Humanities Institute

Through the Baird Lecture Series, the UB Department of Music hosts regular lectures, talks, and master classes given by distinguished visiting scholars, performers, and composers throughout the academic year. All events take place in Baird Recital Hall at 3:30 p.m. The Baird Lecture Series is free and open to the public. On Thursday, September 21, […]

The directors of the Humanities Institute and the Gender Institute invite faculty to join us in the Humanities Institute’s new seminar space on select Friday afternoons (3pm-5pm) for group writing sessions. Coffee, tea, and quiet headspace will be available at these drop-in sessions. Click here to join via Zoom!

Coincident with the opening of the survey exhibition FUTURA 2000: Breaking Out at UB Art Galleries, influential street artists FUTURA 2000 and Carlos Mare will have a public conversation about FUTURA's career and exhibition at UB Art Galleries. The CFA Gallery will be open special hours to accommodate visitors before the lecture, from noon to 6:30 PM. The […]

Join the Department of History for a presentation by Udodiri Okwandu, "The Culture of Maternal Mental Illness: Grete L. Bibring's Studies on the Psychology of Pregnancy in Postwar America.'' Udodiri Okwandu is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of the History of Science and Presidential Scholar at Harvard University. This is a hybrid event with […]

The directors of the Humanities Institute and the Gender Institute invite faculty to join us in the Humanities Institute’s new seminar space on select Friday afternoons (3pm-5pm) for group writing sessions. Coffee, tea, and quiet headspace will be available at these drop-in sessions. Click here to join via Zoom!  

In association with the Creativity in the Time of Covid-19 exhibition at Buffalo Arts Studio, Amatryx Gaming and Lab Studio presents guest speaker Dr. Tina Rivers Ryan, Curator at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum and an internationally recognized expert in the history of media art, including video and digital art. Her exhibitions at the AKG include […]

Dr. Robert Caldwell is offering an Afro-Indigeneity Guest Speaker Series on select Mondays throughout the Fall 2023 semester. Scierra LeGarde is a member of the Bayou Lacombe Band of Choctaw located in St.Tammany Parish, Louisiana and is a resident of Bvlbancha, commonly known as New Orleans. In her spare time, she volunteers at schools, museums […]

The Department of Art regularly invites artists, critics, historians and designers to participate in the Visiting Artist Speaker Series, classroom lectures and critiques. The Speaker Series happens every fall semester and is free to the public. Kenny Schachter has been curating contemporary art shows in museums and galleries while teaching art history and economics for […]

Every year, Universities and communities across the country are eager to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month: often, they do so under a culturalist lens, sharing what is perceived as typical “Latinx” food, speaking Spanish, or wearing what might amount questionable Halloween costumes. Moving beyond oversimplified celebrations of “heritage” and cultural traits, this presentation argues that heritage […]