Humanities Institute

The Italian Student Association with the support of NIAF (National Italian American Foundation), the Italian Fund and the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures is pleased to welcome Anthony Tamburri, Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute (Queens College, CUNY) and Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures. Tamburri will give a talk […]

Marjorie Howes, Associate Professor in English and Irish Studies at Boston College, will be giving the annual W. B. Yeats Lecture, sponsored by the International Yeats Society and Joseph Valente, at 4pm on Monday, 29 April in Clemens 306. Her title is "Alchemical Yeats."

Cinematographer Joan Hutton csc was born and raised in southern Ontario. She completed her education at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto and immediately began work as director of The Rise and Fall of Nina Polanski, a highly regarded animated film produced by the National Film Board of Canada. She was one of Canada's first woman […]

Save the date! The Digital Dialogues series highlights ongoing digital scholarship across campus by faculty, staff, and students, bridging the disciplines to spark conversations on creating and using digital tools in higher education, both in and outside of the classroom. The series is hosted by the UB Libraries and organized by Heidi Dodson and Rachel […]

Join the UB Humanities Institute as we gather for our annual celebration of new publications by former Faculty Fellows. Light fare and refreshments offered, free and open to the public. This year's celebration features: Andreas Daum (History), Alexander von Humboldt (Publishers C. H. Beck, 2019) and The Second Generation: Émigrés from Nazi Germany as Historians, […]