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Translation Zone Research Workshop: Translating Rumi – an interactive workshop with Shima Bagheri

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The Translation Zone Research Workshop is hosting an interactive session where we will be working together to translate a ghazal by the 13th-century Persian poet Jalaluddin Rumi. This event will be led by Shima Bagheri of Allameh Tabatabai University in Iran. Instruction on how to participate in this interactive workshop are available here: http://bit.ly/rumiworkshop2021 Shima […]

Roundtable Discussion: Expression of Cultural Diversity through Ethnomusicology – a discussion on “Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World’s Music”

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On behalf of the UB Center for Diversity Innovation, along with the UB departments of Music and Anthropology and the University of Southern Chile, you are cordially invited to participate in an open, roundtable diversity discussion based on the new album, "Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World's Music. This astounding new digital album/archive project […]

PLASMA: Gregg Bordowitz in Conversation

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The Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, Screenings of Media Artists)​ will feature a conversation with Gregg Bordowitz. The Zoom Meeting ID for the lecture series is 959 5554 2975. Email paigesar@buffalo with PLASMA2021 in the subject line for password.​ Since the late 1980s, writer, artist, and activist Gregg Bordowitz has made diverse works— […]

Science Studies Research Workshop: Speaker Series | Race, Health, and Science – Nicolae Morar, “Recording Injustices Genetically? The Case of the Human Microbiome”

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Speaker Series: Race, Health, and Science Speaker: Nicolae Morar, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy and Associate Member of the Institute for Ecology and Evolution at the University of Oregon Title: “Recording Injustices Genetically? The Case of the Human Microbiome” Time: 12:00 to 1:30pm on Wednesday, April 28 Co-sponsored by the Humanities Institute Science […]

Zengierski Family Lectures in Spanish Literature and Culture: Aaron Shulman, “Poetic Hallucinations: The Panero Family and Spain in the 20th Century”

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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. Aaron Shulman, journalist and author of 'The […]

Community College Humanities Association: Community Conversations series, “Bridging the Divide: Creating Meaningful Scholarship at the Teaching-Intensive Institution”

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The Community College Humanities Association presents the first forum in its newly-created Community Conversations series: Bridging the Divide: Creating Meaningful Scholarship at the Teaching-Intensive Institution April 29, 2021 3:30-4:45 pm (EST) Can community college humanities faculty engage in meaningful scholarship amid the workload demands of the teaching-intensive institution? How do they retain or reclaim their […]

Alison L. Des Forges International Symposium: “COVID-19: Human Rights and International Cooperation”

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COVID-19 first appeared in China and soon became a global pandemic, but the polities of East Asia have been relatively successful in containing it.  Some African states adopted harsh measures to suppress the pathogen while others drew on experience with AIDS and Ebola to mount effective responses.  Although a wealthy and technologically developed country, the […]

PLASMA CINETRACTS screening

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The Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, Screenings of Media Artists)​ will feature a screening of PLASMA Cinetracts. The Zoom Meeting ID for the lecture series is 959 5554 2975. Email paigesar@buffalo with PLASMA2021 in the subject line for password.​ In 1968, a group of French filmmakers crafted short, quickly made cinematic responses to the political and social […]

[Community Event] QBaL Presents Spring Chicken

48 Woodbury Alley 48 Woodbury Alley, Buffalo, NY, United States

Featuring artworks and performances by: Nicole Capozziello  Jamie Currie  Dominic Giambra  Hunter Gordon  Stephanie Rothenberg  Squoosh (John Santomieri and Felipe Shibuya) DaVideo Tape Dana Tyrrell Opening: Friday May 7, 5-8 pm Otherwise: Fridays 4-7 pm, Saturdays and Sundays 2-6 pm The WNY arts initiative QBaL warmly invites you to our (second) inaugural event: the group show, Spring […]