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Festival Overview

Thursday, Sept. 20, 6 PM | Buffalo & Erie County Public Library – Downtown Central Branch

Humanities New York presents “Anti-Social Media: Digital Space and the Destabilization of Democracy”

This portion of the festival is FREE, but registration is required.

PARTICIPANTS:
Safiya Umoja Noble, Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communication, author of Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

Siva Vaidhyanathan, Robertson Professor of Media Studies and Director of the Center for Media and Citizenship, University of Virginia, author of Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2018), Intellectual Property: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2017), and The Googlization of Everything — and Why We Should Worry (University of California Press, 2011).

Moderated by: Ulises Mejias, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, SUNY Oswego

Friday, Sept. 21, 8 PM (7 PM VIP reception) | Albright-Knox Art Gallery

VIP festival passes include a 7pm wine and hors d’oeuvres reception with the author in AK Café

Spotlight Speaker: Angie Thomas

New York Times’ best-selling novelist Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give, is among the most exciting and empowering voices of her generation. Her novel—now a major motion picture—shines a bright light on the tragedies that brought #blacklivesmatter to the fore, while urging readers to make a stand against the plague of hate that infects our communities and holds our institutions hostage.

We are honored to feature Angie Thomas as the Spotlight Speaker of the 2018 Buffalo Humanities Festival. We hope her timely call for action against hate will inspire honest self-examination and open dialogue.

Saturday, Sept. 22, 10:30 AM | Rockwell Hall, Buffalo State College

The full festival day begins with a performance by Dan Hoyle of “BORDER PEOPLE” and continues with talks, panels, and community conversations focusing on Revolutions: examinations of past, present and future movements effecting social, political and cultural change.

Click here for the detailed Saturday schedule.

Lunch is included with festival passes purchased by 11:59pm, Sunday, September 16. A reception featuring music by the Autonomous Vehicles and beer by Community Beer Works beer closes out the festival.