Performance Research Workshop: Millie Chen, “Silk Road Songbook”
B13 Center for the ArtsSilk 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.
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Just Theory: “Meaning of Life” and “Moral of the Story”: Lukacs, Benjamin, and Theories of the Novel
640 Clemens Hall“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.
Science Studies Research Workshop: Joseph M. Gabriel, “Origins of a Legitimation Crisis: Medical Science, Private Profit, and the Challenge of Big Pharma”
545 Park Hall“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 […]
2nd Annual Robert Creeley Lecture and Celebration of Poetry
Baird Recital Hall, Second FloorJerome 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 […]
Symposium: Indigenous Women: Human Rights Protections and Activism
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library - Downtown Central Branch 1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY, United StatesUB 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 […]
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Symposium: “Jews and Melancholia”
708 Clemens HallThe 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 […]
Conference: Emerging Africas: Versions and Visions
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, […]
UB Poetics: Graduate Student Symposium and Poetry Reading
Poetry Collection, 420 Capen HallA 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.
Roundtable Discussion: Immigration, Diversity, and America’s Shifting Priorities
Student Union TheaterThis 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 […]
Humanities NY Public Graduate Fellows @ Partnership for the Public Good
Partnership for the Public Good 617 Main St, Suite 300, Buffalo, NY, United StatesPlease 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 […]
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