Past Events

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Learn more about this event on the WPHL website.

A conversation between Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald Senior Reporter and Carl Juste, Miami Herald Senior PhotoJournalist. Inez Barlatier will perform.

This session offered an opportunity for our faculty to come together and share valuable insights on reimagining learning through undergraduate research. Lunch was provided by the Humanities Edge. This program was presented in coordination with the Excellence Across the Curriculum Student Symposium & Showcase.

The ninth Humanities Edge Undergraduate Research Virtual Symposium took place on Thursday, April 10th. Here we explored our students’ research projects, watched the live research presentations, and engaged directly with our presenters.

EAC provided a forum for students across the disciplines to present their undergraduate research projects. Students presented a scholarly flash presentation session, an art exhibit, spoken word presentation, and/or collaborative student project.

The Humanities Edge team tabled during the URFIU conference to share information about its programs. URFIU was a fantastic opportunity for undergraduate students—and even recent graduates—to showcase their research in a poster session or a panel presentation.

The Humanities Edge accompanied eight undergraduate humanities students to DC for a four-day "Fly-In" centered on opportunities for internships and careers for humanities majors. Meetings were held with FIU in DC staff, FIU interns in DC, and professionals working in government agencies and other organizations to learn about internship and career opportunities in Washington, DC. Students visited a wide range of museums and federal agencies that corresponded with their interests.

Isabella Persad, Sasha Wells, and Beverly Muzii in conversation with Rebecca Friedman, Oana Martisca presented her trailer for News Without a Newsroom and conversed with Carl Juste, poet Janet Arelis Quezada performed.

The Humanities Edge hosted its second Humanities Circle Celebration, bringing together students, faculty, and staff for a vibrant and engaging few hours. The event offered an excellent opportunity for participants to learn more about the various academic and extracurricular opportunities available to humanities students at FIU. Among the highlights of the celebration were the informative tables hosted by several prominent organizations, including the Center for Excellence in Writing, the FIU Undergraduate Research Journal, and the Art History Student Association. These organizations provided valuable resources and information, encouraging attendees to explore the many pathways available within humanities.

Shawn Christian and Rebecca Friedman in Conversation, jazz pianist Danny Mixon, Betsy Writers Room Artist-in-Residence performed.

The Humanities Edge hosted its annual Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference at FIU's Dotson Pavilion. Twelve FIU students and four MDC students presented their current research projects. Organized into thematic panels, each had a faculty respondent who questioned the presenters and invited participation.

iWitness presented two luminaries in conversation on the Freedom of the Press: David Lawrence Jr., former publisher of the Miami Herald and founder of The Children’s Movement of Florida, and FIU’s Dr. Mike Heithaus, Executive Dean of the College of Arts, Science and Education, Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, and Vice Provost for BBC and Environmental Sustainability.

The Harlem Renaissance, Illustrated
The flourishing of literary, visual, and musical arts between the 1920s and '40s known as the Harlem Renaissance projected a new picture of Black life to the world. Silhouettes: Image and Word in the Harlem Renaissance considers the role of art in this movement, paying special attention to collaboration between artists and writers on illustrated books—works that reached a broad audience with stories and images that challenged demeaning stereotypes and asserted African Americans' capacity for self-determination.

FIU Humanities Edge and the FIU Undergraduate Research Journal (FIU URJ) invite you to join us as we celebrate YOU: the undergraduates who write, research, and create original works, as well as the faculty and staff who support your efforts!

Join us for this enlightening reading group where we'll collectively ponder, question, and envision the future of teaching with writing in the age of AI. Whether you're well-versed in technology integration or just beginning to explore its potential, this group offers an inclusive space for all of us to learn, share insights, and strategize together.

The National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing (NCPTW) promotes the teaching of writing through collaborative learning.

Join FIU in D.C., The Humanities Edge, and a small group of FIU students majoring in humanities for a unique learning experience in the nation’s capital.

This workshop series will address how Large Language Models like ChatGPT work, how their existence impacts teaching and learning in History courses, how instructors can adjust instruction methods, and how to deal with academic integrity as it relates to AI tools. Participants will be provided with techniques and tools to help rethink and redesign their writing prompts in light of new AI technology.

This working lunch event will be focused on using AI to help student writers. The WAC team will showcase several specific strategies for using AI in your classroom as a tool for promoting student learning, engagement, and students’ growth as writers. Faculty will have time to discuss with colleagues over lunch. We will also recognize and celebrate the faculty who have earned the Teaching with Writing in the Disciplines badge.

