Democracy Moving: Models of Civic Life in Bill T. Jones’s Lincoln Dances 100 Migrations, a 2008 site-specific performance at the University of Virginia about Abraham Lincoln’s legacy in the Obama-era United States, is a study in what choreographer Bill T. Jones terms “democracy moving.” New Theater and Dance faculty member Ariel Nereson examines the cultural […]
Sam Magavern, Co-Director, Partnership for the Public Good will give a talk on "Anti-Displacement Strategies in Buffalo."
The Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Culture is pleased to welcome Dr. Dany Nobus to UB, where he will deliver a lecture,"On the Poetic Wisdom of Psychoanalysis: On the Trail of Lacan's New Signifier," on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Professor Nobus currently serves as the Chair of Psychoanalysis at Brunel University London, and […]
In Part One of our Forum on Publishing in an Age of Upheaval, editor/critic/author John Freeman and novelist Heather O’Neill will engage in a wide-ranging discussion of literary magazine publishing and editing, including issues of design and marketing. Ms O’Neill will read from and sign copies of her just-released novel, The Lonely Hearts Hotel (Riverhead). Freeman […]
The Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Culture is pleased to welcome Dr. Dany Nobus to UB, where he will lead a seminar, "Psychoanalysis in the Boudoir (On Lacan's 'Kant with Sade'), on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Professor Nobus currently serves as the Chair of Psychoanalysis at Brunel University London, and as Chair of […]
Review of programming and budget from the 2015-17 academic years Appointment of new Co-Directors, 2017-2019 academic years 25 Years of the Folger Institute: A Review of Programming and Benefits, and looking ahead Other business
Donna V. Jones, University of California at Berkeley, presents, “Race, Time and Difference” This is a part of the Just Theory Lecture Series. Co-sponsored by the Modernisms Research Workshop.
Laura Chiesa (Romance Languages & Literatures), with Omar Khan (Chair, Architecture) as respondent: "Beyond Space as Storyteller: Spatial Jumps in Architecture, Critical Theory, and Literature."
On Obstruction The Humanities Institute’s Performance Research Workshop invites you to join us for a talk and discussion from performance and media scholar Nick Salvato (Cornell) on Tuesday, 3/7, at 2:00 p.m. in (ROOM CHANGE) Knox 110: "Television Scales; or, How to Watch Strathern (in) TV." The event will conclude with a brief reception. Update: […]
Relative Values: On Ethics, Economics, and Politics New to the Department of English, Chad Lavin will explore philosophical liberalism as an ideological system comprising three distinct modes of valuation—ethics, economics, and politics. Lavin argues that much as the tools of industrial manufacture led to the specialization of human labor, the tools of liberal philosophy led […]
Play can be the glue that brings together aesthetic and social values making vibrant community spaces but also poignant social critiques. The symposium brings together speakers from different professional backgrounds to examine the role that play can have in the transformation of place, from the scale of the game, to the playground to that of […]
Hent de Vries, John Hopkins University, presents, “Savage Mysticism: The Archive and the Present of Spiritual Exercise” This is a part of the Just Theory Lecture Series.
