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  Joshua M. Myers is an associate professor of Africana studies in the Department of Afro-American Studies at Howard University. His research interests include Africana intellectual histories and traditions, Africana philosophy, music, foodways, critical university studies and disciplinarity. Myers is the author of several books.   To learn more about Joshua Myers and this event, click here.  

Exhibit X Fiction presents poet and essayist Christine Hume with fiction writer Christina Milletti for book launches of Everything I Never Wanted to Know and The Girling Season. CHRISTINE HUME’S fifth book is a collection of essays on two despised topics in America, sex offenders and women’s bodies, Everything I Never Wanted to Know (Ohio State University Press, […]

Students from Rage Against the Machine (HIS419/550) and Machine Learning and Society (CSE 440/441/540) team up to end white supremacy drawing on strengths and insights from both disciplines. Using our innovative Impossible Project course link model, student teams apply a historical lens to their understanding of the way computing exacerbates the problem of white supremacy […]

MONDAY MAY 8th, the Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art)​ presents an IN-PERSON lecture by artists and UB PhD alumni JENNIFER GRADECKI & DEREK CURRY at 6:15 pm EST in the Center for the Arts, Room 112. Jennifer Gradecki (US) is an artist-theorist who investigates secretive and specialized socio-technical systems. Her artistic research has […]

 Report from the Artist-researchers in Residence #5 BioArt in the Public Sphere @ Coalesce WED, MAY 10, 2023 @ 7:00 PM • HALLWALLS CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER • 341 DELAWARE AVE, BUFFALO, NY Alvaro Azcárraga, Brianna Leatherbury, & Tatiana Istomina  Alvaro Azcárraga is a Mexican artist and researcher that works with plant-like organisms with a focus […]

RSVP to attend Please join us at FITZ BOOKS as we celebrate recent publications by Humanities Institute Faculty Fellows and HI/OVPRED Research Funding in the Arts and Humanities Awardees. Catered by The Dapper Goose with cash bar. Free and open to the public. Books available for purchase. Celebrating new works by: Henry Berlin, Alone Together: […]

Location: Humanities Institute Seminar Room - 218 Clemens Hall Lunch provided for those that register by Tuesday, Aug. 29. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER On Friday September 1, the Humanities Institute will host our faculty grant writing workshop in support of applications to humanities based grants and fellowships.  HI's Grant Writing Workshop is specifically designed to help […]

The directors of the Humanities Institute and the Gender Institute invite faculty to join us in the Humanities Institute’s new seminar space on select Friday afternoons (3pm-5pm) for group writing sessions. Coffee, tea, and quiet headspace will be available at these drop-in sessions. Click here to join via Zoom!