Theme for the 2015 Buffalo Humanities Festival Announced

April 14, 2015

http://buffalohumanities.org/

2015 FESTIVAL: GENDER BENDER

Wednesday, September 23—Saturday, September 26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keynote Speaker: Jill Lepore, Author of “The Secret History of Wonder Woman”

Are we bound by gender?  With presentations, performances, and conversations, the 2015 Buffalo Humanities Festival will attempt to answer that question by going beyond the traditional oppositions of male/female and gay/straight.  Some experts claim that we live in a “post-gender” era, with stay-at-home dads, female CEOs, and transgendered characters on TV.  Yet history, literature, music, and the arts suggest that the story of gender is more complicated – and more interesting – than we often take it to be.  Join us September 23rd and 26th for a festival of mind-bending ideas.