The Case of the Vanishing Maharaja: Urdu Travel Literature and Princely Politics in South Asia Daniel Majchrowicz, Assistant Professor of South Asian Literature and Culture at Northwestern University In 1851, the young Tukoji Holkar, Maharaja of Indore, went missing under suspicious circumstances. Some said his regent wanted him out of the picture. Others speculated that […]
Public discussion on new books and current events For Women's History Month All the Singles Ladies, Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister (2016) Guest Host: Karen King, Executive Director, Erie County Commission on the Status of Women Featuring Panelists: Farhana Hasan, Project Manager, UB Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering Partnership […]
The College of Arts and Sciences invites you to a reading and reception to celebrate Myung Mi Kim’s appointment as the James H. McNulty Chair in English. An award-winning poet with six major poetry collections, Kim—a professor of English and recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in 2009—makes deliberate use of fragments and […]
FREE and open to the public Bio: Teresa Dillon is an artist, researcher and Professor of City Futures at the School of Art and Design, UWE, Bristol. Her performative, research and sound based work symbolically and critical examines the techno-civic systems, which affect and shape everyday life. The intention behind her work is to expose […]
Two hemispheres, two presentations, light lunch, and discussion Speakers Venkat Srinivasan , National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India Douglas Lambert , PhD Candidate, UB Department of Environmental Engineering Moderator: Michael Frisch , PhD, Principal, The Randforce Associates/ Talking Pictures LLC Sponsors: UB Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering; UB Humanities Institute Science Studies […]
Giuseppe Gerbino, Professor of Historical Musicology, Columbia University presents, “Music, Mind, and Soul in the Renaissance.”
Works in Progress seminar, Fred Klaits, “‘Catch the Word’: Prophecy and Mentoring in African American Pentecostalism”
Anne Burnidge, work-in-progress, "Dancing with the Human Microbiome: Embodying the Research, Researching the Body."
Silk Road Songbook brown bag workshop with Millie Chen, Department of Art Light lunch - please e-mail cflaugh@buffalo.edu to sign up by 3/15/17.
“Meaning of Life” and “Moral of the Story”: Lukacs, Benjamin, and Theories of the Novel Hiroki Yoshikuni, University of Tokyo Part of the Just Theory Lecture Series.
“Origins of a Legitimation Crisis: Medical Science, Private Profit, and the Challenge of Big Pharma” Joseph M. Gabriel, Ph.D. Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet, has recently suggested that as much as half of all published medical literature may be false. Horton is not alone in making such a claim: over the past two decades […]
Jerome McGann On March 30, 5:00 pm, Jerome McGann, John Stewart Bryan Professor at the U of Virginia and author or editor of over 24 books, will be lecturing on “Reading Poetry”—a reflection tracking key stylistic innovations in poetry that were developed in England and America after 1790 and arguing that these innovations were directed […]
The connection between Jews and melancholia is a long-standing one in Western thought and culture, and is grounded in religious, medical, astrological, artistic, literary, and philosophical traditions that extend all the way to antiquity. The association begins in late Roman antiquity, when the Jewish Sabbath was identified with the worship of Saturn, the planet of […]
UB School of Social Work Presents: SECOND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM Indigenous Women: Human Rights Protections and Activism Thursday, March 30, 2017 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Buffalo & Erie County Central Public Library 1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY 14203 Free and Open to the Public CLICK TO REGISTER Keynote Beverly Jacobs, LL.B., LL.M., "The Resiliency of […]
42nd Annual Conference of the New York African Studies Association Hosted by the University at Buffalo. Full schedule and location information forthcoming. Roundtable Discussion: Immigration, Diversity, and America’s Shifting Priorities March 31 @ 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm | Student Union Theater This roundtable will discuss the impact of Trump administration policies on refugees, immigrants, […]
A lecture by James Maynard, Curator UB Poetry Collection Graduate Student Symposium Open Poetry Reading: all are invited to read their favorite poem—whether of their own composition or by someone else.
This roundtable will discuss the impact of Trump administration policies on refugees, immigrants, and international students in Buffalo. Participants will include: Myron Glick, Director, Jericho Road Community Health Center Anna Ireland, Jericho Road Community Health Center Fidele Nlemvo Menavanza, Staff Paralegal, Center for Elder Law & Justice Ellen Dussourd, Assistant Vice Provost and Director, International […]
Please join the UB Humanities Institute for presentations by our 2016-2017 Humanities New York Public Graduate Fellows: John Marsland and Laticia McNaughton. This FREE and open to the public event will be held in downtown Buffalo's historic Market Arcade building (617 Main Street) at the Partnership for the Public Good. Light fare and refreshments will […]
