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The Translation Zone Research Workshop: Christi A. Merrill, “The artistry and afterlives of anti-caste activism.”

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We at The Translation Zone workshop are happy to invite you to our end-of-semester talk by Dr. Christi A. Merrill, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, South Asian Literature, and Postcolonial Theory, University of Michigan. The title of her talk is the artistry and afterlives of anti-caste activism. The hour-long event will take place at 4:00 […]

Sovereignty Lab Research Workshop: Dalia Muller, “As Free Men and As Foreigners: African Political Imaginaries in Early 20th-Century Cuba”

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Please join the Sovereignty Lab Research Workshop for a virtual talk with Dr. Dalia Muller.  Title: As Free Men and As Foreigners: African Political Imaginaries in Early 20th-Century Cuba Date: Monday, February 8 at 3 p.m. We invite you to register for Dr. Dalia Muller’s talk Monday, Feb. 8 at 3:00 p.m. Please just click on the Zoom link to register. We will then send you a […]

PLASMA: Amelia Winger-Bearskin

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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 […]

PLASMA: Chris Stults, Associate Curator, Wexner Center for the Arts

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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 […]

RLL Black Histories Matter/Black Lives Matter Series: Bénédicte Boisseron, “Black Ecology in a Creole Context”

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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 […]

RLL Black Histories Matter/Black Lives Matter Series: Mario LaMothe, “Queer Collaborations: Practicing Co-Performative Witnessing in Haiti”

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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 […]

RLL Black Histories Matter/Black Lives Matter Series: Malik Noël-Ferdinand, “The Epic of Matouba in Aimé Césaire’s ‘Mémorial de Louis Delgrès'”

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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 […]