Confluence is the first of its kind at the University of Miami: an annual, student run, undergraduate, academic journal for the humanities. We at Confluence know that there are many great minds on our campus, and that they deserve a forum through which they can express their intellectualism. To achieve this, we aim to showcase students’ deftly written arguments, research, and opinions.
                       
Confluence: The Undergraduate Humanities Journal joined the ranks of student media at UM in Spring 2004 with the help of our first advisor Juliet Gainsborough, a former professor in the political science department. Taking her place was political science professor Robert Barr and most recently communications professor Samuel A. Terilli.

Our very first published semester featured five pieces that focused on issues that were important to students in the upcoming presidential elections and in the political landscape in general. Throughout the semesters, we have gone from those five submissions to over thirty and our submission rate continues to grow.

In Spring 2005, the staff of Confluence and its loyal supporters helped pass a referendum that will allow 25 cents of all undergraduate activity fees to directly support the journal, ensuring the journal’s stay at the University of Miami forever! The referendum went into effect Fall 2006.

In addition to what you find on our website, you will always be able to find Confluence archived at the Otto G. Richter Library