François Laruelle and Anne-Françoise Schmid François Laruelle is a French philosopher known for developing a science of philosophy that he calls non-philosophy. He has been described as one of the most important and interesting contemporary philosophers in Europe today. He is the author of books such as “Photo-Fiction: A Non-Standard Aesthetics” (2012), “Philosophy and Non-Philosophy” […]
On Integrative Objects A Philo-Fiction workshop/symposium with Anne-Françoise Schmid. This event is connected to the annual PLASMA speaker series at the Department of Media Study and will host François Laruelle and Anne-Françoise Schmid, who will both give talks on April 10th, as a special edition of the PLASMA series. Anne-Francoise Schmid will lead a practice-based […]
Open lecture and screening. DISTANCE AND PRESENCE IN COLLABORATION OR, ...AND HOW TO BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE Sponsored by the UB Humanities Institute Embodiment and Research Group and Performance Research Workshops, with additional sponsorship from the Techné Institute.
The Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Culture is pleased to welcome Aaron Schuster to UB. Dr. Schuster is a former Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies, Rijeka, Croatia and at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry, ICI Berlin. He is currently the Head of the Theory Program at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. […]
Click here to RSVP Buffalo News reporter Jerry Zremski and photographer Derek Gee will discuss their experiences reporting on the lives of refugees from Burma during “From Burma to Buffalo,” a presentation sponsored by the School of Social Work’s Immigrant and Refugee Research Institute. Zremski and Gee, who spent 20 months reporting the series of […]
History Facts is a series of discussions with UB History professors illuminating the background of contemporary issues.
A story of historical truth, spirituality, and resistance, told on behalf of the original nations and peoples of Great Turtle Island, and elsewhere on Mother Earth. We are still here, and still rightfully free. Directed by Sheldon P. Wolfchild, co-produced by Steven T. Newcomb, and narrated by Buffy Sainte-Marie. Following the film, there will be […]
The Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Culture is pleased to welcome Aaron Schuster to UB. Dr. Schuster is a former Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies, Rijeka, Croatia and at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry, ICI Berlin. He is currently the Head of the Theory Program at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. […]
Theodore Cateforis (Syracuse University) From the twelve bar blues and AABA to the strophic and verse/chorus, the history of popular music has featured various song forms that have proven to be durable generic types. In the 1990s, alternative rock ushered in a novel variation on the verse/chorus, a form often referred to as the “soft/loud.” […]
The Distinguished Speakers Series event with Roxane Gay, originally scheduled for 8 pm on April 5 has been postponed and rescheduled for Thursday, April 13, after her travel plans were disrupted due to unforeseen flight complications and delays. The Informal Session has also been rescheduled for the 13th, at the same time: 4:30-5:30pm. The location […]
