Miami Humanities

04/23/2024

https://hbr.org/2024/04/why-engineers-should-study-philosophy

The ability to develop crisp mental models around the problems you want to solve and understanding the why before you start working on the how is an increasingly critical skill, especially in the age of AI. Coding is one of the things AI does best and its capabilities are quickly improving. However,...

04/02/2024

Join us today for Elizabeth Rush's lecture "Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth" in Armstrong Pavilion C at 5pm.

03/19/2024

Join us today for Julie Sze's lecture, "Climate Justice as Freedom" in the Shriver Center Heritage Room at 5pm. A Coffee and Conversation hour will take place beforehand at 3pm in Bachelor 337.
https://humanitiescenter.miamioh.edu/event/climate-justice-as-freedom

02/29/2024

Join us today for LaToya Ruby Frasier's Gallery and Conversation Hour at the Richard and Carole C***s Art Museum at 3pm, followed by her talk "Art as Transformation: Using Photography to Effect Change" at 6pm in Armstrong Student Center, Pavilion C.
https://humanitiescenter.miamioh.edu/event/art-as-transformation-using-photography-to-effect-change

02/19/2024

LaToya Ruby Frazier's short film Flint is Family is currently on view in the Richard and Carole C***s Art Museum’s exhibition The World in Which We Live: the Art of Environmental Awareness.

Frazier will be here on February 29 from 3-4:30 PM for a screening of the short film and to engage in conversation about her work in the context of the special exhibition The World in Which We Live. Read more here:
https://sites.miamioh.edu/art-museum/2024/02/celebrating-black-history-month-the-story-of-artist-advocate-latoya-ruby-frasier-and-flints-family/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Check%20out%20the%20latest%20blog%20story%20on%20Latoya%20Ruby%20Frazier.&utm_campaign=Enews%20Jan24

01/26/2024

"I’m convinced that consuming culture furnishes your mind with emotional knowledge and wisdom; it helps you take a richer and more meaningful view of your own experiences; it helps you understand, at least a bit, the depths of what’s going on in the people right around you."

Consuming culture gives us the emotional knowledge that can make us better people.

12/01/2023

Madelyn Detloff, Professor of English, and Miami University philosophy graduate student Kennedy Hughes, appeared recently on “Cincinnati Edition” to discuss challenges to the humanities. Read more about it and access the interview here: https://humanitiescenter.miamioh.edu/news/professor-madelyn-detloff-leads-discussion-about-humanities-programs-on-cincinnati-public-radio

11/27/2023

Ancient wisdom about friendship, simple as it sounds, can help build professional and purposeful relationships.

11/14/2023

Congratulations to Jordan Fenton and co-authors for their success in winning an NEH Exhibition Implementation Grant for the internationally traveling art history exhibition, "New Masks Now: Artists Innovating Masquerade in Contemporary West Africa". Read more here: https://humanitiescenter.miamioh.edu/news/jordan-fenton-receives-neh-exhibition-implementation-grant-as-co-author

11/13/2023

Happening Tomorrow: Sandra Steingraber's lecture "To Sin by Silence: The Legacy of Rachel Carson in an Age of Climate Emergency" at 7pm in Armstrong Pavilion C. Join us for a Coffee and Conversation hour before at 3pm in Bachelor 337.
https://humanitiescenter.miamioh.edu/event/to-sin-by-silence-the-legacy-of-rachel-carson-in-an-age-of-climate-emergency

11/06/2023

New Books at Miami will take place Wednesday Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. in King 320 followed by a reception in the Howe Center for Writing Excellence at 5 p.m. Faculty and staff will present "micro-talks" about their recently published books.
https://www.lib.miamioh.edu/2023-10-09-new-books-at-miami-slated-for-nov-15

10/30/2023

Congratulations to Humanities Center Fellow Mollie Duffy who earned recognition for her civic engagement work! Read about it here: https://humanitiescenter.miamioh.edu/news/humanities-center-fellow-mollie-duffy-recognized-for-civic-engagement