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RLL Black Histories Matter/Black Lives Matter Series: Mame-Fatou Niang, “French but not (Q)White: Race and the Republic”

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Black French studies are at an embryonic stage compared to that of Great Britain and the United States. The field has increasingly attracted interest since the 2000s, and the publication of Pap Ndiaye’s La Condition Noire. As an area of scholarly inquiry, Black French studies focus on the emergence of Black identity politics within the universalist […]

PLASMA: Jenson Leonard

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The Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, Screenings of Media Artists)​​ will feature a lecture by Jenson Leonard (@coryintheabyss). The Zoom Meeting ID for the lecture series is 959 5554 2975. Email paigesar@buffalo with PLASMA2021 in the subject line for password.​ Jenson Leonard's practice involves the intersection of poetry, conceptual art, and internet memes. […]

Zengierski Family Lectures in Spanish Literature and Culture: Jonathan Mayhew, “The French Connection: Federico García Lorca and Germaine Montero”

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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 […]

PLASMA: Ekrem Serdar

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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 […]

Office of Inclusive Excellence | Let’s Talk About Race series: “Land, Race, and Indigeneity: Building Solidarity Practices”

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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 […]

Race, Blackness, and Romanticism: Dialogues | Christienna Fryar and Jessica Marie Johnson

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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 […]

UB Art Galleries/Exhibit X Fiction Series: Dawit L. Petros & Maaza Mengiste in Conversation

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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 […]

Romance Languages and Literatures: Jean-Luc Nancy “How Does a World Come to Its End?” and Juan Manuel Garrido’s commentary “Jean-Luc Nancy’s Worlds.”

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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 […]