The Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, Screenings of Media Artists) will feature a conversation with Gregg Bordowitz. The Zoom Meeting ID for the lecture series is 959 5554 2975. Email paigesar@buffalo with PLASMA2021 in the subject line for password. Since the late 1980s, writer, artist, and activist Gregg Bordowitz has made diverse works— […]
Speaker Series: Race, Health, and Science Speaker: Nicolae Morar, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy and Associate Member of the Institute for Ecology and Evolution at the University of Oregon Title: “Recording Injustices Genetically? The Case of the Human Microbiome” Time: 12:00 to 1:30pm on Wednesday, April 28 Co-sponsored by the Humanities Institute Science […]
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. Aaron Shulman, journalist and author of 'The […]
The Community College Humanities Association presents the first forum in its newly-created Community Conversations series: Bridging the Divide: Creating Meaningful Scholarship at the Teaching-Intensive Institution April 29, 2021 3:30-4:45 pm (EST) Can community college humanities faculty engage in meaningful scholarship amid the workload demands of the teaching-intensive institution? How do they retain or reclaim their […]
COVID-19 first appeared in China and soon became a global pandemic, but the polities of East Asia have been relatively successful in containing it. Some African states adopted harsh measures to suppress the pathogen while others drew on experience with AIDS and Ebola to mount effective responses. Although a wealthy and technologically developed country, the […]
The Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, Screenings of Media Artists) will feature a screening of PLASMA Cinetracts. The Zoom Meeting ID for the lecture series is 959 5554 2975. Email paigesar@buffalo with PLASMA2021 in the subject line for password. In 1968, a group of French filmmakers crafted short, quickly made cinematic responses to the political and social […]
Featuring artworks and performances by: Nicole Capozziello Jamie Currie Dominic Giambra Hunter Gordon Stephanie Rothenberg Squoosh (John Santomieri and Felipe Shibuya) DaVideo Tape Dana Tyrrell Opening: Friday May 7, 5-8 pm Otherwise: Fridays 4-7 pm, Saturdays and Sundays 2-6 pm The WNY arts initiative QBaL warmly invites you to our (second) inaugural event: the group show, Spring […]
Virtual Conference, May 24-26, 2021 The Marianne Moore Digital Archive has exclusive permission to publish online, in facing-page manuscript and transcription, all 122 notebooks by the important modernist poet, Marianne Moore (1887-1972). These notebooks contain extraordinary records of the daily, intellectual, and creative life of the poet from 1905 through around 1970—including her notes on reading, conversations she […]
Haudenosaunee Micro-Short Film Program Burchfield Penney Art Center - Buffalo, NY September 4, 2021 (1:00-2:30pm) TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE Tickets are FREE with a $10 or more suggested donation. 50% of your donation will be shared with participating filmmakers. Your donation will directly help support independent Indigenous filmmaking! Get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/165421073885 There will be […]
Please register by Sept. 1, 2021. REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT. On Thursday September 9, the Humanities Institute will host our 2021 faculty grant writing workshop in support of applications to external grants and fellowships. The HI's Grant Writing Workshop is specifically designed to help faculty improve grant and fellowship applications to organizations outside of UB by exchanging drafts […]
