The Humanities Edge Undergraduate Research Conference promotes humanities scholarship and emphasizes research, critical thinking and analysis, creativity, and communication.
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February 19, 2025 | Agenda
Dotson Pavillion, MARC 290, FIU, Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Miami, FL
9:00 am | Registration and Light Breakfast
MORNING SESSION
9:30 am | Welcome + Introductions
Marianne Lamonaca, The Humanities Edge, FIU
9:45 am to 10:50 am | Political and Literary Narratives and Musical Inventions
Panelists:Emmanuel Castillo (English), Quixotic Reverence
Ashle Pryce (History), The Rhythm of Records
Alessia Rossi (MDC), Gone is the K and in Goes the Pop
Felipe Barroso Ramos (History), Making the Managerial Elite: Conservative Politics after Burnham
Faculty Respondent:
Lindsey Maxwell, FIU, History
Break (10 minutes)
11:00 am to 12:05 pm | Gender, Representation, and Curiosity
Panelists:
- Ana Rosado, Redefining the Female Nude: Autonomy and Modernity in Manet’s Olympia
- Heidi Cuevas, The Link Between Latin American Society and Femicide
- Tommy Red, The Yearning for Visualization of Depiction
- Ryan Ziwa, “Don’t Ask Me”: The Inhibition of Curiosity by Universities
Faculty Respondent:
Nicholas Cabezas, FIU, English
AFTERNOON SESSION
12:05 pm to 12:35pm | Lunch
12:35 pm to 1:15 pm | Humanities Scholarship and Affinity at FIU
Presentations by the Center for Excellence in Writing and FIU Undergraduate Research Journal, Art History Student Association, and the Panther Historians Organization.
1:15 pm to 2:20 pm | Art, History, and Narrative
Panelists:
- Michael Crenshaw, Dissecting Heterocosmic Fictions through William Blake’s Laocoon (c. 1826-27)
- Tristan Cuenca, Random-Access-Memories
- Sofia Soler, The Digital Metamorphosis of Animation: Vincent Van Gogh and Ethical Frameworks in Contemporary Art Culture
- Nicole Giselle Gomez, Parley of One.
Faculty Respondent:
Lidu Yi, FIU, Art + Art History
Break (10 minutes)
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Self-Reflection in Visual Art and Poetry
Panelists:
- Nichole Batista, Self-Portrait
- Alex Baker, Credo Ultima
- Claudia Oliver, The Voiceless
- Alessandra Henriquez, Illumination
Faculty Respondent:
Jonathan Perez, Art + Art History
3:30 pm to 4:15 pm | Wrap Up and Reception
Thank you to Provost Elizabeth Bejar, the departments of Art & Art History, English, and History, the Center for Excellence in Writing, The Humanities Edge at MDC, and The Mellon Foundation for their support.
