Programming
The UB Humanities Institute organizes and sponsors a variety of programs throughout the academic year.
Scholars @ Hallwalls
These ~monthly presentations feature one HI Faculty Fellow’s research in an engaging lecture with lively follow-up conversation. Talks are held on Friday afternoons (4 pm) at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, and are free and open to the public.
April 11 @ 4:00 pm | Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Scholars@Hallwalls: Stephanie Vander Wel, “Gendered Acts of Comedy: June Carter’s Staged Performances in Country Music”
April 26 @ 4:00 pm | Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Scholars@Hallwalls: Mopelolade Ogunbowale, “Ghetto-Soldiers, Charliemen and Angry-Boys: Rebellious Masculinities in Nigerian Reggae-Dancehall Music”
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Humanities Institute/DVS Film Series
March 27 @ 6:00 pm | Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Humanities Institute/Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program Film Series: THE WARRIOR PRINCESS, AMPE, and OVER THE WALL
April 18 @ 6:00 pm | Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Humanities Institute/Distinguished Visiting Scholar Film Series: Fly in Power Screening
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Research Workshops
For 2023-24, the Humanities Institute has awarded funding to eleven research workshop groups. Click the link above for full descriptions and information about Research Workshop events.
New Faculty Seminar Series
The 2023-24 New Faculty Seminar Series features new scholars in the humanities to the University at Buffalo. These brown bag lunch sessions are free and open to the public.
March 26 @ 12:00 pm | Humanities Institute Seminar Room – 218 Clemens Hall
New Faculty Seminar: Rinaldo Walcott, “Black Studies at the Interregnum: On Reparations and Freedom”
April 16 @ 2:00 pm | Humanities Institute Seminar Room – 218 Clemens Hall
New Faculty Seminar: Marco Faini, “Crime, Print, and the Construction of Otherness in Early Modern Italy (XVI-XVIII Centuries)”
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