Humanities Institute

Prof. Jean Ma, Stanford University, Department of Art and Art History    Lecture: “Pandemic Premonitions: Revisiting Tsai Ming-liang's The Hole”    Recommended film: The Hole (Dòng, 洞, 1998), directed by Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan To register please contact the Confucius Institute: ubci@buffalo.edu  Global Film Series Fall 2021 | Chinese-Language Cinemas: Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan Virtual Zoom Talks and Films  Co-sponsored by the […]

Prof. Zhen Zhang, NYU, Department of Cinema Studies Lecture: “‘We Are Alive’: Minor Transnationalism and Yau Ching’s Experimental Filmmaking” Recommended film: We Are Alive (Huai hai zi, 壞孩子, 2010), directed by Yau Ching, Hong Kong   Email ubci@buffalo.edu to register and receive Zoom links to the lectures and recommended films. Drawing from a book project on contemporary Sinophone women filmmakers, […]

Monday, February 7th, the Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings of Media Artists)​ will feature a remote-lecture by ELLEN HORNE, a podcast and radio producer. The Zoom Meeting ID for the lecture series is 939 5189 1859. Email paigesar@buffalo with PLASMA2022 in the subject line for the password.​ After studying theater and religion in college, ELLEN HORNE was […]

The Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings of Media Artists)​ will feature a remote-lecture by SHAWNÉ MICHAELAIN HOLLOWAY, new media artist and poet. The Zoom Meeting ID for the lecture series is 939 5189 1859. Email paigesar@buffalo with PLASMA2022 in the subject line for the password.​   Brief remarks addressed to the students who are enrolled […]

On February 17, Kari Winter (Professor, Global Gender & Sexuality Studies) will be featured along with Rhonda Brace (descendant of Jeffrey Brace) as part of the Museum of the American Revolution's Read the Revolution Speaker Series. This conversation is a continuation of the work showcased in the 2017 Humanities Institute Annual Conference, "Reclaiming Our Ancestors: […]

REGISTER NOW Globally, there is rising concern over the future of liberal democracies. Far-right politicians and political parties are gaining power, often threatening the institutions, norms and practices of democratic governments. Building a politics of resentment that targets racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ communities, women and feminists, religious minorities, immigrants and the poor, they question […]

The Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings of Media Artists)​ will feature a remote-lecture entitled "Computers and Consciousness" by JOSEPHINE ANSTEY, Media Artist and Professor of Media Study. The Zoom Meeting ID for the lecture series is 939 5189 1859. Email paigesar@buffalo with PLASMA2022 in the subject line for the password.​ JOSEPHINE ANSTEY’s career has been […]