The Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, Screenings of Media Artists) begins NEXT Monday February 8th with Amelia Winger-Bearskin. Her lecture will begin at 6:00pm EST. The Zoom Meeting ID for the lecture series is 959 5554 2975. Email paigesar@buffalo with PLASMA2021 in the subject line for the password. The complete line-up is listed below. Amelia Winger-Bearskin is an artist/technologist who empowers people to leverage […]
Monday February 15th at 6:00pm, the Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, Screenings of Media Artists) will feature a presentation by Chris Stults, Associate Curator at the Wexner Center for the Arts, and a conversation about Cinetracts 20, a recent film project commissioned by the Wexner. The Zoom Meeting ID for the lecture series is 959 5554 2975. Email paigesar@buffalo with PLASMA2021 in […]
Please register here: https://buffalo.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvdO2srzMtHdMdKcBpHtP1XapU2p9Gfous. Bénédicte Boisseron is Professor of Afroamerican & African Studies at University of Michigan, specializing in the fields of black diaspora studies, francophone studies, and animal studies. She received an M.A. in English from Université Denis Diderot (Paris, France) and a Ph.D. in French and Francophone Studies from the University of Michigan. She […]
Register at: https://buffalo.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEldOuupjguHtPSal6kgVDFrTW_2CAbnWZi. The presentation revolves around Mario LaMothe’s ethnographic collaboration with queer Haitians and queer Haitian performance scholars who journey with their interlocutors through socio-politically charged endeavors. Teasing out the struggle, discomfort, and benefits that emerge from documenting activist responses to the national policing of same-sex desire, LaMothe previews how embodied and artistic testimonials are […]
Malik Noël-Ferdinand Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines, CRILLASH, Université des Antilles Click here to register for the Zoom session. In December 1958, Aimé Césaire published “Mémorial de Louis Delgrès” for the first time. Standing as one of Césaire’s most prominent works, the poem recalls the story of the Guadeloupeans who fought against Bonaparte’s army in […]
Joseph Taylor (University of Alabama, Huntsville, English), “Medieval Ecomaterialism: The Politics of Ruins.” Zoom invitations will be emailed about two weeks before the event. Visit the Environmental Humanities Research Workshop webpage for contact information to subscribe to their communications.
REGISTER NOW FIRST FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA LECTURE OF SPRING 2021: Noël Valis, Professor of Spanish, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Yale University, to present “Lorca, Gay Icon” Dr. Valis has recently finished Lorca After Life, a study of the poet-playwright’s meaning as a cultural icon and modern celebrity, now in press with Yale University Press. Her […]
Facilitation: Eli Claire, UB Center for Diversity Innovation Distinguished Visiting Scholar https://www.buffalo.edu/diversity-innovation/distinguished-visiting-scholars/cohort.html) Description: Join queer trans disabled poet-activist Eli Clare for a writing workshop exploring the embodied brilliance and imperfection of who we are, particularly as trans/non-binary/gender non-conforming and/or queer people. Date/Time: March 5th, 2 PM EST. Workshop Date/Time: March 5th, 2 PM EST via Zoom […]
REGISTER NOW Throughout his life, W.E.B. Du Bois actively engaged the scientific racism infecting natural sciences and popular thought. Nevertheless, he also demonstrated a sophisticated and critical engagement with natural science. Debate remains, however, regarding exactly how and why Du Bois incorporated such natural scientific knowledge into his own thinking. In this presentation, Besek draws […]
The Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, Screenings of Media Artists) will feature a lecture by Rebekah Rutkoff entitled "Lillian Schwartz: The Artist and the Computer" on Zoom. The Meeting ID for the lecture series is 959 5554 2975. Email paigesar@buffalo with PLASMA2021 in the subject line for password. Rebekah Rutkoff is the author […]
