Please register here: https://buffalo.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvdO2srzMtHdMdKcBpHtP1XapU2p9Gfous. Bénédicte Boisseron is Professor of Afroamerican & African Studies at University of Michigan, specializing in the fields of black diaspora studies, francophone studies, and animal studies. She received an M.A. in English from Université Denis Diderot (Paris, France) and a Ph.D. in French and Francophone Studies from the University of Michigan. She […]

Register at: https://buffalo.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEldOuupjguHtPSal6kgVDFrTW_2CAbnWZi. The presentation revolves around Mario LaMothe’s ethnographic collaboration with queer Haitians and queer Haitian performance scholars who journey with their interlocutors through socio-politically charged endeavors. Teasing out the struggle, discomfort, and benefits that emerge from documenting activist responses to the national policing of same-sex desire, LaMothe previews how embodied and artistic testimonials are […]

A two hour workshop, open to all PRW members. Dr. Mattingly will share her research into histories of dance criticism and then lead a workshop of three short readings. Participants will receive the readings after they register. Register here: https://buffalo.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAudeyhqTksHtUz1YefWxFGjdY42fSuQVJ4 In this workshop we will discuss how dance critics have created the terms and frameworks that substantiate […]

“Senegalese Stagecraft: Decolonizing Theater-Making in Francophone Africa” Brian Valente-Quinn Assistant Professor of French University of Colorado Boulder Sponsored by the Melodia E. Jones Chair of French, the Humanities Institute Performance Research Workshop, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, and the College of Arts and Sciences Full details can be found at the RLL BHM/BLM webpage. Register at […]

Please join us for Gina Athena Ulysse’s bold and timely performance, #BlackLiberationMashup. Free and open to the public. #BlackLiberationMashUp” remixes excerpts from texts by activists, academics and artists on questions of liberation in the Black diaspora spanning over two centuries. This rasanblaj includes M. Jacqui Alexander, James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Suzanne Césaire, Amil Cabral, Antenor […]

The Performance Research Workshop welcomes Rhaisa Williams. This is a story of Cleveland, Ohio in the 1970s—when it was affectionately known as “the mistake by the lake.” The city, once a booming manufacturing town, positioned between the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie, had begun a rapid decline in industry and population starting in the late […]

The Performance Research Workshop welcomes Trevor Boffone (University of Houston) and Danielle Rosvally (UB). How do you articulate your research for a broad public via social media? In this workshop, Dr. Boffone and Dr. Rosvally will discuss how TikTok has shaped and informed their work on Yassified Shakespeare, a multimedia project that seeks to better […]

Dancing Together: Building Community to the Beat of Werewere Liking & the Village Ki-Yi A Workshop with Guillaume Semon Yoboué, PhD Dr. Yoboué encourages you to wear traditional African attire, or attire of similar color palettes, in the spirit of the image above! Reservation required: email cflaugh@buffalo.edu   Please consult the following links to learn more […]