDougall, Professor, Global History; Coordinator, Medieval Studies; John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center

     for more information.


    Friday, February 7 @ 3:30pm

    Lecture / Richter Library, Third Floor Conference Room

    "Getting Writing Done"

    Bill Germano, Professor of English; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

     for more information.


    Monday, February 10 @ 6:30pm

    Book Talk @ Books & Books

    Food Faiths: Diet, Religion, and the Science of Spiritual Eating

    Catherine L. Newell, Associate Professor of Religious Studies

     for more information.


    Thursday, February 20 @ 7:00pm

    Kislak Center at the University of Miami

    Ada Limón, 24th Poet Laureate of the United States

     for more information.

  • MARCH 2025

    Thursday, March 20 @ 7:00pm

    Stanford Distinguished Professors Series

    Richter Library, Third Floor Conference Room

    Marlene Daut, Professor of French & African Diaspora Studies, Yale University

     for more information.


    Monday, March 24 @ 6:30pm

    Book Talk @ Books & Books

    Becoming Object: The Sociopolitics of the Samuel George Morton Cranial Collection

    Pamela Geller, Professor of Anthropology

     for more information.

  • APRIL 2025

    Tuesday, April 1 @ 12:30 - 1:45pm

    Workshop Series / "User's Manual to the Humanities"

    "Insights into the Fulbright Award"

    Steve ButtermanProfessor, Michele Bowman Underwood Department of Modern Languages and Literatures & Gender and Sexuality Studies; Director, Portuguese Program; Fulbright Scholar Alumni Ambassador, 2024-2026 (Institute of International Education):


    Monday, April 7 @ 6:30pm

    Book Talk @ Books & Books

    Hold Me Down: Toward a Rhetoric of Feel

    Ben Lauren, Chair and Associate Professor of Writing Studies

     for more information.


    Monday, April 28, 2025

    RCIF (Research, Creativity, and Innovation Forum)

  • AUGUST 2024

    Monday, August 26 @ 6:30pm

    Book Talk @ Books & Books, Coral Gables

    Sephardi Voices: The Untold Expulsion of Jews from Arab Lands, by Henry Green & Richard Stursberg

    Henry Green, Professor of Religious Studies

  • SEPTEMBER 2024

    Monday, September 16 @ 6:30pm

    Book Talk @ Books & Books, Coral Gables

    The Burden-Sharing Dilemma: Coercive Diplomacy in US Alliance Politics

    Brian D. Blankenship, Assistant Professor of Political Science


    Thursday, September 26 @ 5:00pm

    Stanford Distinguished Professors Series

    Richter Library, Third Floor Conference Room

    Charles Forsdick, Drapers Professor of French, Cambridge University

  • OCTOBER 2024

    Monday, October 7 @ 6:30pm

    Book Talk @ Books & Books, Coral Gables

    Everyday Life in the Classic Maya World

    Traci Ardren, Professor of Anthropology


    Monday, October 21 @ 6:30pm

    Book Talk @ Books & Books, Coral Gables

    Vodou en Vogue: Fashioning Black Divinities in Haiti and the United States

    Eziaku Nwokocha, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

  • NOVEMBER 2024

    Programs TBA...

  • DECEMBER 2024

    Monday, December 2 @ 6:30pm

    Book Talk @ Books & Books, Coral Gables

    Theater, War, and Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France and Its Empire

    Logan Connors, Professor and Chair of Modern Languages and Literatures


    Sunday, December 8 @ 11:00am

    Stanford Distinguished Professors Series

    Lecture Location: Gables Campus, TBA

    Virgil Ortiz, Artist and Designer

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