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OLEA Ensemble
OLEA Residency Concert
November 16, 2026
7:30 pm
Kumler Chapel
Reading Sanctuary
November 17, 2026
8:00 am
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Miami University Jazz Ensemble Concert
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Maxfield Scholar Lecture: Amanda Loper
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2026-2027
august 2026
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september 2026
15
Variable and contextual attitudes towards Spanish-English code-switching
16
Experiments in Documentary: Two Films by Chick Strand
22
The Attention Revolution: Deliberation, Sanctuary, and the Liberal Arts
22
Coffee and Conversation with D. Graham Burnett
22
Humanities Institute Fall Reception
24
The Politics of Grievance: A Nietzschean Analysis
25
Bachelor Hall Grand Opening Celebration
30
Ukraine and Karazin University in Wartime: A View from Within
october 2026
1
Fritz Lang’s Asian Obsession
5
Object Lessons with Eileen G'Sell and Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy
6
Pop-Propaganda: How the Kremlin Markets Its War Like Disney and Coca-Cola
7
Faculty Lunch Forum: How Scholars Engage with Popular Culture
8
Stephanie Dray "A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams"
15
Attention Sanctuary
16
Attention Lab
16
Attention Lab 2
16
Attention Sanctuaries: Facilitator Training
16
Love, Politics, and Peoples: A Critique of 'Love Talk' in Politics
20
Catherine Allgor "A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation"
21
Fall Ghost Stories
26
Humanities Engagement Social
27
"Foreign Agents" Laws in Russia and Beyond: The Weaponization of Transparency and Other Features of Autocratic Legalism
28
We are the Bicentennial: Democracy and Diversity in the 1970s
29
How to Be Human in an Age of Digital Distraction
29
Coffee and Conversation with Christine Rosen
november 2026
9
Toward a Common Ecological Flourishing Grounded in Natural Law
10
Alumni Poetry Reading
11
Diplomacy During the Russo-Ukrainian War: A Conversation
11
Author Visit & Seminar: Maren Linett
12
A Political Economy of Attention in Three Registers
12
Coffee and Conversation with Lee McGuigan
12
Artist Talk: Briana Mazzolini-Blanchard: Beyond The Classroom: Reimagining Leadership as Community Advocacy
12
Open Mic!
16
OLEA Residency Concert
17
Miami University Jazz Ensemble Concert
17
Reading Sanctuary
18
Maxfield Scholar Lecture: Amanda Loper
18
Writer's Harvest
19
Faculty Lunch Forum: The End of Reading?
19
An Evening with Acclaimed Author Nicole R. Fleetwood '94
19
Artist Talk: Mark Dion: Adventures in Art Explorations and The Acorn Club
20
Playing Together: Music and Sports at Miami, Symphony Orchestra
23
Poetry Reading: Cathy Fagan
december 2026
1
The Light of Hope Returning
3
"Lost and Found": Miami University Wind Ensemble
4
Candlelit Voices
5
Composition Concert
January 2027
27
Research Methods Workshop Session 1
february 2027
2
Humanities Engagement Social
3
Research Methods Workshop Session 2
10
The Listening Body: A Sonic Journey through Medicine
10
Research Methods Workshop Session 3
11
Reclaiming Attention: An Immersive Audio Experience
11
The World According to Sound: Ways of Knowing “Age of Distraction”
12
Colloquium co-sponsored by Department of Philosophy and Altman Institute for the Humanities
18
New Books at Miami
march 2027
4
Technologies of Attention
11
Le Plaisir du Texting
11
Linda Singer Memorial Lecture
April 2027
8
Metrics, Algorithms, and the Technologies of Attention
22
2026-2027 Altman Symposium: Attention in the Age of Distraction
22
Attention and Surveillance
23
2026-2027 Altman Symposium: Attention in the Age of Distraction
23
Who Gets to be 'Screen Free'? Exploring the Disconnection Divide in Education
may 2027
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