Join us for this enlightening reading group where we'll collectively ponder, question, and envision the future of teaching with writing in the age of AI. Whether you're well-versed in technology integration or just beginning to explore its potential, this group offers an inclusive space for all of us to learn, share insights, and strategize together.

The Macabre Fall Celebration will be a social held by DOHGSA and co-sponsored by The Humanities Edge. This will be a celebration of the middle of the fall semester and will provide undergraduate and graduate students alike the opportunity to have a break from midterms and writing papers.

Join Senior Special Events Manager and Curator Colette Mello in conversation with Yarn artist and muralist Kern Myrtle. Kern creates large scale works made of crocheted acrylic yarn, spray paint – or both, and infuses their work with gender quandaries.

This workshop series will address how Large Language Models like ChatGPT work, how their existence impacts teaching and learning in History courses, how instructors can adjust instruction methods, and how to deal with academic integrity as it relates to AI tools. Participants will be provided with techniques and tools to help rethink and redesign their writing prompts in light of new AI technology.

Explore spine-chilling treasures from The Wolfsonian collection, step into the eerie world of Edgar Allan Poe at a haunting reading, and cap off your weekend with a performance by Young Musicians Unite's Miami Beach Rock Ensemble.

Join us for this enlightening reading group where we'll collectively ponder, question, and envision the future of teaching with writing in the age of AI. Whether you're well-versed in technology integration or just beginning to explore its potential, this group offers an inclusive space for all of us to learn, share insights, and strategize together.

This conversation is a continuation of the Rooted Knowledge summit held in April 2023, in collaboration with the Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab and FIU CARTA | Mana Wynwood. Michelle May-Curry is the curator of Washington, DC’s Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and core faculty for Georgetown University’s Engaged and Public Humanities master’s degree program.

This workshop series will address how Large Language Models like ChatGPT work, how their existence impacts teaching and learning in History courses, how instructors can adjust instruction methods, and how to deal with academic integrity as it relates to AI tools. Participants will be provided with techniques and tools to help rethink and redesign their writing prompts in light of new AI technology.

In conjunction with the exhibition, The Archive: since 1975. FIU Student Photography

Join FIU in D.C., The Humanities Edge, and a small group of FIU students majoring in humanities for a unique learning experience in the nation’s capital.

Application deadline: April 30, 2023

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The event showcases different approaches to the art of commemoration, inspired by the exhibition Street Shrines at The Wolfsonian. IlluminArts will present a musical program that responds to artist Roberto Lugo's commemorative artworks, while an installation of original works by incarcerated artists will speak to the humanity of people who live behind bars.

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Zoom link will be sent to participants in advance of the program.

Join Dr. Karen G. Williams, assistant professor of anthropology, Guttman Community College, City University of New York, and Dr. Nicola Blake, interim vice president for academic affairs and provost, Guttman Community College, CUNY, for a webinar exploring various methods to transform and remix workplace observations. Specifically, faculty will focus on how to integrate ethnographic mapping and how to use different genres to support ethnographic writing.

For more information, please contact Marianne Lamonaca, lamonaca@fiu.edu

"This Will Never Happen Again"

We'll be opening the exhibit with a public reception

This event was held via Zoom

Virtual Workshop, Ethnographies of Work

This event was held via Zoom

Most everyone has heard about the railroad tycoon Henry Flagler and “the father of Miami Beach” Carl Fisher. But Miami was also built by thousands of unsung immigrants and migrants -- from the Bahamian workers and African-Americans who at one time represented almost half of the city’s population, to the waves of Cubans who began arriving in the 19th century, to the thousands of Puerto Rican families who settled in the Wynwood neighborhood after World War II, to the Haitians who struggled for acceptance under the leadership of visionaries such as Vitier Juste. Today’s vibrant and diverse South Florida is rooted in the paradox of its forgotten immigrant founders and the legacy of segregation that determined which stories we would tell, and which we would forget. If you think you know all the Miami history there is to know, come be surprised as our panelists recount the unwritten and half-forgotten histories of the city.

Our Panel

Michael Bustamante, FIU: Assistant Professor of Latin American History at Florida International University, specializing in modern Cuba, Cuban-America, and the Caribbean.

Victor Vazquez-Hernandez, MDC: Associate  Professor of History at Miami Dade College-Homestead whose specialties include the Puerto Rican experience in the United States.

Donette Francis, UM: Associate Professor and Director of American Studies at the University of Miami, specializes in Caribbean literary and intellectual histories, American immigrant literatures and African diaspora literary studies.

Carl Juste, The Miami Herald: Pulitzer-prize winning photojournalist Carl-Philippe Juste has worked for the Miami Herald since 1991, documenting international and national stories, including the forgotten Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery.