Humanities Institute

The Lorca Lectures will offer virtual presentations by four leading experts on the work, life, and legacy of Federico García Lorca and his contemporaries in the Hispanic avant-garde movements of the 20th century. Each event will consist of a talk of about 40 minutes will be followed by discussion. Prof. Jonathan Mayhew, University of Kansas Please […]

Monday April 12th at 6:00pm, the Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, Screenings of Media Artists)​​ will feature a lecture by Ekrem Serdar. The Zoom Meeting ID for the lecture series is 959 5554 2975. Email paigesar@buffalo with PLASMA2021 in the subject line for password.​ Ekrem Serdar is the curator at Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center (2015–present), where he is responsible for the organization’s […]

This conversation between Mishuana Goeman and Theresa McCarthy will delve the racialization of Indigenous peoples in North America and its effect on individuals and communities. These ways of “seeing race” and implementing them in settler policies have had profound effects on understanding American Indians as political entities. By unpacking some of the history and they ways […]

Convened by Dr. Patricia A. Matthew, dialogues are scheduled for March 10th, March 24th, April 14th, and April 21st. The two historians speaking April 14th are doing exciting work using their research for program building and developing digital projects. Jessica Marie Johnson and Christienna Fryar will help attendees think more carefully about Caribbean histories in […]

REGISTER››› UB Art Galleries, in collaboration with the English Department’s Exhibit X Fiction Series, presents a dynamic conversation between visual artist Dawit L. Petros and novelist Maaza Mengiste. Since 2014, Petros and Mengiste have been in dialog as peers with mutual research interest in Italian colonialism in East Africa. Their long-term investigations on Italian occupation […]

This event is sponsored by The Melodia E. Jones Chair of French. Pre-registration to join us on Zoom on April 15 at noon ET (6pm Paris Time): https://buffalo.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsf-Gqrz4sE9JSmu3PVH5149jmHh77n_hC Jean-Luc Nancy “How Does a World Come to Its End?” One says it’s the end of the world. For certain, one world is coming to an end. The […]

April 16, 2021, 12:30-4:00PM Register for this presentation Speakers: Sarah Montoya,  “Settler Colonial Bias in GIS” Cathy O’Neil,  “What is the future of algorithmic auditing? Two different scenarios” Ewa Plonowska Ziarek,  “Automation of Judgments and the Ends of Thinking” Moderator:   Evviva Weinraub Lajoie For speaker descriptions, please see the Symposium web page.