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Poetics Plus Series: Tyrone Williams

Western New York Book Arts Center 468 Washington Street, Buffalo, NY, United States

The Poetics Program and the English Department warmly welcome Professor Tyrone Williams, the David Gray Chair of Poetry and Letters. All are welcome to attend a poetry reading by Professor Williams on Friday, February 10 at 7:30 at the Western New York Book Arts Center (468 Washington Street). Reception to follow.

PLASMA presents Anna Scime

112 Center for the Arts (Screening Room)

The Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art)​ presents a live and in-person presentation by Anna Scime, artist and filmmaker (UB MFA Alum). Anna Scime is an internationally exhibited media artist, who experiments with and explores ecological systems, structures, and exchanges. Her work operates at the intersection of art, technology, […]

Indigenous Studies: Bayley Marquez, “Better Land, Better Stock, Better People.”: Agricultural education as a technology of settlement

240 Capen Hall Capen Hall

In recognition of February being Black History Month the UB Department of Indigenous Studies invites you to a talk in Indigenous Studies. The framing and institutionalization of education for Black and Indigenous peoples has been tied to the assertions that contact with the white race, enslavement, and the settlement of Native lands are in and […]

DSSN Annual Symposium: “We’ve been here all along.”: DH and (in)visible labor

Zoom

In December 2021, librarian and technologist Andromeda Yelton published “'Just a few files’: technical labor, academe, and care” in response to an academic article that dismissed the work required to host digital humanities projects. “...he labor conditions of your techies’ work lives are an important part of that plan” she argues, after breaking down the […]

PLASMA presents Elia Vargas

112 Center for the Arts (Screening Room)

The Department of Media Study’s PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art)​ will host a presentation by Dr. Elia Vargas, Visiting Assistant Professor in Media Study. Dr. Elia Vargas is an artist and a scholar working across multiple mediums, ranging from video and sound to writing and performance, focused on naturecultural media practices. His […]

UB Libraries screening of KILLER OF SHEEP, a film by Charles Burnett

305 Silverman Library, Capen Hall Capen Hall, Buffalo, NY, United States

In honor of Black History Month, the UB Libraries will present a screening of Killer of Sheep, a film by legendary black filmmaker Charles Burnett. Dr. Donte McFadden, Director of the UB Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program, will present opening remarks. About Killer of Sheep Killer of Sheep examines the black Los Angeles ghetto of Watts […]

PLASMA screening of ONE BIG BAG, a film by Every Ocean Hughes

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United States

Please join the Department of Media Study’s PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art)​ in the cinema space at the Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center for a screening of Every Ocean Hughes's film One Big Bag (40 min, 2021). This event is free and accessible to all. About One Big Bag A millennial death doula […]

PLASMA presents Every Ocean Hughes

112 Center for the Arts (Screening Room)

The Department of Media Study’s PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art)​ welcomes Every Ocean Hughes. This hybrid presentation follows a free screening of Every Ocean Hughes's film One Big Bag on Friday, February 24 at the Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center. Every Ocean Hughes, a.k.a. Emily Roysdon, is a transdisciplinary artist and writer. Every’s […]

DSSN: Derek R. Strykowski “A Musicologist Learns R: Experiments in Historical Data Visualization” (Online Only)

Zoom

The Digital Scholarship Studio and Network (DSSN) welcomes Derek Strykowski. Strykowski (Clinical Assistant Professor, Music) will present on his visual guide project and his experience learning R! First launched in 2020, A Visual Guide to Some Nineteenth-Century Composers and Their Publishers (https://dstrykowski.shinyapps.io/visualguide/) is an R-based data visualization project that illustrates the publishing activities of (at […]