Irus Braverman, Professor of Law, will preview her forthcoming book, Coral Whisperers: Scientists on the Brink.
Peter DeGabriele is Associate Professor of English at the Mississippi State University, and the author of -Sovereign Power and the Enlightenment: Eighteenth-Century Literature and the Problem of the Political- (Bucknell University Press, 2015). Professor DeGabriele specializes in the study of eighteenth-century literature and culture; his research explores the relationship between literary texts and the political […]
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Acclaimed scholars and activists will discuss how to democratize our imaginative, intellectual, artistic, and public landscapes through the inclusion of diverse histories. The galvanizing center of our conversations will be an extraordinary group of descendants of prominent 18th- and 19th-century African American antislavery activists. Partnering with humanities scholars, the descendants will […]
There is an increasingly obvious conflict between the culture of a genuine cosmopolitanism, originating in the qualitative creativity of local contexts yet in communication with a worldwide Republic of Letters, and globalization, with its quantitative anti-culture of commodification, cost-benefit, and publicity motivated by monetary profiteering. Of this conflict, Pierre Bourdieu, in Firing Back (2001) wrote: […]
Ann Little (Professor of History, Colorado State) is author of Abraham in Arms: War and Gender in Colonial New England and The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright. She is also the irrepressible persona behind the popular Historiann blog on history and sexual politics. The events are sponsored by the Early Modern Research Workshop with co-sponsorships […]
Conversation: “Social Media and Being a Historian in Public,” Tues. Oct. 24, 2-3pm, Park 532. With current and former UB History Ph.D. students of the DIG Podcast. Sponsored by the Early Modern Research Workshop with co-sponsorships from the History Department and Gender Institute.
Insights on Writing Successful Grants: Dr. Glenna Bett, Vice Chair for Research in Obstetrics and Gynecology, will guide students and faculty through the basics of writing a successful proposal.
Please join us on Wednesday, October 25th for the UB launch of Dr. Susan Hill’s new book, The Clay We Are Made Of: Haudenosaunee Land Tenure On The Grand River (University of Manitoba Press, 2017). Our celebration will take place from 6:30-8:30pm at The Center for Tomorrow in the Main Ballroom, UB North Campus (located […]
Akemi Nishida, Assistant Professor of Disability and Human Development and Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago will present: “Rethinking Interdependence: Creating Community-Based Care Collectives Among Disabled People and their Allies” Interdependence is a core value in disability justice activism. It has been particularly salient in the past decade in the […]
UB History presents this talk by Liliana Fernandez Mollinedo, University of Havana. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For more information call 716-645-2182 or email handley2@buffalo.edu This event is sponsored by the UB Department of History, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the University Honors College, and the Humanities Institute.
