Cornelia Parker's "Transitional Object (Psychobarn)” was installed on the Met’s rooftop in 2016. The work alludes to Hitchcock’s Psycho and to Edward Hopper’s paintings, as well as to the concept of transitional object from psychoanalyst D. Winnicot. Margaret Iversen is Emeritus Professor at the School of Philosophy and Art History at University of Essex, UK. […]
The UB Humanities Institute's City and Society Research Workshop and the UB School of Architecture & Planning present: Sarah Lopez (Assistant Professor of Architectural History, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin) on "Migrant Detention, Incarceration and the Spatial Imagination." Sarah Lopez is a built environment historian, as well as a migration scholar. Lopez' […]
Moyra Davey's "Fifty Minutes." Canadian, New York-based Moyra Davey’s video regarding her own psychoanalytic treatment, 9/11, and everyday life. Margaret Iversen is Emeritus Professor at the School of Philosophy and Art History at University of Essex, UK. She is one of the leading international authorities in the field of art theory and contemporary art. Her […]
Message from the organizers: Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, Professor Cary Wolfe will be unable to travel to Buffalo to give his much anticipated talk, “(Auto)Immunities,” (see original announcement, below). He deeply regrets this turn of events, and we hope to have him come to UB at some later date. A lecture by Cary Wolfe, […]
Drucilla Cornell, Rutgers University, will give the talk "The Timeliness of the Spirit of Utopia" which addresses Socialism and race studies. Dr. Drucilla Cornell is a professor at Rutgers University in Political Science and a Professor Extraordinaire and the University of Pretoria in South Africa. From 2003 to the present Professor Cornell has run a […]
In conjunction with the exhibition Photographic Recall: Italian Rationalist Architecture in Contemporary German Art at the Anderson Gallery (through May 12), this panel discussion Staging Fascism: Contemporary Artistic Practice and Rationalist Urban Space will take place on April 11, 5:30-8pm at the Anderson Gallery, 1 Martha Jackson Place, Buffalo, NY. This panel tackles the complex […]
For the last sixty years, there has been a consistent pattern of the growth of democratic governments produced by engaged citizens working together in social movements. Often led by diverse women, these social movements won the expansion of civil rights, political participation, and new laws to ensure equality. However, we now face a global rise […]
Poor mestizos in northern Peru offer a new way to theorize humanism and sentient landscapes that interact with humans in terms of environmental justice, collective ethics, and health. This model transcends the limits of ontological cosmopolitics and political ecology. Mestizos respond to climate change and environmental devastation and challenge the governance of late liberalism by […]
Mary Nell Trautner, Associate Professor of Sociology and OVPRED/HI Public Humanities Faculty Fellow Why do some medical problems become legal problems and others do not? This project is based on interviews with 100 parents of children who experienced the same kind of birth injury about their decisions whether or not to pursue legal action against […]
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 […]
