Presented by the UB Humanities Institute in collaboration with the UB Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program. Please join us as we honor Black History Month with a screening (free and open to the public) of The Sun Rises in the East, a documentary film by Tayo Giwa and Cynthia Gordy Giwa. 6:00 pm | Reception | […]
Please join us in the cinema space at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center! John Locke called figurative language and the art of rhetoric an abuse of language used "for nothing else but to insinuate wrong ideas, move the passions, and thereby mislead the judgment". Meanwhile, the 17th and 18th centuries were a flourishing time for a […]
The Poetics Program and the English Department warmly welcome Professor Tyrone Williams, the David Gray Chair of Poetry and Letters. All are welcome to attend a poetry reading by Professor Williams on Friday, February 10 at 7:30 at the Western New York Book Arts Center (468 Washington Street). Reception to follow.
The Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art) presents a live and in-person presentation by Anna Scime, artist and filmmaker (UB MFA Alum). Anna Scime is an internationally exhibited media artist, who experiments with and explores ecological systems, structures, and exchanges. Her work operates at the intersection of art, technology, […]
In recognition of February being Black History Month the UB Department of Indigenous Studies invites you to a talk in Indigenous Studies. The framing and institutionalization of education for Black and Indigenous peoples has been tied to the assertions that contact with the white race, enslavement, and the settlement of Native lands are in and […]
In December 2021, librarian and technologist Andromeda Yelton published “'Just a few files’: technical labor, academe, and care” in response to an academic article that dismissed the work required to host digital humanities projects. “...he labor conditions of your techies’ work lives are an important part of that plan” she argues, after breaking down the […]
The Department of Media Study’s PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art) will host a presentation by Dr. Elia Vargas, Visiting Assistant Professor in Media Study. Dr. Elia Vargas is an artist and a scholar working across multiple mediums, ranging from video and sound to writing and performance, focused on naturecultural media practices. His […]
This workshop, hosted by the Digital Scholarship Studio and Network (DSSN), will provide an overview of ArcGIS Storymaps, a cloud based tool which combines GIS maps with text, photos, and sometimes video to present a topic in an interactive way. Participants will be taken through the steps of Storymap planning in order to help them […]
In honor of Black History Month, the UB Libraries will present a screening of Killer of Sheep, a film by legendary black filmmaker Charles Burnett. Dr. Donte McFadden, Director of the UB Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program, will present opening remarks. About Killer of Sheep Killer of Sheep examines the black Los Angeles ghetto of Watts […]
Please join the Department of Media Study’s PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art) in the cinema space at the Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center for a screening of Every Ocean Hughes's film One Big Bag (40 min, 2021). This event is free and accessible to all. About One Big Bag A millennial death doula […]
