The Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab

07/07/2026

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06/07/2025

FIU Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs representing at the 2025 . Aarti Mehta-Kroll’s Documenting 2024 Goombay Festival Exhibition is on display today.

Dr. Valerie L. Patterson ( African & African Diaspora Studies Program ), Patraillia Davis-Bryant (FIU Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center), Sasha Wells (FIU History Department), & Derrick Boadu (Public Administration ) are tabling.

Come stop by ☀️

06/06/2025

06/06/2025

06/06/2025

https://coconutgrovespotlight.com/2025/06/05/back-to-goombay-amid-change-west-grove-celebrates-its-past/

The annual Goombay Festival kicks off on Friday with three days of music, food and recognition of the community’s deep Bahamian roots.

04/16/2025

Join us as we take part in Being Human Festival by celebrating Little Haiti! The Being Human Festival are community-focused events, organized and presented by local artists, scholars, and educators, highlight the incredible breadth of the humanities and demonstrate how they add depth and meaning to our lives, help us understand ourselves and one another, and provide context for the complex world around us.

The details are downbelow and the link to register for each event is in our bio!

April 18: 11am - 1pm
FU Caplin School of Journalism and Media
Atrium ACII
iWitness: Lunch Break featuring a dicussion with Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald Senior Reporter and Carl Juste, Miami Herald Senior PhotoJournalist. Inez Barlatier will be performing.

eventbrite.com/e/iwitness-lunch-break-being-human-festival-tickets-1303047051809?aff=oddtdtcreator

04/09/2025

Join us for an exciting new series of weekend workshops designed specifically for humanity scholars looking to enhance their research skills and methodologies. This comprehensive program brings together distinguished experts from the academic community to guide participants through the foundational elements of humanities research in an intimate, collaborative setting. Presenters include Dr. John King, Dr. Rebecca Friedman, Mindy Aguirre and Beverly Muzil.

the first workshop is this weekend! Please come on out and learn more about the humanities.

03/28/2025

Join us as we take part in Being Human Festival by celebrating Little Haiti! (https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/being-human-festival-usa/)

April 18: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/iwitness-lunch-break-being-human-festival-tickets-1303047051809?aff=oddtdtcreator
11am - 1pm
FU Caplin School of Journalism and Media
Atrium ACII
iWitness: Lunch Break
• Discussion with Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald Senior Reporter and Carl Juste, Miami Herald Senior PhotoJournalist
• Inez Barlatier performing (https://www.inezinezinez.com/)

April 21: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/being-human-festival-2025-i-am-little-haiti-tickets-1303027322799?aff=oddtdtcreator
7pm-9pm
Green Space Miami
• La Belle Vie, Documentary film showing and Discussion with filmmaker, Rachelle Salnave
• Inez Barlatier performing (https://www.inezinezinez.com/)
• Nicolas Andre and Nyya Toussaint teaching Creole Basics

02/20/2025

Vote for Miami’s Goombay Festival as one of the top Cultural Festivals in the USA

Miami Goombay Festival: Which cultural festival is the best? Vote now!!