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Science Studies Research Workshop: LSD as a medicine, “Did it work?”

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences - RM 2120B

The panels feature three leading U.S./Canadian historians of LSD and other hallucinogens. Speakers: Erika Dyck, University of Saskatchewan, author Psychedelic Psychiatry: LSD from Clinic to Campus; editor, A Culture’s Catalyst: Historical Encounters with Peyote and the Native American Church in Canada. Matthew Oram, author The Trials of Psychedelic Therapy: LSD Psychotherapy in America. Lucas Richert, […]

Science Studies Research Workshop: LSD as medicine, “The Rise, Fall, and Rise of LSD”

330 Student Union (UB North Campus)

The Rise, Fall, and Rise of LSD 2:30pm-4:00pm | 330 Student Union Erika Dyck, Hitting highs at rock bottom In the 1950s, psychedelic research attracted attention for its dramatic breakthroughs in addiction treatment. Treating patients with a single dose of psychedelic was seen as an attractive, cost-effective approach for previously intractable problems. In the 21st […]

Sovereignty Lab Research Workshop: Hannah Burdette, “Visibilizar/Visualizar: Poetic Knowledge and the Radical Imagination in Contemporary Abiayala”

904 Clemens

From the Idle No More movement in Canada and the Zapatista uprising in Mexico to the Water and Gas Wars in Bolivia and the Mapuche movement in Chile, the turn of the twenty-first century has witnessed a notable surge in indigenous political action and literary production. Whether produced in Native languages, in the dominant European […]

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POSTPONED: New Faculty Seminar: Eric Darnell Pritchard, “Fried Chicken, Foie Gras, and Pearls: Patrick Kelly’s Aesthetics”

904 Clemens

This event has been postponed, but will be rescheduled at a later date. Thank you for your understanding. Get to know new humanities faculty at UB at the Humanities Institute’s brown-bag lunch sessions. FREE and open to the public. Coffee and cookies provided. Eric Darnell Pritchard is an award-winning writer, cultural critic, and Associate Professor […]

Disability Studies Research Workshop: Jennifer Lambe, “Mind Wars: Psychiatry and Its Critics, 1960-1994”

532 Park Hall

Please join us for a talk by Jennifer Lambe, professor of history and Latin American studies at Brown University, who will discuss her research on psychiatry in Cuba. Jennifer Lambe (PhD, Yale University) is an Assistant Professor of Latin American and Caribbean history. Her first book, Madhouse: Psychiatry and Politics in Cuban History, traces the […]

History Faculty New Book Celebration: Sasha Pack’s The Deepest Border: The Strait of Gibraltar and the Making of the Modern Hispano-African Borderland

532 Park Hall

All are welcome to attend the first History Faculty New Book Celebration, on Fri. Oct. 18 at 3pm in Park 532, in honor of Sasha Pack’s The Deepest Border: The Strait of Gibraltar and the Making of the Modern Hispano-African Borderland. Adrian Shubert of York University will help contextualize the book’s contributions and Dr. Pack […]

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Scholars@Hallwalls: Ariel Nereson, “Choreographing History: Black Concert Dance and the Question of Genre”

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United States

Ariel Nereson, Assistant Professor, Theatre and Dance and 2019-20 Humanities Institute Faculty Fellow. Photographer: Douglas Levere Join us at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center for our ninth year of Faculty Fellows talks! This lecture series brings current UB humanities research out into the community – with complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres. Free and open to the […]

Digital Humanities Research Workshop: Martin Danahay on 3D pedagogy, virtual environments, and online learning

310 Silverman Library/Capen Hall

Please join us for the second Digital Humanities Research Workshop event of the semester, where we will hear from Martin Danahay (Brock University) about his research on 3D pedagogy, virtual environments, and online learning. LOCATION CHANGE: new location is 310 Silverman Library. This event is sponsored by the UB Humanities Institute and affiliated with the […]

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