Environmental Humanities Research Workshop: Reading Group – Teresa Shewry, Hope at Sea: Possible Ecologies in Oceanic Literature
ZoomTeresa Shewry, Hope at Sea: Possible Ecologies in Oceanic Literature (University of Minnesota Press, 2015):
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[Virtual] Scholars@Hallwalls: John Fiege, “Speaking of the Environment: The Ecosphere Podcast”
ZoomREGISTER NOW Join us for a virtual edition of our Faculty Fellows talks! This lecture series brings current UB humanities research out into the community. John will present his talk live on Zoom with a Q+A session following. Fiege is developing a podcast, called Ecosphere, that explores key questions at the heart of our ecological […]
PLASMA: Ekrem Serdar
ZoomMonday 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”
ZoomThis 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
ZoomConvened 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
ZoomREGISTER››› 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.”
ZoomThis 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 […]
New Books in Dialogue: Early Modern Queer Studies – Christine Varnado + Joseph Gamble on The Shapes of Fancy: Reading for Queer Desire in Early Modern Literature
ZoomThe Early Modern Research Workshop is inaugurating a “New Books in Dialogue” series, which brings together UB faculty and colleagues at other institutions who have newly published or soon-to-be-published books to discuss their works. Please join us (on Zoom) on Friday, April 16 at 12:00pm for a conversation with Joseph Gamble (University of Toledo) and […]
Digital Scholarship Studio and Network Symposium: Automation, Algorithms, and Bias, from Settler Colonialism through the Future of Auditing
ZoomApril 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.
Environmental Humanities Research Workshop: Lecture – Teresa Shewry, “Before the Sun Rises: Estrangement, Time Lapse and Poetry of Dark Sky Reserves.”
ZoomLECTURE — Teresa Shewry (UC Santa Barbara, English), “"Before the Sun Rises: Estrangement, Time Lapse and Poetry of Dark Sky Reserves.” Teresa Shewry is Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She received a PhD in Literature from Duke University and a BA in English and Japanese from Victoria University, New Zealand. Her research […]
