Humanities

Arts & Humanities

Exploring the mythic power of vampires

A course in the Department of Classics examines how stories of the undead—from ancient myths to modern movies—reflect timeless questions about humanity, morality, and culture.

https://news.miami.edu/as/stories/2025/12/exploring-the-mythic-power-of-vampires.html


Arts & Humanities

Centennial exhibition honors decades of printmaking

Lise Drost, a professor emerita in the Department of Art and Art History, brought together three decades of alumni and faculty to celebrate the University’s 100th anniversary.

https://news.miami.edu/as/stories/2025/11/centennial-exhibition-honors-decades-of-printmaking.html




A&S Academics

Exploring the ancient roots of medicine

A course in the Department of Classics examines the origins of Western medicine in ancient Greece and Rome.

https://news.miami.edu/as/stories/2025/11/exploring-the-ancient-roots-of-medicine.html




Arts & Humanities

University of Miami hosts global gathering on Caribbean literature

The 43rd West Indian Literature Conference brought together 150 scholars to examine how writers use literary forms to respond to challenges impacting the region.

https://news.miami.edu/as/stories/2025/10/university-of-miami-hosts-global-gathering-on-caribbean-literature.html


Arts & Humanities

Using art and virtual reality to train future health professionals

An interdisciplinary team of researchers is studying the effectiveness of virtual reality visual arts training for medical, nursing, and physical therapy students.

https://news.miami.edu/as/stories/2025/10/using-art-and-virtual-reality-to-train-future-health-professionals.html


Arts & Humanities

Conflict takes center stage

For the production of “12 Angry Jurors,” student actors expanded their own perceptions and perspectives as they engaged the play’s themes of prejudice, bias, and projections.

https://news.miami.edu/stories/2025/10/twelve-angry-jurors1.html


Arts & Humanities

Creative writing student co-authors novel with bestselling mom

Shelby Cunningham, a sophomore at the University of Miami, celebrated the release of “The Academy” alongside her mother, Elin Hilderbrand.

https://news.miami.edu/as/stories/2025/09/creative-writing-student-co-authors-novel-with-bestselling-mom.html


Arts & Humanities

Your guide to the arts, humanities

Explore the University’s arts and humanities programs and events, including musical performances, cutting-edge theatrical premieres, thought-provoking lectures, author readings, art exhibitions, and film screenings.

https://news.miami.edu/stories/2025/09/your-guide-to-the-arts-at-the-u.html


Arts & Humanities

Retracing history in Africa and the Caribbean

Historic forts in different parts of the world are at the center of two separate research projects by a historian and an art historian at the University of Miami.

https://news.miami.edu/as/stories/2025/07/retracing-history-in-africa-and-the-caribbean.html