Humanities Institute

The UB Digitial Scholarship & Studio Network presents Maria Rodriguez, “Identifying organic bystander interventions in racist social media interactions: Preliminary results” Micro-blogging social media platforms, such as Twitter, afford social and health science researchers the opportunity to investigate the real-time reflections of individuals on their social and political environment—for example, whether witnesses of racist interactions […]

The University at Buffalo (UB) in collaboration with the Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, the Buffalo and Erie County Libraries, and the Veterans One-stop Center of Western New York will collaborate on a project, titled “Developing a Sense of Meaningful Belonging Among Veterans.” The project will take place in Buffalo, NY  from May 2021 until October 2022. […]

The Buffalo Humanities Festival returns to in-person programming with two afternoons of conversations and exchanges of ideas addressing Utopia. Join us at Silo City as we gather scholars, creators, activists, and our local communities to explore progressive visions from the past in order to illuminate our own utopian horizons. Let’s imagine better, more equitable, life-affirming […]

The Buffalo Humanities Festival returns to in-person programming with two afternoons of conversations and exchanges of ideas addressing Utopia. Join us at Silo City as we gather scholars, creators, activists, and our local communities to explore progressive visions from the past in order to illuminate our own utopian horizons. Let’s imagine better, more equitable, life-affirming […]

“Latinx Heritage at the Intersections of Culture and Crisis,”  is a series of Zoom conversations in honor of Latinx Heritage Month (September 15-October 15). The website can be opened here: https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/romance-languages-literatures/news-events/recent-news/LatinxHeritageattheIntersectionsofCultureandCrisis.html The first session is Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 4:00pm. Prof. Héctor Domínguez-Ruvalcaba (University of Texas, Austin) will speak on “HipHop, Violence, and Queer […]

September 23, 1:00-3:00: Sarah Handley-Cousins: "DH 101 for Graduate Students (& other beginners!)" - online only So you've heard the term and seen the hype, but what actually is digital humanities? In this virtual workshop designed for graduate students (and other beginners!) we'll provide an accessible introduction to the digital humanities from its origins and definitions to the potential it […]

Professor Larry LaFountain-Stokes Department of Romance Languages and Literatures University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Click here for details and registration info.

Associate Professor Marisol LeBrón Feminist Studies Department University of California, Santa Cruz Click here for details and registration info.

Gather with members of the LGBTQ FSA in the Intercultural and Diversity Center for an informal informational talk, Q&A and conversation with Dr. Cody Mejur, visiting assistant professor with the Department of Media Study. Video games are a powerful and growing entertainment medium and many queer and trans folks play, create, and share games related […]